I picked up a new pair of AirFlex Combat Knee Pads last week from Crye Precision and just noticed that they had made a slight change to the mold for the rubber cap. Above you can see the new version and below an older Pad.
What they’ve added is a link to www.lwpatents.com which is a simple website that lists all of LineWeight’s patents. LineWeight LLC is Crye’s IP holding company and the site lists each patent by item and number.
Other than that, no additional changes have been made. For users, they are the same pads you’ve been wearing. For collectors it will be a data point. But for competitors it’s a warning. They want others to be fully cognizant that there is a patent on this product. Crye Precision has been defending their intellectual property for years and I see this as a message that they will continue to do so.
