FI20225338A1

FI20225338A1 - An attachment device

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Publication number: FI20225338A1
Application number: FI20225338A
Authority: FI
Inventors: Kim Leppänen; Emil Järvinen; Niko Leppänen; Tarmo Leppänen
Original assignee: King Competition Products Oy
Priority date: 2022-04-22
Filing date: 2022-04-22
Publication date: 2023-10-23
Also published as: FI130839B1

Abstract

An attachment device (100) for removably attaching objects to a garment comprises a body section (101) and a clip section (104). The clip section has a first end (105) connected to a first end of the body section and a second end (106) at a second end of the body section and moveable with respect to the body section. The clip section comprises flexible material for generating a spring force tending to move the second end of the clip section to a first position with respect to the body section when the second end of the clip section is in a second position away from the first position. The second end of the clip section is shaped to form a hook (107) and the clip section intersects the body section when the second end of the clip section is in the first position with respect to the body section.

Description

An attachment device

Field of the disclosure

The disclosure relates to an attachment device for removably attaching objects to a garment of a user. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a carrier device comprising an attachment device and a holder device secured to the attachment device and suitable for holding objects such as for example cartridges.

Background

In many cases there is a need for an attachment device for removably attaching objects to a garment of a user. The garment can be for example MOLLE/PALS- compliant garment or the like, where MOLLE is an acronym for Modular Lightweight

Load-carrying Equipment and PALS is an acronym for Pouch Attachment Ladder

System which means rows of heavy-duty nylon precisely stitched onto a vest to allow for attachment of various MOLLE-compatible pouches and objects. For example, publication US8523029 describes an attachment device for removably attaching an object to a MOLLE-compliant garment. The attachment device described in US8523029 comprises a pair of resiliently compressible outer tines with barbs. The resiliently compressible outer tines are compressed inwardly to be inserted through a pair of adjacent loops in a first horizontal webbing of a garment and then into a vertically aligned pair of adjacent loops in a second webbing of the

N garment. Upon exiting the loops of the second webbing, the barbs spring outwardly

N to catch upon a lower edge at spaced stitched areas of the second webbing. Inner 3 tines are directed overtop of the first webbing and into the same loops in the second

N webbing occupied by the outer tines.

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N 25 A challenge concerning many attachment devices of the kind described above is

O related to the width of the attachment device because the attachment device

N occupies two vertically aligned pairs of adjacent of loops. This may be inconvenient

N when there is a need to attach many narrow objects to the garment. Furthermore, there can be situations where a MOLLE/PALS-compliant garment or the like is not in use and there is a need to removably attach an object to an ordinary belt. Many attachment devices which are designed for MOLLE/PALS-compliant garments can be unsuitable for removably attaching an object to an ordinary belt.

Summary

The following presents a simplified summary to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of various invention embodiments. The summary is not an extensive overview of the invention. It is neither intended to identify key or critical elements of the invention nor to delineate the scope of the invention. The following summary merely presents some concepts of the invention in a simplified form as a prelude to a more detailed description of exemplifying and non-limiting embodiments. — In this document, the word “geometric” when used as a prefix means a geometric concept that is not necessarily a part of any physical object. The geometric concept can be for example a geometric point, a straight or curved geometric line, a geometric plane, a non-planar geometric surface, a geometric space, or any other geometric entity that is zero, one, two, or three dimensional.

In accordance with the invention, there is provided a new attachment device for removably attaching objects to a garment of a user. The garment can be for example a MOLLE/PALS-compliant garment or a belt.

An attachment device according to the invention comprises: - a body section having a first end and a second end, and

N 20 - a clip section alongside with the body section and having a first end 5 connected to the first end of the body section and a second end at the second = end of the body section and moveable with respect to the body section.

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E The clip section comprises flexible material configured to generate a spring force 9 tending to move the second end of the clip section to a first position with respect to i. 25 the body section when the second end of the clip section is in a second position

O away from the first position. The second end of the clip section is shaped to form a hook and the clip section intersects the body section when the second end of the clip section is in the first position with respect to the body section. The hook is such that the inner curve of the hook is on the same side of the clip section as a surface of the clip section facing towards the body section.

In an exemplifying case where an attachment device according to the invention is used with a MOLLE/PALS-compliant garment, the attachment device occupies two vertically aligned loops of the garment so that the body section protrudes through a lower one of the loops and the clip section protrudes through both the loops, and a lower rim of the lower one of the loops is in the bottom of the hook of the second end of the clip section. As the first ends of the body section and the clip section are connected to each other, the attachment device cannot be removed from its position by an unintentional downwards directed force. As the lower rim of the lower one of the loops is in the bottom of the hook of the second end of the clip section, the attachment device cannot be removed from its position by an unintentional upwards directed force. Removal of the attachment device requires first a downwards directed movement and then pushing the second end of the clip section so that the lower rim of the lower one of the loops is no more in the hook, and then moving the attachment device upwards. It is worth noting that the above-described case is just an example and the two loops do not need to be vertically aligned but it suffices that the loops are aligned with each other so that the clip section can protrude through both the loops.

In another exemplifying case where an attachment device according to the invention is used with an ordinary belt, the belt is between the body section and the clip section. As the first ends of the body section and the clip section are connected to

N each other, the attachment device cannot be removed from its position by an 5 unintentional downwards directed force. As the second end of the clip section is = 25 shaped to form the hook, the attachment device cannot be detached from the belt - by an unintentional upwards directed force. As the clip section and the body section

E intersect each other when the second end of the clip section is in the first position & with respect to the body section, the attachment device can provide a tight fit with 3 belts having different widths and different thicknesses.

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In accordance with the invention, there is also provided a new carrier device that comprises an attachment device according to the invention and a holder device secured to the attachment device and suitable for holding one or more objects such as for example cartridges. The holder device comprises: - a holder body secured to the body section of the attachment device so that the body section of the attachment device is between the clip section of the attachment device and the holder body, - a holder element configured to hold the one or more objects and linearly moveable with respect to the holder body, and - a force generating system configured to generate force tending to move the holder element in a first direction to a first position with respect to the holder body when the holder element is in a second position away from the first position.

The holder element comprises two wall sections parallel with and a distance away from each other and an intermediate section connected to the wall sections. The wall sections and the intermediate section constitute a trough having a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the first direction, a wider area closer to a bottom of the trough, and a narrower area farther from the bottom of the trough. A rim of the holder body is configured to close at least the wider area of the trough when the holder element is in the first position to prevent the one or more objects from moving in the longitudinal direction out from the trough, and the wider area of the trough is farther in a second direction opposite to the first direction than the rim of the holder body

N when the holder element is in the second position to allow the one or more objects

O to be moved in the longitudinal direction out from the trough. 3 An object can be removed from the holder device by first drawing the object in the

N above-mentioned second direction or otherwise moving the holder element so that

E 25 the holder element gets into the second position and then sliding the object in the & above-mentioned longitudinal direction out from the trough. Thus, the removal is a based on movements in two directions that are non-parallel, i.e. intersecting with

N each other, namely the second direction and the longitudinal direction of the trough.

The object is securely held by the holder device because removal of the object from the holder device requires movements in the two non-parallel directions. An object can be supplied to the holder device by first moving the holder element into the above-mentioned second position, then sliding the object into the trough in the longitudinal direction of the trough, and then releasing the holder element to allow the force generating system to move the holder element into the above-mentioned 5 first position.

Exemplifying and non-limiting embodiments are described in accompanied dependent claims.

Various exemplifying and non-limiting embodiments both as to constructions and to methods of operation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will be best understood from the following description of specific exemplifying and non- limiting embodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.

The verbs “to comprise” and “to include” are used in this document as open limitations that neither exclude nor require the existence of also un-recited features.

The features recited in dependent claims are mutually freely combinable unless otherwise explicitly stated.

Furthermore, it is to be understood that the use of “a” or “an”, i.e. a singular form, throughout this document does not exclude a plurality.

Brief description of the figures

Exemplifying and non-limiting embodiments of the invention and their advantages

N 20 are explained in greater detail below in the sense of examples and with reference 5 to the accompanying drawings, in which:

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N figures 1a, 1b, and 1c illustrate an attachment device according to an exemplifying = and non-limiting embodiment, 00 2 figures 2a, 2b, 2c, and 2d illustrate functionality of the attachment device illustrated

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N 25 — in figures 1a-1c when the attachment device is used with a MOLLE/PALS-compliant

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figures 3a and 3b illustrate functionality of the attachment device illustrated in figures 1a-1c when the attachment device is used with a belt, figures 4a, 4b, and 4c illustrate a carrier device according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment, figures 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, Sf, 5g, 5h, and 5i illustrate a holder device of a carrier device according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment, figure 6 illustrates a holder device of a carrier device according to another exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment, figures 7a and 7b illustrate a holder device of a carrier device according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment, and figure 8 illustrates a holder device of a carrier device according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment.

Description of exemplifying and non-limiting embodiments

The specific examples provided in the description below should not be construed as limiting the scope and/or the applicability of the accompanied claims. Lists and groups of examples provided in the description are not exhaustive unless otherwise explicitly stated.

Figure 1a shows a side view of an attachment device 100 according to an

N exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment. Figures 1b and 1c show perspective

N 20 views of the attachment device 100. The viewing directions related to figures 1a-1c

S are illustrated with a coordinate system 199. The attachment device 100 comprises

N a body section 101 having a first end 102 and a second end 103. The attachment

E device 100 comprises a clip section 104 that is alongside with the body section 101 9 and has a first end 105 connected to the first end 102 of the body section 101 and i. 25 a second end 106 that is at the second end 103 of the body section 101 and is

O moveable with respect to the body section 101. The clip section 104 comprises flexible material, such as metal or plastic, configured to generate a spring force tending to move the second end 106 of the clip section 104 to a first position with respect to the body section 101 when the second end 106 of the clip section 104 is in a second position away from the first position. Figures 1a-1c show a situation in which the second end 106 of the clip section 104 is in the above-mentioned first position. The second end 106 of the clip section 104 is shaped to form a hook 107 and, as shown in figures 1a-1c, the clip section 104 intersects the body section 101 when the second end 106 of the clip section 104 is in the above-mentioned first position with respect to the body section 101. The hook 107 is such that its inner curve 108 is on the same side of the clip section 104 as a surface of the clip section 104 facing towards the body section 101.

In the exemplifying attachment device 100 illustrated in figures 1a-1c, the second end 103 of the body section 101 is L-shaped so that an inner angle 109 of the L- shaped second end 103 of the body section 101 in on the same side of the body section 101 as a surface of the body section 101 facing towards the clip section 104.

In the exemplifying attachment device 100 illustrated in figures 1a-1c, the body — section comprises an aperture 110 and the second end 106 of the clip section 104 protrudes through the aperture 110 when the second end 106 of the clip section 104 is in the first position shown in figures 1a-1c. It is also possible that the body section comprises parallel branches and a part of the clip section is between the branches of the body section when the second end of the clip section is in the first position.

Furthermore, it is also possible that the second end of the clip section comprises parallel branches and a part of the body section is between the branches of the clip " section when the second end of the clip section is in the first position.

R In the exemplifying attachment device 100 illustrated in figures 1a-1c, the body

S section 101 comprises holes for screws or bolts for securing objects to the

N 25 attachment device. In figure 1b, one of the holes is denoted with a reference 111. In = this exemplifying case, the mouths of the holes have broadenings for screw or bolt 2 heads or for nuts. In figure 1b, one of the broadenings is denoted with a reference 112. Advantageously, the broadenings have a hexagonal shape to provide shape

S locking against rotation of nuts or bolt heads when the nuts or the bolt heads are in the broadenings.

figures 2a, 2b, 2c, and 2d illustrate functionality of the attachment device 100 illustrated in figures 1a-1c when the attachment device 100 is used with a

MOLLE/PALS-compliant garment that comprises first and second loops 213 and 214 which are aligned with respect to each other. In the final position shown in figure 2d, the attachment device 101 occupies the first and second loops 213 and 214 so that the body section 101 protrudes through the loop 214 and the clip section 104 protrudes through both the loops 213 and 214, and arim of the loop 214 is in the bottom of the hook 107 of the second end of the clip section 104. As the first ends of the body section 101 and the clip section 104 are connected to each other, the attachment device 100 cannot be removed from its position by an unintentional force directed in the negative z-direction of the coordinate system 199. As the rim of the loop 214 is in the bottom of the hook 107 of the second end of the clip section 104, the attachment device 100 cannot be removed from its position by an unintentional force directed in the positive z-direction of the coordinate system 199. Removal of the attachment device 101 requires first a movement in the negative z-direction and then pushing the second end of the clip section 104 in the positive y-direction so that the lower rim of the loop 214 is no more in the hook 107, and then moving the attachment device 100 in the positive z-direction. It is worth noting that the negative z-direction of the coordinate system 199 is not necessarily downwards, i.e. the negative z-direction is not necessarily the direction of gravity, but the z-axis of the coordinate system can be as well horizontal or diagonal i.e. perpendicular to or obligue with respect to the direction of gravity.

N Figures 3a and 3b illustrate functionality of the attachment device 100 illustrated in

S figures 1a-1c when the attachment device 100 used with a belt 316. Figures 3a and 3 25 3b show a cross-section of the belt 316. In the final position shown in figure 3b, the

N belt 316 is between the body section 101 and the clip section 104. As the first ends

E of the body section 101 and the clip section 104 are connected to each other, the © attachment device 100 cannot be removed from its position by an unintentional force i. directed in the negative z-direction of the coordinate system 199. As the second end

O 30 of the clip section is shaped to form the hook 107, the attachment device 100 cannot be detached from the belt 316 by an unintentional force directed in the positive z- direction of the coordinate system 199.

Figures 4a, 4b, and 4c illustrate a carrier device according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment. The carrier device comprises an attachment device 400 according to an embodiment of the invention and a holder device 417 secured to the attachment device 400. In this exemplifying case, the attachment device 400 is like the attachment device 100 illustrated in figures 1a-1c. The holder device 417 is secured to the attachment device 400 so that the body section 401 of the attachment device 400 is between the clip section 404 of the attachment device 400 and the holder device 417. Figure 4b illustrates how the holder device 417 can be secured to the attachment device 400 with screws which protrude from the attachment — device 400 to the holder device 417. It is also possible to secure the holder device to the attachment device with screws protruding from the holder device to the attachment device. In this exemplifying case, the attachment device can be provided with nuts for receiving the screws. Figure 4c illustrates an exemplifying case in which the holder device 417 is secured to the attachment device 400 so that the holder device 417 is in a different position with respect to the attachment device 400 than in the exemplifying case illustrated in figures 4a and 4b.

Figure 4a shows objects 438 and 439 that can be held by the holder device 417. In this exemplifying case, the objects 438 and 439 are cartridges of a shotgun but it is to be noted that many different objects can be hold by the holder device. For example, figure 8 shows an exemplifying situation in which a holder device 817 of a carrier device according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment is used for holding a bottle 843.

N The holder device 417 is described below in more details with reference to figures 5 5a, 5b, 5c, Sd, 5e, Sf, 5g, 5h, and 5i. Figure 5a shows the holder device 417 in a = 25 — situation in which the holder device 417 is able to receive the objects 438 and 439, - and figure 5b shows a situation in which the objects 438 and 439 are held by the

E holder device 417. Figures 5c and 5d show sections of the holder device 417 taken 5 along lines A1-A1 and A2-A2 shown in figure 5b, respectively. In figure 5c, the

N geometric section plane is parallel with the xz-plane of a coordinate system 599. In

N 30 figure 5d, the geometric section plane is parallel with the yz-plane of the coordinate system 599. Section surfaces are depicted as cross-hatched areas.

The holder device 417 comprises a holder body 518 and a holder element 519 that is linearly moveable with respect to the holder body 518 and suitable for holding the objects 438 and 439. The holder element 519 is linearly movable in parallel with the z-axis of the coordinate system 599. The holder device 417 comprises a force generating system configured to generate force tending to move the holder element 519 in a first direction to a first position with respect to the holder body 518 when the holder element 519 is in a second position away from the first position. The first direction is the positive z-direction of the coordinate system 599. Figures 5b, 5c, and 5d show the holder device 417 in a situation in which the holder element 519 is in the first position. Figure 5a shows the holder device 417 in a situation in which the holder element 519 is in the second position. Figures 5g and 5h show corresponding section views of the holder device 417 as figures 5c and 5d, but in the situation shown in figures 5g and 5h the holder element 519 is in the second position. The force generating system is denoted with a reference 520 in figures 5d and 5h.

In the exemplifying holder device 417, the force generating system 520 comprises pieces 533 and 534 of permanent magnet material configured to direct attractive magnetic forces to each other. When the holder element 519 is in the second position as shown in figures 5a, 5g, and 5h, the attractive magnetic forces tend to move the holder element 519 in the first direction, i.e. in the positive z-direction, to the first position that is shown in figures 5b, 5c, and 5d. It is also possible that one of the pieces 533 and 544 is made of ferromagnetic material and only the other one of the pieces 533 and 544 is made of permanent magnet material. Furthermore, a

N force generating system of a holder device of a carrier device according to an

S exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment can be implemented with other means 3 25 too, such as for example a spring or an element of rubber or some other suitable

N flexible material. Figure 6 illustrates a holder device 617 of a carrier device according

E to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment. The holder device 617 comprises © a holder body 618, a holder element 619, and a force generating system 620 that is i. implemented with a spring 637.

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N 30 Figures 5e and 5f illustrate the holder element 519 of the holder device 417. Figure 5f shows a section taken along a line A3-A3 shown in figure 5e. The geometric section plane is parallel with the xz-plane of the coordinate system 599. The holder element 519 comprises two wall sections 521 and 522 which are parallel with and a distance away from each other. The holder element 519 comprises an intermediate section 523 that is connected to the wall sections 521 and 522. The wall sections 521 and 522 and the intermediate section 523 constitute a trough having a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the above-mentioned first direction, i.e. perpendicular to the positive z-direction of the coordinate system 599. The longitudinal direction of the trough is parallel with the y-axis of the coordinate system 599. As shown in figure 5f, the trough comprises a wider area 524 closer to a bottom 526 of the trough and a narrower area 525 farther from the bottom 526 of the trough.

In figure 5f, a dashed line is shown between the wider and narrower areas 524 and 525. The holder element 519 can carry the objects 438 and 439 because a flange of each of the objects 438 and 439 fits with the wider area 524 as shown in figures 5c and 5g. The wider area can as well be shaped to utilize a different shape of an object to be held, for example a spherical shape, a dove tail shape, or some other shape which enables carrying the object under consideration.

As illustrated in figures 5b and 5d, a rim 527 of the holder body 518 is configured to close at least the wider area of the trough constituted by the holder element 519 when the holder element 519 is in the first position. This prevents the objects 438 and 439 from moving in the negative y-direction of the coordinate system 599 out from the trough constituted by the holder element 519. As shown in figure 5h, the wider area of the trough is lower than the rim 527 of the holder body 518 when the holder element 519 is in the second position. This allows the objects 438 and 439

N to be moved in a direction parallel with the y-axis of the coordinate system 599 to

S and from the trough constituted by the holder element 519. < = 25 The object 438 can be removed from the holder device 417 by first drawing the - object 438 in the negative z-direction of the coordinate system 599 or otherwise

E moving the holder element 519 in the negative z-direction so that the holder element 5 519 gets into the second position shown in figures 5a, 5g, and 5h and then sliding

N the object 438 in the negative y-direction out from the trough constituted by the

N 30 holder element 519. Thereafter, the object 438 can be removed in the same way.

Thus, the removal is based on movements in two directions that are non-parallel i.e. intersecting with each other, namely the negative z-direction and the negative y-

direction of the coordinate system 599. The objects 438 and 439 are securely held by the holder device 417 because removal of each object from the holder device requires movements in the two non-parallel directions. An object can be supplied to the holder device 417 by first moving the holder element 519 into the above- mentioned second position shown in figure 5a, then sliding the object into the trough in the positive y-direction of the coordinate system 599, and then releasing the holder element 519 to allow the force generating system 520 to move the holder element 519 into the above-mentioned first position shown in figures 5b, 5c, and 5d.

The holder device 417 comprises a press-button 528 connected to the holder element 519 and configured to move the holder element 519 away from the first position shown in figures 5b, 5c, and 5d to the second position shown in figures 5a, 5g, and 5h in response to pushing the press-button 528. Figure 5i shows an exploded view presenting the holder body 518, the holder element 519, and the press-button 528. The press-button 528 is connected to the intermediate section 523 of the holder element 519 with the aid of isthmuses 529 and 530 shown in figure 5i. The isthmuses 529 and 530 are projecting portions joining the press-button 528.

The isthmuses 529 and 530 protrude through apertures 531 of a part of the holder body 518 so that the press-button 528 is on one side of this part of the holder body 518 and the intermediate section 523 of the holder element 519 is on an opposite side of this part of the holder body 518. It is also possible that a wall section, such as the wall section 521 of the holder element 519, is provided with an overhang or another part with the aid of which the holder element 519 can be drawn in the

N negative z-direction of the coordinate system 599.

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5 Figure 7a illustrates a holder device 717 of a carrier device according to an = 25 exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment. Figure 7b shows a section of the holder - device 717 taken along a line A-A shown in figure 7a. The geometric section plane

E is parallel with the xz-plane of a coordinate system 799. The holder device 717 & comprises a holder body 718, a holder element 719, and a force generating system that is not shown in figures 7a and 7b. The force generating system can be, for

N 30 example but not necessarily, such as illustrated in figures 5d and 5h or such as illustrated in figure 6. The holder device 717 further comprises an adapter 735 attachable to the trough constituted by the holder element 719. The adapter 735 constitutes a narrower trough that is suitable for holding objects 740, 741, and 742 which are too narrow to be carried by the holder element 719. In this exemplifying case, the adapter 735 comprises claws configured to provide shape-locking with the holder element 719. In figure 7a, one of the claws is denoted with a reference 736.

Different mechanical arrangements, e.g. one or more screws, for attaching the adapter 735 to the holder element 719 are also possible. It is also possible that there is no locking arrangement between the adapter and the holder element 719. In this exemplifying case, the adapter can be removed together with one or more objects being held. In the exemplifying case shown in figure 7a, the objects 740, 741, and 742 are cartridges of a rifle. The holder device 717 can be adapted to be suitable for different objects with the aid of object-specific adapters. Thus, a holder device of a carrier device according to an exemplifying and non-limiting embodiment comprises a first adapter and at least one second adapter constituting a trough different from the trough constituted by the first adapter so that these adapters can — carry different objects. Advantageously, the adapters are replaceable components.

The specific examples provided in the description given above should not be construed as limiting the scope and/or the applicability of the appended claims. Lists and groups of examples provided in the description given above are not exhaustive unless otherwise explicitly stated.

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Claims

What is claimed is:

1. An attachment device (100, 400) comprising: - a body section (101, 401) having a first end (102) and a second end (103), and - a clip section (104, 404) alongside with the body section and having a first end (105) connected to the first end of the body section and a second end (106) at the second end of the body section and moveable with respect to the body section, wherein the clip section comprises flexible material configured to generate a spring force tending to move the second end of the clip section to a first position with respect to the body section when the second end of the clip section is in a second position away from the first position, characterized in that the second end of the clip section is shaped to form a hook (107) and the clip section is configured to intersect the body section when the second end of the clip section is in the first position with respect to the body section, an inner curve (108) of the hook being on a same side of the clip section as a surface of the clip section facing towards the body section.

2. An attachment device according to claim 1, wherein the second end of the body section is L-shaped so that an inner angle (109) of the L-shaped second end of the body section in on a same side of the body section as a surface of the body N section facing towards the clip section. N x

3. An attachment device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the body section N comprises an aperture (110) and the second end (106) of the clip section is z configured to protrude through the aperture when the second end of the clip section isin the first position. O

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4. An attachment device according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the body S section comprises holes (111) for screws or bolts.

5. An attachment device according to claim 4, wherein mouths of the holes have broadenings (112) for screw or bolt heads or for nuts.

6. An attachment device according to claim 5, wherein the broadenings (112) of the mouths of the holes have hexagonal shapes to provide shape locking against rotation of the nuts or the bolt heads when the nuts or the bolt heads are in the broadenings of the mouths of the holes.

7. A carrier device comprising an attachment device (400) according to any one of claims 1-6 and a holder device (417, 617, 717, 817), wherein the holder device comprises: - a holder body (518, 618, 718) secured to the body section (401) of the attachment device so that the body section of the attachment device is between the clip section (404) of the attachment device and the holder body, - a holder element (519, 619, 719) configured to hold one or more objects and linearly moveable with respect to the holder body, and - a force generating system (520, 620) configured to generate force tending to move the holder element in a first direction to a first position with respect to the holder body when the holder element is in a second position away from the first position, wherein the holder element comprises two wall sections (521, 522) parallel with and N 20 a distance away from each other and an intermediate section (523) connected to O the wall sections, the wall sections and the intermediate section constituting a trough x having a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the first direction, a wider area (524) N closer to a bottom (526) of the trough, and a narrower area (525) farther from the z bottom of the trough, wherein a rim (527) of the holder body is configured to close N 25 at least the wider area of the trough when the holder element is in the first position O to prevent the one or more objects from moving in the longitudinal direction out from N the trough, and the wider area of the trough is farther in a second direction opposite N to the first direction than the rim of the holder body when the holder element is in the second position to allow the one or more objects to be moved in the longitudinal direction out from the trough.

8. A carrier device according to claim 7, wherein the holder device (417) comprises a press-button (528) connected to the holder element (519) and configured to move the holder element away from the first position to the second position in response to pushing the press-button.

9 A carrier device according to claim 8, wherein the press-button (528) is connected to the intermediate section (523) of the holder element with one or more isthmuses (529, 530) protruding through one or more apertures (531) of a part of the holder body (518) so that the press-button is on one side of the part of the holder body and the intermediate section of the holder element is on an opposite side of the part of the holder body.

10. A carrier device according to any one of claims 7-9, wherein the holder device (717) further comprises a first adapter (735) attachable to the trough constituted by the holder element (719) and constituting a narrower trough suitable for holding one more other objects which are too narrow to be carried by the holder element.

11. Acarrier device according to claim 10, wherein the first adapter comprises one or more claws (736) configured to provide shape-locking with the holder element (719).

12. A carrier device according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the holder device further comprises at least one second adapter attachable to the trough constituted by the holder element and constituting a trough different from the trough constituted by the first adapter. N N

13. A carrier device according to any one of claims 7-12, wherein the force 3 generating system (620) comprises a spring (637). N z

14. A carrier device according to any one of claims 7-12, wherein the force generating system (520) comprises pieces (533, 534) of permanent magnet material i. configured to direct magnetic forces to each other. QA S

15. A carrier device according to any one of claims 7-12, wherein the force generating system (520) comprises a piece of permanent magnet material and a piece of ferromagnetic material configured to direct magnetic forces to each other.