US-12616294-B2 - Component of a carrier system

US12616294B2US 12616294 B2US12616294 B2US 12616294B2US-12616294-B2

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a component of a carrier system comprising a belt element which is fastened to the component by a first end and comprises a second free end, by means of which it can be threaded through at least one loop of a second component, in order to fasten the components to one another, wherein the belt element comprises a textile belt strap and a plastics element. In this case, the plastics element is moulded onto the belt strap.

Inventors

Martin Schwager
Josef Sixt

Assignees

Lindnerhof-Taktik GmbH

Dates

Publication Date: 20260505
Application Date: 20221201
Priority Date: 20211201

Claims (16)

1 . Component of a carrier system, comprising: a belt element which is fastened to the component by a first end and comprises a second free end, wherein the belt element can be threaded through at least one loop of a second component by means of the second free end, in order to fasten the components to one another, wherein the belt element comprises a textile belt strap and a plastics element, wherein the plastics element is molded onto the textile belt strap, and wherein the belt element comprises at least one hinge region, which connects a first region and a second region of the plastics element adjoining said hinge region, the first region and the second region of the plastics element molded onto the textile belt strap, wherein the plastics element comprises at least one third plastics region which connects the first and second regions of the plastics element across the hinge region and forms a film hinge in the hinge region configured to be folded over, and wherein the first and second regions of the plastics element have a greater material thickness than the at least one third plastics region forming the film hinge, and wherein the textile belt strap is overmolded by the plastics element in the first and second regions of greater material thickness.
2 . Component according to claim 1 , wherein the textile belt strap connects the first and second regions of the plastics element across the hinge region and is configured to be folded over in the hinge region.
3 . Component according to claim 2 , wherein the plastics element comprises two third plastics regions each extending on one side of the textile belt strap in the hinge region, wherein the textile belt strap is not overmolded in the hinge region and extends in a recess in the plastics element between the two third plastics regions.
4 . Component of a carrier system comprising: a belt element which is fastened to the component by a first end and comprises a second free end, wherein the belt element can be threaded through at least one loop of a second component by means of the second free end, in order to fasten the components to one another, wherein the belt element comprises a textile belt strap and a plastics element, wherein the plastics element is molded onto the textile belt strap, wherein the belt element comprises at least a first and a second hinge region, which connect a first, second and third region of the plastics element adjoining said first and second hinge regions, wherein the plastics element comprises fourth plastics regions which connect the first, second and third region of the plastics element across the first and second hinge region and respectively form a first and second film hinge in the first and second hinge region configured to be folded over, wherein the first, second and third region of the plastics element have a greater material thickness than the fourth plastics regions forming the first and second film hinge, and wherein the textile belt strap is overmolded by the plastics element at least in the first and third plastics region of greater material thickness.
5 . Component according to claim 4 , wherein the first region is arranged such that it is located in a position threaded through the at least one loop of the second component, when the component is fastened to the second component, and the second region forms a free end of the plastics element, for detachably fixing the belt element in the position, and wherein the belt element is fixedly connected to the component in the third region out of the at least three regions.
6 . Component of a carrier system, comprising: a belt element which is fastened to the component by a first end and comprises a second free end, wherein the belt element can be threaded through at least one loop of a second component via the second free end, in order to fasten the components to one another, wherein the belt element comprises a textile belt strap and a plastics element, wherein the plastics element is molded onto the textile belt strap, wherein the plastics element is designed as a multi-component injection-moulded part, wherein the plastics element comprises an outer structure consisting of a hard plastics component into which a soft plastics component is injected, wherein the hard plastics component surrounds the soft plastics component in a frame-like manner and forms lateral edges of the plastics element.
7 . Component according to claim 6 , wherein the soft plastics component forms an upper and/or lower face of the plastics element, at least in a portion of the plastics element, and/or comprises nub and/or bead elements extending transversely to an extension of the belt element.
8 . Component according to either claim 6 , wherein the hard plastics component forms one or more film hinges and/or a region in which the belt element is connected to the component.
9 . Component according to claim 1 , wherein the textile belt strap extends over the entire length of the plastics element.
10 . Component according to claim 1 , wherein a free end of the textile belt strap protrudes beyond a free end of the plastics element, wherein the free end of the textile belt strap is overmolded with a second plastics element.
11 . Component according to claim 1 , wherein the component comprises at least one loop, through which the free end of the belt element can be threaded, in order to connect the loop to the at least one loop of the second component.
12 . Belt element configured to be fastened to a component by a first end and comprising a second free end, wherein the belt element comprises a textile belt strap and a plastics element, wherein the plastics element is molded onto the belt strap, wherein the belt element comprises at least one hinge region, which connects a first and a second region of the plastics element adjoining said hinge region, the first region and the second region of the plastics element molded onto the textile belt strap, wherein the plastics element comprises at least one third plastics region which connects the first region and the second region of the plastics element across the hinge region and that forms a film hinge in the hinge region configured to be folded over, and wherein the first and second regions of the plastics element have a greater material thickness than the at least one third plastics region forming the film hinge, and wherein the textile belt strap is overmolded by the plastics element in the first and second plastics regions of greater material thickness.
13 . Carrier system comprising a first component according to claim 1 and a second component to which the first component can be detachably fastened via the belt element.
14 . Carrier system according to claim 13 , wherein the second component is a vest, a plate carrier and/or a backpack, and/or wherein the first component is a transport element which is produced from textile material.
15 . Belt element according to claim 12 , wherein the textile belt strap connects the first and second regions of the plastics element across the hinge region and is configured to be folded over in the hinge region.
16 . Belt element according to claim 15 , wherein the plastics element comprises two third plastics regions each extending on one side of the textile belt strap in the hinge region, wherein the textile belt strap is not overmolded in the hinge region and extends in a recess in the plastics element between the two third plastics regions.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION The present application claims priority to German Patent Application No. 10 2021 131 697.9 filed on Dec. 1, 2021. The entire contents of the above-listed application are hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes. TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to a component of a carrier system comprising a belt element which is fastened to the component by a first end and comprises a second free end, by means of which it can be threaded through at least one loop of a second component, in order to fasten the components to one another. In particular, it can be a component of a carrier system by means of which bags, ammunition or weapons carriers, or similar components, can be flexibly attached to a platform. The platform can be provided for example on a bag, a backpack, a vest, or a plate carrier, and comprises at least one loop, to which the component of the carrier system can be fastened via a belt element. BACKGROUND Carrier systems are known. For example, these may be PALS components of a MOLLE system, as is used by the US army. In the case of this system, belt straps, extending in parallel with one another, are sewn onto the two components to be interconnected, in such a way that openings/loops that are continuous in the transverse direction are formed. These are woven together by a belt strap extending transversely to the extension of the loop, which belt strap is in each case threaded through the belt straps extending in parallel. PALS components of a MOLLE system are described for example in U.S. Pat. No. 5,724,707 A. Instead of the horizontal belt straps, slits made in a material layer are sometimes also used. In this case, the transversely extending belt straps can typically be sewn to one component, at one side, in particular its top side, and then pushed, by the main part thereof, through the parallel belt straps, and can be pushed by their free end into a pocket arranged on the other component, in particular on the lower end thereof. The insertion of the free end into the pocket thus locks the connection. In order to be able to pull the free end out of the pocket again, another narrower strap is typically attached thereto, which narrower strap shows out of the pocket. Alternatively, press connection and/or a snap connection is used for fixing the free end of the transversely extending strap. In order to be able to better thread the transversely extending belt strap through the loops, it is known to reinforce this by means of plastics elements, which are sewn onto the belt element. The strap for pulling out the free end is typically manufactured as a separate, narrower strap which is sewn to the free end of the belt strap. It is likewise known, instead of the belt strap, to use an element formed entirely of plastics material. Straps overmoulded with plastics material, and fibre-reinforced hinges, are known from other fields of technology, for example from the documents DE6909170U, DE19910309A1, U.S. Pat. No. 5,945,053A, DE4338373A1, EP2326579B1, WO2008015178A1 and US20140304946A1. SUMMARY OF EMBODIMENTS The object of the present disclosure is that of providing an improved component of a carrier system, and an improved belt element. The present disclosure comprises a component of a carrier system comprising a belt element which is fastened to the component by a first end and comprises a second free end, by means of which it can be threaded through at least one loop of a second component, in order to fasten the components to one another, wherein the belt element comprises a textile belt strap and a plastics element. According to the disclosure, it is provided that the plastics element is moulded onto the belt strap. The advantage of the disclosure is firstly that the outlay for producing the belt elements, which hitherto had to be manufactured individually by sewing the corresponding components, can be reduced. Since said belt elements are usually used in identical form in large numbers, this results in a significant advantage. Furthermore, the reliability and handling ability of the belt element is increased. The textile belt strap may be formed by webbing. According to a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the belt element comprises at least one, and optionally two, hinge regions, which connect regions of the plastics element adjoining said hinge regions, and in which the belt strap can be turned, in particular turned about 180°. The hinge regions make it possible to turn or fold the belt element at defined points suitable for the fastening to the other component. They therefore facilitate the handling and increase the reliability during use. According to a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the hinge regions are provided by the belt strap, via which mutually separated regions of the plastics elements are connected. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, however, the plastics element in each case comprises, in the