F41C 33/0236
Half-holsters covering by encircling only a part of the small arm
Official title: {Half-holsters covering by encircling only a part of the small arm, e.g. ghost-holsters}
F41C33/0236 (Half-holsters covering by encircling only a part of the small arm) appears on 153 US grants and 148 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F41C- Granted patents
- 153
- Published applications
- 148
- Assignees
- 55
- Inventors
- 203
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 11 | 6 |
| 2024 | 2 | 8 |
| 2025 | 10 | 11 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Molded semi-universal holster95US 7,258,259 B12007
- Hand weapon holstering systems86US 6,112,962 ALaser Products Corporation · 2000
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- Hand weapon holstering systems71US 6,267,279 B1Laser Products Corporation · 2001
- Holster and method of manufacture67US 5,570,830 AR.E.D. Nichols & Associates, Inc. · 1996