ATTACHABLE TOW HANDLE POCKET FOR GARMENT

摘要

A load-bearing garment, such as a vest, is provided having stretchable web platform on an outside surface, such as between front and back panels of the vest. The stretchable web platform includes stretchable bands that extend horizontally, and vertical webbing extending between multiple horizontal bands. Additional embodiments are directed to a mounting system in a plate carrier for a plate. Still further embodiments are directed to a handle and strap system for a vest or other garment that permits a quick rescue of a person wearing the vest.

主权项

1. An assembly comprising:
a pouch having a MOLLE-compatible support structure attached thereto configured for releasably attaching the pouch to a load bearing garment, the pouch comprising a sleeve; a strap having a first end and a second end, the first end anchored to the pouch; and a handle at the second end of the strap; wherein the strap and the handle are configurable between (1) a storage configuration in which the strap is at least mostly received in the sleeve and the handle is positioned adjacent to the pouch, and (2) a deployed configuration in which the handle is positioned away from the pouch and the strap is at least mostly pulled out of the sleeve, so that a rescuer can grasp the handle when the handle and the strap are the storage configuration, pull the handle so that the strap and handle move into the deployed configuration, continue to pull the handle until the strap is tensioned, and pull the handle to drag, via the tensioned strap, a wearer of the load bearing garment when the pouch is releasably attached to the load bearing garment via the MOLLE-compatible support structure.