Patent ID: 8832976

Claim:
A badge holder comprising: a main badge holder comprising at least three backing members, wherein a first backing member comprises a means for attaching a badge, a second backing member comprises at least one of: hook elements of a hook and loop fastening array and loop elements of a hook and loop fastening array, the hook and loop fastening array disposed on an outer surface of the second backing member, and a third backing member comprising a rigid material wherein the third backing member is interposed between the first backing member and the second backing member and the at least three backing members are stitched together; and at least one backing plate, the backing plate comprising at least three backing plate backing members: a first backing plate backing member comprising at least three pieces of webbing fabric sewn horizontally to a local plane across a surface of the first backing plate backing member, wherein each of the at least three pieces of webbing fabric abut each other vertically to a local plane and are attached end to end, and wherein a center stitch is sewn orthogonally through a center of the at least three pieces of webbing fabric; a second backing plate backing member comprising at least one of: hook elements of a hook and loop fastening array and loop elements of a hook and loop fastening array, the hook and loop fastening array disposed on an outer surface of the second backing plate backing member; and a third backing plate backing member comprising a rigid material, wherein the third backing plate backing member is interposed between the first backing plate backing member and the second backing plate backing member and the at least three backing plate backing members are stitched together; wherein the at least one backing plate comprises at least one of: (a) lanyard, (b) strapping, (c) loop elements of a hook and loop fastening array, and (d) hook elements of a hook and loop fastening array; wherein the main badge holder may be detachably attached to the at least one backing plate by the hook and loop fastening array.