US Patent Issued to GBRS Group on May 26 for "Lightweight modular chest rig" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,783, issued on May 26, was assigned to GBRS Group LLC (Virginia Beach, Va.).

"Lightweight modular chest rig" was invented by Blair Cole Fackler (Virginia Beach, Va.) and Donald Wayne Shipley III (Virginia Beach, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular chest rig may include a back plate assembly configured for positioning on a back of a user, a chest plate assembly configured for positioning on a chest of the user, a pair of shoulder strap assemblies configured for positioning on respective shoulders of the user and for removably coupling the chest plate assembly to the back plate assembly, a plurality of joint assemblies configur...