ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,881, issued on April 7, was assigned to FIRST-LIGHT USA LLC (Seymour, Ill.).
"Molle retention system" was invented by Jeremy B. Ross (Monticello, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retention system for securing an article to a webbing or similar attachment system. The retention system includes one or more rigid or semi-rigid elongated members adapted to fit to said webbing, and including one or more attachment points adapted to receive a securing portion of said article. The members may be arranged as a pair thereof separated from one another by a longitudinal opening and joined to one another at one end of each of the members. A ...