US 2020/0348106 A1Published application

Inside waistband concealed carrier

AssigneeTurning Point Distribution, LLC

InventorsCecil Wayne Gordon, David A. Foster

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Abstract

An inside waistband holster includes a front panel comprising a waistband connector that holds a top side of the front panel at a waistline of a user's pants. The holster also includes a back panel attached to the front panel, such as along a bottom side of the back panel and the front panel and along lower sides of the back panel and the front panel. The front panel and the back panel define a pouch in which a firearm may in stored, and a top portion of the front panel is unattached to the back panel. The back panel includes a flap configured to extend over the front panel and to releasably connect to the waistband connector in a stored condition. The flap is also configured to be pulled upward such that the top portion of the front panel peels away from the back panel in an exposed position.

Claims1

Dependent claims

A concealable, internal pocket comprising:

a waistline connector that is configured to attach to a waistline of a user's pants,
a front panel having a bottom, a pair of sides, and a tongue extension that folds over from a top of the front panel, the waistline connector being attached to the tongue extension, and
a back panel having a bottom, an opposing top and a pair of sides, the bottom of the back panel being connected to the bottom of the front panel and a portion of each side of the back panel extending upwardly from the bottom thereof being connected to a portion of each side of the front panel extending upwardly from the bottom thereof, the back panel and the front panel defining a pouch, the top of the back panel and a portion of the sides of the back panel below the top of the back panel not being connected to the front panel, and the top of the back panel being selectively extendable over the top of the front panel into engagement with the waistline connector,
wherein when the top of the back panel is not connected to the waistline connector, an object may be placed into the pouch between the front and back panels,
wherein when the top of the back panel is connected to the waistline connector, the object is secured in the pouch, and
wherein when the top of the back panel is pulled upwardly, the pouch is pulled upwardly as the front panel peels up from the tongue extension, and the object is positioned above the waistline of the user's pants for retrieval.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/929,723Filed 18 May 2020
Priority: 26 Feb 2014
Published: 5 Nov 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

F41C 33/0218
Pouch or pocket like containers for small arms covering all or most of the small arm: having a flap substantially covering the opening of the…
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 33/048
Special attachments therefor: for concealed carrying of a small arm

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