Patent ID: 8453899

Claim:
A portable article configured to be releasably secured to a support surface having multiple elongate and flexible first securement straps fastened to the support surface in a spaced-apart manner such that the first securement straps are positioned in parallel with respect to one another and define, on the support surface, elongate gaps therebetween, each of the first securement straps forming a first loop along its length, the first loops of adjacent ones of the first securement straps being aligned to cooperatively form a first column of securement loops oriented perpendicular to the lengths of first securement straps, the portable article comprising: a panel; multiple elongate and flexible second securement straps including first and second endmost securement straps, the second securement straps fastened to the panel in spaced-apart relation so that, when the portable article is disposed with the panel in confronting relation to the support surface, the second securement straps confront corresponding ones of the elongate gaps for securement of the portable article to the support surface, each of the second securement straps forming a second loop along its length, the second loops of adjacent ones of the second securement straps being aligned to cooperatively form a second column of securement loops oriented perpendicular to the lengths of the second securement straps, the second loops of the second column being positioned for interlacing with the first loops of the first column to cooperatively form a loop channel when the portable article is disposed with the panel confronting the support surface; an elongate and flexible connector strap comprising: a first segment having an end portion fastened to the panel at a fastened location proximate the first endmost securement strap; a second segment conformable to the first segment such that a portion of major surfaces of the first segment and second segment overlap when the connector strap is extended through the loop channel, the second segment joined to the first segment at a joined location on the first segment located away from the first endmost securement strap, and the second segment extending to a pull portion that, when pulled away from the first endmost securement strap, causes the connector strap to be withdrawn from the loop channel and release the portable article from the support surface; and a retaining pouch having an opening to receive a distal portion of the connector strap along an insertion axis that extends in a direction transverse to an axis defined by the loop channel.