Door Jamming For Dummies
Door jamming is not complicated. If you can kick or stomp, you can operate TacWedge™. If you can pull a cord, you can work TacCinch.™ There’s only a couple of things to bear in mind when securing doors:
If you can see the hinge, the door swings toward you. Jam TacWedge™ under the door to wedge it closed.
If you can’t see the hinge, the door swings away from you. Use TacCinch™ to hold it shut.
If the door is open and you want to make it sure it stays open to secure a sure means of egress, poke TacWedge™ into the crack of the door.
An Open And Shut Case
TacWedge™ provides Tactical Access Control™ by positively securing a door in either a closed or open position. Depending on the tactical situation, you may wish to jam a door closed to inhibit entry by unknown parties or to prevent access to a room’s contents. Alternatively, you may need to make sure an open door remains open.
Depending on the case, you can employ TacWedge™ to jam shut an inward-swinging door (the hinges are visible to you) or to hold an open door open. If an away-swinging door (the hinges are on the other side and can’t be seen) needs to be secured in the closed position, then you need to employ TacCinch™. Mechanically, there is no way to wedge shut an away-swinging, so for that situation we offer TacCinch™. However, for all other Tactical Access Control™ situations, TacWedge™ solves the problem.
Permanent Press
Be warned— TacWedge™ works really, really well. There are four hardened steel spikes on the underside, two in the arched Spike Foot and two in the Wedge Blade. Those spikes are designed to bite into even the slickest floor surface. Conventional rubber door stops or wood shims cannot gain purchase on surfaces like waxed linoleum, polished marble or wet concrete. TacWedge™ is so aggressive that its spikes bite into these slick-as-ice surfaces and do not let go. Once TacWedge™ is firmly rammed home, it cannot be removed without destroying the device by either chopping or cutting off its Spike Foot to relieve the leaf spring tension built into the device.
For this reason, we consider TacWedge™ as a “permanent press” solution. It is designed for one-time use. Most operators leave it behind after an operation. If you want to fight with getting it out, bring a buddy named Axe or Saw.
Hinge Lock Method™
Simply insert TacWedge™ into the crack of an open door blade-first and press the U-shaped Hinge Lock™ over a hinge. Our patent=pending wedge-shaped main body of TacWedge™ allows the device to precisely fit in the crack of an open door crack and prevent the door from closing. The patent-pending Hinge Lock™ cut-outs on either side of the device prevent TacWedge™ from being accidentally jarred loose. To remove, simply lift out.
Alternatively, you can jam TacWedge™ under an open door as described for a closed door.
Cinching Shut An Away-Swinging Door
Whether you’re chocking a tire or wedging a door, a shim doesn’t work when an object moves away from the block. Physics are physics. Consequently, we designed TacCinch™ to secure away swinging doors. TacCinch™ consists of a precisely shaped Casing Hook™ that engages the door casing. A length of high-strength nylon webbing weaves through TacCinch’s patent-pending, one-way Locking Chute™ to end in a loop that fits around the door knob or latch.
To deploy the device, loop the nylon strap around the door knob or latch. Jam TacCinch’s Casing Hook into the casing in line with the door knob or latch, and yank firmly. The door is now cinched shut.
