Patents Assigned to 5.11 Inc.
  • Patent number: 9318028
    Abstract: A training door for breaching tools has a frame on which the door is hung by hinges at a hinge edge, while at an opposite edge being retained to a jamb by one or more non-shearing bolts. When the door is forced by a breaching tool at the bolt location, the jamb is forced laterally away from the door edge, against rubber mounts that allow limited jamb movement. As the door is forced in (or out, depending on its swing direction), with the jamb spread away somewhat the bolt will bend and fail pulling out of its socket. Replaceable sleeves are secured to the door edge, in several sections of the door to avoid breach tool damage on the door itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: 5.11 Inc.
    Inventors: Lars Ingesson, Patrik Gustavsson
  • Patent number: 8857019
    Abstract: A belt buckle primarily for law enforcement or military personnel, for a relatively wide service belt, is of low profile, i.e. narrow from left to right so as to occupy minimal belt span to provide maximum space for equipment to be supported on the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: 5.11 Inc.
    Inventor: Cory Nykoluk
  • Patent number: 8794597
    Abstract: A breaching tool for use by law enforcement or emergency personnel has a curving, tapered wedge at a first end, extending approximately perpendicularly from a tool handle, and providing a striking surface for driving the wedge between a door and door frame, for example. At an opposite end is a tapered chisel tail end, preferably with a claw for pulling nails or other fasteners. The tool may include a loop handle, generally in a trapezoid configuration connected to the main tool shaft, for manipulating the tool in service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: 5.11 Inc.
    Inventors: Lars Ingesson, Patrik Gustavsson
  • Patent number: 8677537
    Abstract: A breaching tool for use by law enforcement or emergency personnel has at one end of its handle a sledge hammer and a multi-toothed rake effective to scrape and clean broken glass from a window frame of a building or an automobile. At an opposite or rear end of the handle a tapered chisel tail, preferably with a claw for pulling nails or other fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: 5.11 Inc.
    Inventors: Lars Ingesson, Patrik Gustavsson
  • Patent number: 8448264
    Abstract: A jacket for tactical use by police, for example, has a side opening just below the arm to the bottom of the jacket, with a quick-opening feature for fast access to a weapon secured under the jacket. The side opening is closed by a zipper pulled downwardly, concealed by a flap when closed. A small gripping tab extends out at the exterior of the jacket near the bottom edge, at the end of a rip cord secured to a buckle or clip positioned along the inside surface of the jacket. The clip snaps together to hold the jacket opening secured at bottom. When the rip cord is pulled, this has the effect of releasing the buckle and opening the zipper to separate the jacket along the opening line. The wearer can thus quickly reach a weapon or other implement by a rapid one-handed pull of the rip cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: 5.11 Inc.
    Inventor: Chris Ellsworth
  • Patent number: 7988023
    Abstract: A gun sling for carrying a rifle or shotgun is adjustable to serve either as a bungee sling or a fixed-length, non-stretch sling. In a preferred embodiment this is realized with a flexible sheath forming a portion of the sling, with a bungee cord or stretchable strap inside the sheath. With the bungee relaxed the sheath forms a non-stretchable but flexible portion of the sling. When the bungee cord is stretched and tensioned, the sheath gathers and shortens so that the bungee provides for a desired length of stretch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: 5.11 Inc.
    Inventor: Cory Nykoluk
  • Patent number: 7681255
    Abstract: A tactical pair of pants for police, military or other weapon-carrying personnel has a cargo pocket system that functions to store items in several pocket compartments in a normal cargo pocket configuration, or to carry a thigh rig holster for a pistol, in a dedicated position between cargo pocket compartments without blocking access to the pocket compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: 5.11 Inc.
    Inventors: Francisco J. Morales, Cory Nykoluk
  • Patent number: 6986164
    Abstract: A tactical shirt helps reduce the weight and bulk of items normally carried on a police officer's duty belt. A hidden front pocket extends essentially from the shirt's placket to the side seam of the shirt, providing a large cavity with an ample vertical opening line that is very conveniently used for a handgun, baton, handcuffs, mace, knife and/or spare magazines. No seam that would reveal the hidden pocket is readily visible, and the pocket's opening seam extends above and below the pocket opening and appears as a design feature of the shirt. With a fabric weight of at least about five ounces per square yard, a considerable weight and bulk of weapons can be hidden in the pocket without being noticeable to others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: 5.11 Inc.
    Inventor: Francisco J. Morales
  • Patent number: 6760922
    Abstract: A tactical vest particularly for police has a hidden pocket which extends between panels of fabric to the back of the vest and preferably completely around the vest to the opposite side. A large patch of material with loop fasteners, preferably nearly as tall as the pocket opening, is engagable against two strips of hook fasteners on the inner panel as a module. A gun holster with hook-type fasteners can be placed at any desired location on the module for convenient retrieval by the user. Similarly, the module itself can be located and oriented in any manner desired by the user. This versatility enables the officer to position his gun holster in a personally most convenient and most readily retrievable position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: 5.11 Inc.
    Inventor: Francisco J. Morales
  • Patent number: D586692
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: 5.11 Inc.
    Inventor: Cory Nykoluk
  • Patent number: D645782
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: 5.11 Inc.
    Inventor: Cory Nykoluk
  • Patent number: D655482
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: 5.11 Inc.
    Inventor: Francisco J. Morales
  • Patent number: D705122
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: 5.11 Inc.
    Inventor: Cory Nykoluk