ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,322, issued on June 10.

"Load transfer system for tactical plate carriers" was invented by Joshua D Anderson (Belmont, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The load transfer system for tactical plate carriers includes a top interface, a bottom interface, and a linkage. The top interface may couple to an armor plate directly or indirectly via a plate carrier. The bottom interface may couple to anatomically inferior gear located below the top interface. The top end of the linkage may couple to the top interface and the bottom end of the linkage may couple to the bottom interface. The load transfer system may be adapted to be worn by a u...