Patent ID: 7694862

Claim:
An article adapted to be mounted to a support comprising a support webbing channel, said article comprising: (a) an article webbing strip attached to an article mounting surface on said article and defining an article webbing channel with said article mounting surface, said article mounting surface being matable with the support mounting surface to juxtapose said article webbing channel with the support webbing channel when said article is mounted to the support; (b) a web fastener comprising: (i) a fixed end attached to said article and a distal end not attached to said article, so that when said article is mounted to said support said web fastener extends from said fixed end through and between said juxtaposed said article webbing channel and said support webbing channel to a fold in said web fastener, said web fastener then returning back through the juxtaposed said article webbing channel and said support webbing channel to said distal end; (ii) a flexible portion; and (iii) a stiffened portion that is more rigid than the flexible portion; (iv) wherein after said article has been mounted on the support, said flexible portion of said web fastener extends between said fixed end of said web fastener and said fold and said stiffened portion of said web fastener extends between said fold and said distal end.