Patent ID: 8794597

Claim:
A breaching tool for forcing open a door or other entry, comprising: an elongated, generally straight shaft, a head of high strength steel on one end of the shaft, the head having a curving, tapered wedge extending angularly from the shaft and configured to be forced between a door and a door frame, the wedge having front and back sides both knurled for better gripping of door and frame surfaces, and the head including a striking plate connected to the wedge and having a striking surface generally perpendicular to a direction of extension of the wedge so as to enable driving the wedge between a door and a frame by striking the striking plate with a hammer, at an opposite end of the shaft, a chiseled tail of tapered configuration, the chiseled tail having a split outer end to form a claw or nail puller, and a loop handle connected to the shaft, near said one end and extending from the handle shaft in a direction opposite that of the wedge, both the loop handle and the shaft adjacent to the loop handle being knurled for better gripping by a user, said shaft including a first metal loop eye at the one end of the shaft adjacent a first end of the loop handle and a second metal loop eye on the shaft located at an opposite second end of the loop handle, both first and second loop eyes located on a same side of the shaft and extending in a same direction perpendicular to the direction in which the loop handle extends and positioned for attachment of a carrying sling.