Patent ID: 7963427

Claim:
A strap attachment apparatus for securing a removable article releasably to a supporting article, the strap attachment apparatus comprising: a) a first plurality of longitudinally extending, laterally spaced apart securement strap members secured on a supporting article, the first plurality of securement strap members including an endmost securement strap member, said first plurality of securement strap members providing at least one laterally aligned row of securement loop channels, b) a second plurality of longitudinally extending, laterally spaced apart securement strap members secured on a removable article to be releasably attached to the supporting article, said second plurality comprising a number of securement straps sized and laterally spaced to fit between the securement straps secured on the supporting article and including an endmost securement strap member positioned on the removable article to overlie the endmost securement strap member on the supporting article such that a face of the endmost securement strap member positioned on the removable article abuts a face of the endmost securement strap on the supporting article along a horizontal contact surface when said supporting article and said removable article are secured together and at least one elongated, laterally extending connector strap member secured at one terminal end to the removable article is tautly interwoven through the first plurality of longitudinally extending, laterally spaced apart securement strap members and the second plurality of longitudinally extending, laterally spaced apart securement strap members, except for the endmost securement strap member positioned on the removable article, c) said second plurality of securement strap members provide at least one laterally aligned row of securement loop channels for receiving the at least one elongated, laterally extending connector strap member, and d) wherein the at least one elongated, laterally extending connector strap member extends in one direction from a securement loop channel of the endmost securement strap member on the supporting article and subsequently extends in the opposite direction into the securement loop channel of the endmost securement strap member on the removable article for releasably captured, locking engagement of the terminal end of the connector strap within the confines of said securement loop channel when said support article and said removable article are secured together.