Holster for a carried item
AssigneeCcw, LLC
InventorPeter E. Vredenburg
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Abstract
A holster for a wide range of carried items including revolver-type and semiautomatic handguns of various types, models and calibers, pepper- and mace-spray, and other similarly configured items, the holster ambidextrous and adaptable to be worn in various user preferred carry modes and positions. The holster having an interior space created by hinged first and second side plates having a plurality of receptacles accommodating universal securing of carried item and multiple options for attachment points for body mounting facilities. Selectable hinge knuckles, spring-biased opening and adjustable latch provide user-configurable expandable holster capacity for secure carry containment and ease of retrieval of various carried items.
Claims20
A Holster for a user carried item comprising:
- a first side plate and a second side plate, each of the first and second side plates comprising a plurality of through-hole receptacles, each of the first and second side plates further comprising a front portion and an adjacent top portion, wherein each front portion of each side plate comprises a plurality of cooperative hinge knuckles;
- a removable hinge pin located through the plurality of cooperative hinge knuckles of each of the first and second side plates, thus joining both of the first and second side plates in a hinged relationship, wherein the joined first and second side plates define an interior space for the carried item, a first side plate exterior surface and a second side plate exterior surface;
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- a latch removably attached to at least one of the plurality of through-hole receptacles on either the first side plate or the second side plate in alignment with, and engageable with, a latch keeper removably attached to at least one of the plurality of through-hole receptacles on the opposing second side plate or first side plate, and configured such that the first side plate and the second side plate are substantially parallel when the latch engages the latch keeper.
A Holster for an inside the waistband (IWB) carried item comprising:
- a first side plate and a second side plate, each of the first side plate and the second side plate comprising a plurality of through-hole receptacles, each of the first side plate and the second side plate further comprising a front portion and an adjacent top portion, wherein each front portion of each side plate comprises a plurality of cooperative hinge knuckles, each of the plurality of cooperative hinge knuckles on either the first side plate or the second side plate comprise elongated cooperative hinge knuckles and a width lock;
- a removable hinge pin located through the plurality of cooperative hinge knuckles of each of the first and second side plates, thus joining both of the first and second side plates in a hinged relationship, wherein the joined first side plate and the second side plate define an interior space for the carried item, a first side plate exterior surface and a second side plate exterior surface;
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- at least one registration pin removably attached to at least one of the plurality of through hole receptacles in at least one of the first side plate or the second side plate within the interior space for securely locating the carried item such that the interior space of the holster can be adjustably preset for a waistband carried item through selective placement of the width lock and selection of registration pin length.
A method of securing and retrieving a handgun or similar carried item in a holster in a preferred carry position, the holster comprising a first side plate and a second side plate, each side plate comprising a front portion;
- the first side plate front portion comprising at least one circular hinge knuckle and the second side plate front portion comprising at least one cooperative elongated hinge knuckle and a securable width lock;
- both plates having a plurality of through-hole receptacles for accepting a securable registration pin, the first side plate and the second side plate joined by a removable hinge pin inserted through the hinge knuckles on the first side plate and the second side plate;
- a spring biasing the separation of the plates about the hinge;
- and a length-adjustable latch on the first side plate, the length-adjustable latch aligned to engage with a keeper on the second side plate;
- wherein both side plates define an interior space, the method comprising:
- placing a carried item into the interior space of the holster in a preferred carry position;
- drawing the two slide plates together to secure the carried item within the interior space;
- securing the width lock while holding the side plates in a substantially parallel configuration;
- selecting an appropriately lengthened registration pin to accommodate the width of the carried item;
- positioning and securing the registration pin at the appropriate through-hole receptacle of either of the side, plates such that the pin fixes the position of the carried item within the interior space in a preferred carry position;
- adjusting the latch length to engage the keeper while holding the side plates in a substantially parallel configuration;
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- releasing the latch and retrieving the carried item from the interior space of the holster.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.