Backer latch attachment
AssigneeTedder Industries, LLC
InventorsThomas Tedder, Jacob Shearer
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Abstract
Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a backer latch attachment system for various field-adaptable holster arrangements (such as for handgun holsters, for example). In the implementations, the backer latch attachment may be used to couple various carrier components together and/or to a holster backer to form holsters in various configurations. In various embodiments, the backer latch attachment includes a male latch support arranged to receive and to support a feature of the carrier and a female lock cover arranged to trap the feature to the male latch support.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a male latch support including:
- one or more latch fins adapted to receive a feature of a carrier, the one or more latch fins configured to protrude from a portion of the male latch support;
- and
- one or more couplers disposed on a surface of the male latch support;
- and
- a female lock cover removably coupled to the male latch support via the one or more couplers and adapted to cover the one or more latch fins and to secure the feature of the carrier to the one or more latch fins when the female lock cover is coupled to the male latch support, the female lock cover including:
- a first portion configured to overlap the one or more latch fins when the female lock cover is coupled to the male latch support;
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- a second portion including one or more complementary couplers configured to engage the one or more couplers of the male latch support to removably couple the female lock cover to the male latch support.
A holster for an implement, comprising:
- a carrier adapted to enclose at least a portion of the implement, the carrier including a feature;
- a backer;
- a male latch support attached to the backer and configured to couple the carrier to the backer, the male latch support including one or more latch fins adapted to receive the feature;
- a female lock cover adapted to be removably coupled to the male latch support, the female lock cover including a first portion arranged to overlap the one or more latch fins and arranged to secure the feature to the one or more latch fins when the female lock cover is coupled to the male latch support;
- further comprising one or more locking mechanisms arranged to prevent the female lock cover from unintentionally moving with respect to the male latch support when the female lock cover is coupled to the male latch support.
A holster for a handgun, comprising:
- a holster shell adapted to enclose at least a portion of the handgun, the holster shell including a latch component on an outer surface of the holster shell;
- a holster backer adapted to unite with the holster shell to enclose at least the portion of the implement;
- a male latch support attached to the backer, the male latch support including one or more latch fins adapted to receive the latch component;
- a female lock cover adapted to secure the latch component to the one or more latch fins when the female lock cover is coupled to the male latch support;
- one or more sliding couplers arranged to engage and secure the female lock cover to the male latch support when the female lock cover is slid with respect to the male latch support, the one or more sliding couplers including a first portion integral to the male latch support and a second portion integral to the female lock cover;
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- one or more locking mechanisms arranged to prevent the first portion of the one or more sliding couplers from unintentionally sliding with respect to the second portion of the one or more sliding couplers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.