{"id":4322,"date":"2013-01-31T09:27:40","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T14:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=4322"},"modified":"2013-01-31T11:23:43","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T16:23:43","slug":"tough-hook-kickstarter-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinblueflorida.com\/?p=4322","title":{"rendered":"Tough Hook Kickstarter Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Through a friend, I was put in contact with Tarik Lazri. \u00a0He is a former U.S. Army soldier who has an idea for a heavy duty hanger and transporter for body armor. \u00a0Lazri told me of his frustrations with hanging up his plate carriers and body armor in stints in Iraq and as a civilian contractor in Afghanistan. \u00a0I said, “You should see the makeshift hand-twisted coat hanger nightmares holding ballistic vests in our police locker room.” \u00a0He replied, “Exactly!”<\/p>\n

When I met with Lazri and he showed me his patented I-beam-inspired Tough Hook. \u00a0It was thick and sturdy with turned up ends to keep the straps in place. \u00a0It also flipped over and provided a grab handle to transport around body armor or scuba gear. \u00a0Lazri said the Tough Hook would hold over 150 lbs!<\/p>\n

To pay for mold and production start-up fees, Lazri is using Kickstarter for initial funding.\u00a0 Link here.<\/a>\u00a0 Check out the Kickstarter page and lend some monetary assistance if you wish.\u00a0 You can even contribute and have a Tough Hook sent to a soldier overseas.\u00a0 ThinBlueFlorida likes to support the little guys.\u00a0 TBF paid the last $26.00 this morning to get the project up to the $11,000.00 initial pledge goal.\u00a0 Good luck, Tarik!<\/p>\n

Randall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Through a friend, I was put in contact with Tarik Lazri. \u00a0He is a former U.S. Army soldier who has an idea for a heavy duty hanger and transporter for body armor. \u00a0Lazri told me of his frustrations with hanging up his plate carriers and body armor in stints in Iraq and as a civilian contractor in Afghanistan. \u00a0I said, “You should see the makeshift hand-twisted coat hanger nightmares holding ballistic vests in our police locker room.” \u00a0He replied, “Exactly!” When I met with Lazri and he showed me his patented I-beam-inspired Tough Hook. \u00a0It was thick and sturdy with turned up ends to keep the straps in place. \u00a0It … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[354],"tags":[626,628,627,625,624],"class_list":["post-4322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-protective-armor","tag-body-armor-hanger","tag-kickstarter","tag-scuba-gear-hanger","tag-tarik-lazri","tag-tough-hook"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t