Resilient Tine Attachment Mount for MOLLE Webbing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing attachment systems for MOLLE/PALS-compliant garments require time-consuming and often unstable methods to secure and remove accessories like holsters, necessitating the removal of the garment for quick reattachment, which is inconvenient for military personnel.
Innovation Solution
A unitary attachment mount with resilient tines and barbs that allows for quick and stable mounting and removal of accessories from MOLLE/PALS webbing without tools, enabling one-handed operation while wearing the garment, and allowing for easy reattachment to different locations on the body.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional PALS webbing attachment methods are used, then secure attachment is achieved, but removal and reattachment require time-consuming manual manipulation and may require garment removal
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment system is divided into two independent parts: a receiver member that remains attached to the garment and an attachment member that is integrated with the accessory. This segmentation allows the accessory to be quickly attached to or removed from the receiver without removing the entire garment, resolving the contradiction between secure attachment and quick reattachment.
Solution Approach 2:
The receiver member acts as an intermediary component between the PALS webbing and the accessory. It provides a standardized interface that enables quick connection and disconnection of accessories while maintaining secure attachment to the garment, eliminating the need for time-consuming manual manipulation of webbing straps.
2Speed
If quick-release mechanisms are used, then rapid detachment is achieved, but stability and security of attachment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment member incorporates resilient (spring-loaded) tines that dynamically adjust between a compressed state for quick insertion and an extended state for secure locking. The barbs on the tines engage with the receiver's loops to provide stable attachment, while the resilient nature of the tines enables rapid release when force is applied, resolving the contradiction between attachment stability and detachment speed.
3Adaptability or versatility
If additional receiver members are used for quick removal, then rapid reattachment is enabled, but device complexity and space occupation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment member combines multiple functions into a single integrated component: it includes the quick-release mechanism, the securing elements (resilient tines with barbs), and the mounting interface for the accessory. This merging eliminates the need for separate receiver members and reduces the number of parts, while still enabling rapid reattachment to different locations on the garment.
4Ease of manufacture
If lacing fabric straps are used, then simple construction is achieved, but attachment stability and resistance to movement deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment member uses a composite construction combining resilient plastic material for the body and tines with metallic or rigid barbs. This composite approach maintains relative manufacturing simplicity while providing the structural integrity and stability needed to prevent accessory movement, overcoming the limitations of simple fabric strap constructions.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables rapid and secure attachment and detachment of accessories like holsters from MOLLE/PALS-compliant garments without leaving parts behind, facilitating quick reorganization and improved usability during missions.
Implementation Method 1
The attachment member includes four tines, the outer two being resilient
Implementation Method 2
A barb is positioned at the lower portion of each outer tine
Data Source
AI summary
An attachment mount for removably attaching articles to a MOLLE/PALS-compliant garment or the like. The mount is unitary with openings for affixing an article. A pair of resiliently compressible outer tines with a barb are compressed inwardly to be inserted through a pair of adjacent loops in a first horizontal webbing and then into a vertically-aligned pair of adjacent loops in a second webbing. Upon exiting the loops of the second webbing, the barbs spring outwardly to catch upon a lower edge at spaced stitched areas of the second webbing. Inner tines are directed overtop of the first webbing and into the same loops in the second webbing occupied by the outer tines, with the stitched area between the loops straddled by the inner tines.