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US 4,044,930 AGranted
Hand gun holster
OwnerDaniel J. Petroskiinventor
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Abstract
A smooth support strap adapted to be vertically positioned between a trouser waistband and the body of a wearer, the support strap having integrally formed therewith a metal plate for maintaining in a bended down position a portion of the support strap in order to form a downward depending hook for engaging a belt or waistband of the wearer. A barrel-receiving loop is carried by the remaining vertical portion of the support strap for supporting a handgun.
Claims6
A variously adjustable holster for carrying a hand gun between a waistband of a pair of trousers and the wearer thereof, said holster comprising:
- a hand gun barrel-receiving loop for supporting a handgun in a position beneath the waistband of a user at a selected distance from the waistband and and a selected angle in relation thereto;
- adjustment means for providing distance and angular adjustment of said loop in relation to the waistband, said adjustment means comprising:
- a substantially smooth strap for supporting said loop;
- a metal plate internally disposed within said strap and cooperable therewith over substantially an entire length thereof;
- said adjustment means being selectively manually bendable into a generally downwardly depending U-shaped hook operable to engage a belt or waistband, said hook comprising:
- a first portion comprising a first length of said strap extending between said loop and a bend in said strap;
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- a second portion comprising a second length of said strap extending from the bend in said strap to an end of said strap opposite said loop;
- the length of said first and said second portions being variable to position said loop at a selected distance in relation to the waistband;
- the alignment of said first and said second portions being variable to position said loop at a selected angle in relation to the waistband, the selected angle ranging from a forward slanting position to a rearward slanting position.
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