US 12,123,679 B1Granted

Adjustable apparatus holder

AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army

InventorsJohn Kirk, Richard D Landry

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Abstract

Apparatuses are disclosed herein for holding and securing an item. In one embodiment the item holder includes at least one layer of material between two outer layers of material. The two outer layers are made of a different material than the material of the at least one layer of material. Portions of the two outer layers and the at least one layer are secured together to form an opened ended receptacle for receiving an item. A set of hook/loop fasteners are secured to the exterior of the receptacle. The item holder also includes a material loop adapted to receive the receptacle. The material loop includes an interior surface that includes a second set of hook/loop fasters adapted to contact the first set of hook/loop fasteners. Although not required, an insertion tool may be used for insertion of receptacle into the material loop.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A holster comprising:

an item holder comprising,
two outer layers of material, wherein each of the two outer layers has a first end and a second end,
at least one layer of material between the two outer layers, wherein the at least one layer of material has a first end and a second end that are aligned with the first ends and the second ends of the two outer layers of material,
the first end of the two outer layers and the first end of the at least one layer of material are secured to the second end of the two outer layers and the second end of the at least one layer of material to form a receptacle, wherein the receptacle has an interior and an exterior, the interior includes a first opening and a second opening,
and a first set of hook/loop fasteners secured to the exterior of the receptacle;
a material loop adapted to receive the item holder, wherein the material loop includes an interior surface and an exterior surface, and the interior surface includes a second set of hook/loop fosters adapted to contact the first set of hook/loop fasteners, wherein the material loop further comprises a first buckle portion secured to the exterior surface and a second buckle portion secured to the exterior surface and adapted to mate with the first buckle portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/870,966Filed 22 Jul 2022 · continuation in part
Priority: 14 Dec 2018
Granted: 22 Oct 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

F41C 33/0263
Holsters, i.e. cases for pistols having means for being carried or worn, e.g. at the belt or under the arm: having a locking system for preventing…
A45F 5/021
Fastening articles to the garment: to the belt
F41C 33/041
Special attachments therefor: for connecting a holster to a belt, webbing or other object
F41C 33/045
For connecting a holster to a belt, webbing or other object: for connection in more than one rotational position around an axle, e.g. by using a…

Family

Application16/219,987Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 14 Dec 2018
Application16/903,547Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 17 Jun 2020
Application17/698,031Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 18 Mar 2022
US 11,747,108 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 11,313,644 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 12,123,679 B1This patent

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