Patent ID: 9723909
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A41B,A41C,A41D,A45F,F41C

Claim:
1. An assembly comprising: an item; a load-bearing platform connected with or comprising at least a portion of the item; and a substrate comprising: a) an attachment platform connected with the load-bearing platform; and b) a plurality of openings formed in the attachment platform and arranged in a repeating hexagonal pattern configured to facilitate attachment of MOLLE-compatible accessories to the attachment platform along any of at least three differing axes, wherein at least one of the openings of the plurality of openings is hexagonally-shaped and has a side-to-side width corresponding to a distance between two parallel sides of said hexagonally-shaped opening, and wherein said side-to-side width is wider than a member width corresponding to a width of an attachment member for a MOLLE-compatible accessory so as to facilitate inserting the attachment member through said hexagonally-shaped opening in a direction parallel to said two parallel sides of said hexagonally-shaped opening to attach said MOLLE-compatible accessory.