US Patent Issued to 5.11 on Feb. 18 for "Outer carrier with overhead-deployable pouch for armor or other insert" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,379, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to 5.11 Inc. (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

"Outer carrier with overhead-deployable pouch for armor or other insert" was invented by John Ly (Lakewood, Calif.), Jodie Udzenija (Tustin, Calif.), Shannon Martin (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Will Ayres (San Clemente, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An armor system can include a carrier configured to be donned into a worn position on a torso of a wearer. The carrier can include a front panel configured to be positioned along an anterior of the torso in the worn position. The carrier can further include a rear panel configured to be positioned along a po...