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US 10,473,428 B2Granted
Ankle holster
OwnerThomas Tedder, Taylor Vold +1inventors
InventorsThomas Tedder, Taylor Vold, Nathan Eshleman
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Abstract
Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a ankle holster assembly to mount and to support an implement (such as a handgun, for example) or an implement holster (such as a handgun holster, for example), or the like, in a variety of configurations. The ankle holster assembly includes a base having a receiver and a post having a shaft, the shaft arranged to be inserted into the receiver to removably couple the post to the base.
Claims16
An implement holster mounting assembly, comprising:
- a brace configured to be worn on a lower leg of a person, including:
- an attachment arm having a multi-position attachment mount portion adapted to receive an implement or an implement holster, the attachment mount portion including multiple mounting positions for adjusting a carry position of the implement or the implement holster higher or lower on the lower leg of the person, and a plurality of mounting features, a mounting feature disposed at each of the multiple mounting positions;
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- a support arm coupled to the attachment arm and adapted to support and to distribute a weight of the implement or the implement and the implement holster, at least a portion of the support arm disposed offset from the attachment mount portion;
- a backer coupled to the brace and adapted to protect the person from the implement or the implement holster, the backer configured to be wrapped around at least a portion of the leg of the person;
- an upper wrap coupled to the backer and separately coupled to the brace via one or more interface fixtures at the upper wrap and at the brace, the upper wrap configured to wrap all the way around the leg of the person to secure the implement holster mounting assembly to the leg of the person;
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- a brace pocket disposed at a junction of the backer and the upper wrap, the brace pocket configured to receive the brace with the backer disposed over the brace, wherein the backer includes a plurality of openings and the plurality of mounting features of the attachment mount portion protrude through the plurality of openings of the backer while the brace is within the pocket.
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A holster for an implement, comprising:
- a holster shell;
- a brace configured to be worn on a lower leg of a person, including:
- an attachment arm having a multi-position attachment mount portion adapted to receive the holster shell, the attachment mount portion including multiple mounting features at multiple mounting positions adapted to removably couple the holster shell to the brace and to adjust a carry position of the holster shell;
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- a support arm coupled to the attachment arm, the support arm adapted to support and to distribute a weight of the implement and the holster shell, at least a portion of the support arm disposed offset from the attachment mount portion;
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- an offset arm connecting the attachment arm to the support arm, the offset arm adapted to offset the attachment mount portion from the support arm a predetermined distance to distribute the weight of the implement and the holster shell on the lower leg of the person;
- a backer portion coupled to the brace and adapted to protect the person from the implement or the holster shell, the backer portion configured to be wrapped around at least a portion of the leg of the person;
- an upper wrap coupled to the backer portion and separately coupled to the brace via one or more interface fixtures at the upper wrap and at the brace, the upper wrap configured to wrap all the way around the leg of the person to secure the implement holster mounting assembly to the leg of the person;
- a brace pocket disposed at a junction of the backer portion and the upper wrap, the brace pocket configured to receive the brace with the backer portion disposed over the brace, wherein the backer portion includes a plurality of openings and the multiple mounting features of the attachment mount portion protrude through the plurality of openings of the backer portion while the brace is within the pocket;
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- a connection assembly removably coupled to the attachment mount portion via one or more of the mounting features, the connection assembly being disposed partly over the backer and partly over the holster shell, engaged with a portion of the holster shell, and overlays one or more of the mounting features protruding through the plurality of openings of the backer to capture the portion of the holster shell to removably couple the holster shell to the brace.
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A holster for an implement, comprising:
- a holster shell adapted to enclose a portion of an implement;
- a brace configured to be worn on a lower leg of a person, including:
- an attachment arm having a multi-position attachment mount portion adapted to receive the holster shell, the attachment mount portion including multiple mounting positions with a mounting feature disposed at each of the multiple mounting positions adapted to removably couple the holster shell to the brace and to adjust a position of the holster shell higher or lower relative to the brace;
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- a support arm coupled to the attachment arm and adapted to support and to distribute a weight of the implement and the holster shell, at least a portion of the support arm disposed offset from the attachment mount portion;
- a backer coupled to the brace and adapted to protect the person from the implement or the holster shell, the backer configured to be wrapped around at least a portion of the leg of the person;
- an upper wrap coupled to the backer and separately coupled to the brace via one or more tabs at the upper wrap and one or more slots at the brace and configured to wrap all the way around the leg of the person, the upper wrap configured to wrap around the implement and the holster shell, at least partly concealing the implement and the holster shell when the upper wrap is wrapped around the leg of the person;
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- a brace pocket disposed at a junction of the backer and the upper wrap, the brace pocket configured to enclose a portion of the brace within the brace pocket with the backer disposed over the portion of the brace, wherein the backer includes a plurality of openings and the plurality of mounting features of the attachment mount portion protrude through the plurality of openings of the backer while the portion of the brace is within the pocket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.