Modular Armor Supplement Apparatus And System With Silent Fasteners And Adjustability

摘要

A silent fastener includes generally flat first and second tuck tabs flexibly connected to a first element to be connected, positionable to form a narrow V-shape or U-shape when viewed from the side, and insertable through at least one slit in an outer surface of a second element to be connected, into internal cavities within first and second portions, respectively, folded or bent in the V- or U-shape, and the second element being unfoldable or bendable to frictionally hold the tuck tabs in the cavities for connecting the elements, and the first element being further securable over one of the portions in a hairpin configuration with the received tuck tab, to further hold the tuck tabs, the tuck tabs being removable by returning the second element to the V- or U-shape. The tuck tabs being tensionable to increase the holding strength and snug the elements about a carried object.

主权项

1. A silent fastener for holding first and second elements together, comprising:
a generally rigid, generally flat, first tuck tab having a connected end flexibly connected to the first element, and an opposite free end; a generally rigid, generally flat, second tuck tab having a connected end flexibly connected to the first element, and an opposite free end; at least one slit in an outer surface of the second element, the slit having a width at least marginally larger than a width of the tuck tabs individually, and connected to an internal cavity on one side of the slit bounded and defined by opposing internal surfaces within a first portion of the second element and on an opposite side by opposing internal surfaces within a second portion of the second element; the opposing internal surfaces of the second element and the outer surfaces of the tuck tabs being configured to substantially silently engage and resist relative sliding movement therebetween when disposed in surface to surface relation; the connected ends of the first tuck tab and the second tuck tab being flexibly connected in generally parallel relation in a manner to allow substantially silently manually positioning the tuck tabs to extend generally parallel in one direction, and alternatively so as to extend in generally opposite directions; the second element having an operational configuration wherein the first portion and the second portion thereof will extend in the generally opposite directions, the second element being substantially silently manually bendable or foldable generally longitudinally along or closely proximate to the at least one slit, to a connecting configuration wherein the first portion and the second portion extend generally in the one direction, such that the tuck tabs can be inserted through the at least one slit into the internal cavities, respectively, and such that when the second element is returned to the operational configuration with the tuck tabs located in the internal cavities the tuck tabs will extend in the generally opposite directions and frictionally engage the internal surfaces so as to be retained in the cavities thereby to connect the first and second elements together.