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US 4,056,218 AGranted
Device for carrying a handgun
OwnerAlex J. Barnainventor
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Abstract
A device is provided for attachment to a handgun to permit releasably securing the attached handgun to an adjacent portion of body wearing apparel.
Claims7
A device for releasably securing a handgun to body wearing apparel comprising,
- a shaped member having a pair of leg portions adapted for releasable engagement to body wearing apparel,
- attachment means formed integral with and extending laterally from the end of one of said leg portions for releasably engaging the handgun,
- said attachment means including a single "C" shaped portion having an opening transverse to the longitudinal axis of said leg portions, said "C" shaped portion arranged to receive the body of the handgun to facilitate installation of said shaped member while the handgun is in operation, and
- stabilizing means covering a portion of one of said leg portions for frictionally engaging the body of the handgun for maintaining said shaped member in position on the handgun.
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A device for releasably securing a handgun to body wearing apparel comprising,
- a "U" shaped clip having a pair of leg portions joined adjacent one end thereof and maintained in spaced relation for releasably securing said clip to an adjacent portion of body wearing apparel,
- a single "C" shaped portion formed integral with said clip and having an opening transverse to the longitudinal axis of said leg portions,
- said opening of said "C" shaped portion arranged to receive the body of the handgun to facilitate movement of said clip into and out of mounting position on the handgun without obstructing operation thereof, and
- stabilizing means covering a portion of one of said leg portions for functionally engaging the body of the handgun for maintaining said device in position on the handgun.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.