ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,540, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to FirstSpear Technology Group LLC (Fenton, Mo.).

"Light weight modular pouch attachment system and method" was invented by Michael E. Cole (Ste. Genevieve, Mo.) and Brian Rapp (Millstadt, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A 3 dimensional shape retaining light weight pouch and method for making the same, for mounting on a carrier such as a garment such as, but not limited to, a vest, belt, cummerbund, pack, or the like, and more particularly, that utilizes standing portions of stiffened fused together edges of laminated or composite panels of the pouch to hold the pouch in a predetermined 3 dimens...