Modular armor supplement apparatus and system with silent fasteners and adjustability
US12072168B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 14, 2023 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 14, 2043 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T24/34
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A silent fastener for connecting a first element to a second element utilizes a strap attached to the first element and extending to the second element, the second element having a slit connecting to a flat internal cavity, and a flat tuck tab flexibly connected to the strap and receivable in the cavity with the strap tensioned and with the tuck tab in a hairpin configuration in overlaying relation to the cavity containing the tuck tab, and a second tuck tab connected to the strap and receivable in another portion of the cavity extending away from the first element, securely connecting the first and second elements.
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