ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,323, issued on July 22, was assigned to Revelyst Operations LLC (Anoka, Minn.).
"Quick detach belt loop" was invented by Christopher J. Michael (Belgrade, Mont.) and Daniel Sereday (Belgrade, Mont.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In embodiments, a belt clamp includes an inboard plate and an outboard plate that are pivotally coupled at their upper ends. The belt clamp may also include a spring biased locking mechanism that selectively and releasably connects the lower end of the inboard plate to the lower end of the outboard plate by way of locking posts in the inboard plate that are displaced upwardly from the lower edge of said plate...