Convertible holster
AssigneeTedder Industries, LLC
InventorsThomas Tedder, Jacob Shearer, Silas Van Natter, Taylor Vold
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Abstract
Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a convertible implement holster (such as a handgun holster, for example) comprising a multi-part shell. The convertible holster system allows a user to convert a holster into multiple configurations, including a full-shell configuration and a half-shell configuration, for various carry options. The holster may be interchangeably coupled to various attachment means (e.g., paddle, backer, modular coupler, strap, belt, etc.) for wearing or carrying the holster in the multiple configurations.
Claims16
A convertible holster system for an implement, comprising:
- a first holster portion arranged to enclose a first portion of an implement;
- a second holster portion arranged to be coupled to the first holster portion and to enclose a second portion of the implement;
- a third holster portion arranged to be coupled to the first holster portion and to enclose a third portion of the implement, the third portion of the implement comprising a fraction of the second portion of the implement;
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- one or more couplers arranged to couple the second holster portion to the first holster portion to form a first holster for the implement in a first configuration and arranged to couple the third holster portion to the first holster portion to form a second holster for the implement in a second configuration.
A holster for an implement, comprising:
- a first shell portion;
- a second shell portion arranged to be coupled to the first shell portion to form a holster enclosure having a first configuration by sliding the first shell portion with respect to the second shell portion;
- one or more sliding couplers arranged to engage and secure the first shell portion to the second shell portion when the first shell portion is slid with respect to the second shell portion, the one or more sliding couplers including a first coupler portion integral to the first shell portion and a second coupler portion integral to the second shell portion;
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- one or more locking mechanisms arranged to prevent the first coupler portion of the one or more sliding couplers from unintentionally sliding with respect to the second coupler portion of the one or more sliding couplers;
- a third shell portion arranged to be coupled to the first or second shell portion via the sliding couplers and locking mechanisms on the first or second shell portion and mating sliding couplers on the third shell portion to form a holster enclosure having a second configuration, wherein one of the first and second configurations comprises a full-shell holster for the implement and the other of the first and second configurations comprises a half-shell holster for the implement.
A convertible holster system for a firearm, comprising:
- a first hard shell portion formed to resemble a first portion of the firearm;
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- a second hard shell portion formed to resemble a second portion of the firearm,
- wherein the first shell portion forms a half-shell holster in a first configuration, the half-shell holster arranged to encase the first portion of the firearm and to support the firearm without the second shell portion, and
- wherein the second shell portion is arranged to be coupled to the first shell portion to form a full-shell holster in a second configuration, the full-shell holster arranged to encase the first portion and the second portion of the firearm a trigger guard cover shell portion arranged to be coupled to the first shell portion, the first shell portion and the trigger guard cover shell portion forming the half-shell holster of the first configuration, and arranged to encase the first portion and a third portion of the firearm and to support the firearm without the second shell portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.