ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,812, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to 5.11 INC. (Costa Mesa, Calif.).
"Duty belt" was invented by Uwe Wende (Hamburg, Germany) and Matthew David Noble (Long Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A core member for a duty belt can include a series of segments, which can include a first support segment, a second support segment, and a joint segment. The joint segment may be connecting the first support segment and the second support segment, The joint segment may include a bridge portion bounded above and below by notches, The joint segment with bridge portion and the notches may facilitate relative rotation between the first...