Patent ID: 8458867

Claim:
An attachment mount and receiver system for removably attaching articles to a garment comprising: a receiver having a pocket for receiving an attachment mount, said pocket being bounded by a pair of opposing end walls, a pair of spaced partial front walls extending substantially perpendicularly between said end walls with each said front wall having an end formed integrally with a respective said end wall, a rear wall generally parallel with said front walls and extending perpendicularly between said end walls, said rear wall having opposing ends with each said end being formed integrally with a respective said end wall; said rear wall including a top portion, an inner surface, a bottom portion, and a plurality of spaced openings extending through said rear wall for affixing a support thereto; and said attachment mount having a pair of opposing side edges; a substantially planar base member containing a front surface, a substantially vertical central part located generally medially of said base member, and a plurality of spaced openings extending through said central part of said base member for affixing an article thereto; said central part of said base member including a raised mounting portion formed integrally with said front surface of said base member and projecting outwardly, said mounting portion being substantially parallel to said from surface of said base member, said openings of said base member, extending through said mounting portion; a pair of spaced tines, each said tine being adjacent respective said side edges and each with a tapered lower extremity and a barb for engaging a lower end of each said end wall of said receiver; and a pair of spaced springs, each said spring having a pair of opposing ends being located between a respective said tine and said central part for permitting compression of said tines toward each other, said springs being uncompressed when said barbs respectively engage said lower ends of said end walls of said receiver.