Oct 6, 2026

US12751540 - Light weight modular pouch attachment system and method

A 3 dimensional shape retaining light weight pouch and method for making the same, for mounting on a carrier such as a garment such as, but not limited to, a vest, belt, cummerbund, pack, or the like, and more particularly, that utilizes standing portions of stiffened fused together edges of laminated or composite panels of the pouch to hold the pouch in a predetermined 3 dimensional shape. The pouch is durable and wear resistant, allows easy insertion and removal of articles, accessories, and objects to be held and/or carried thereby, and is simple and easy to manufacture, while being configurable to be compatible with some known systems mounting systems such as MOLLE PALS and the like.

Assignee: FirstSpear Technology Group, LLC
Inventors: Michael E. Cole, Brian Rapp
Filing date: 2022-11-07

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The patent describes a lightweight modular pouch attachment system designed for mounting on various carriers, utilizing stiffened edges of laminated panels to maintain a three-dimensional shape. This durable pouch allows for easy insertion and removal of items and is compatible with existing mounting systems like MOLLE and PALS.

Claim 1

1 . A pouch, comprising: a platform having a pouch region bounded by peripheral portions; a pouch enclosure panel comprising laminated layers of material with a peripheral edge at least partially thereabout comprising peripheral connector portions having edge portions overlaying and connected to the peripheral portions of the platform, respectively, bounding a pouch enclosure region of the pouch enclosure panel, the pouch enclosure panel comprising standing portions comprising ends of the connector portions, respectively, supporting the first pouch enclosure panel in overlaying spaced relation to the pouch region of the platform defining and bounding a cavity therebetween and an opening connected to the cavity; and the edge portions of the connector portions overlaying and connected to the peripheral portions of the platform structure comprising edges of the laminated layers fused together to have increased wear resistance with sufficient resilient elasticity to allow the pouch enclosure panel to be capable of conforming about an item extending through the opening connected to the cavity. a platform having a pouch region bounded by peripheral portions; a pouch enclosure panel comprising laminated layers of material with a peripheral edge at least partially thereabout comprising peripheral connector portions having edge portions overlaying and connected to the peripheral portions of the platform, respectively, bounding a pouch enclosure region of the pouch enclosure panel, the pouch enclosure panel comprising standing portions comprising ends of the connector portions, respectively, supporting the first pouch enclosure panel in overlaying spaced relation to the pouch region of the platform defining and bounding a cavity therebetween and an opening connected to the cavity; and the edge portions of the connector portions overlaying and connected to the peripheral portions of the platform structure comprising edges of the laminated layers fused together to have increased wear resistance with sufficient resilient elasticity to allow the pouch enclosure panel to be capable of conforming about an item extending through the opening connected to the cavity.

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