US 4,905,880 AGranted

Holster

AssigneePachmayr Ltd.

InventorCarl J. Cupp

Life of this patent

Estimating the term…

Loading patent…

Abstract

A holster having a body molded of an elastomeric material, with that body being doubled back along a fold region essentially midway between two opposite edges of the molded body, and with those edges then being secured together by rivets or the like to define a gun receiving recess between front and rear panels of the holster. The rear panel contains a passage through which a belt extends for supporting the device from the belt. The two connected edges of the elastomeric body preferably have flanges projecting toward one another and connectable together, and which interfit to locate the flanges relative to one another. A gun may be retained in the holster by two flaps projecting upwardly from the front and rear panels and connectable together. The rear flap is preferably thicker and stiffer than the front flap, and desirably each of the flaps is slightly thicker and stiffer than the panel from which it projects upwardly. Internally, the panels may have inner ribs or projections shaped essentially in correspondence with a particular gun for which the holster is designed.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A holster comprising:

a holster body adapted to support an article from either a first relatively narrow belt or a second wider belt, each of which belts has vertical outer and inner surfaces and horizontal top and bottom edges, with said top and bottom edges of the narrow belt being closer together than the top and bottom edges of the wider belt;
said body containing a passage through which either of said belts can be inserted horizontally;
said body having outer and inner walls defining outer and inner sides of said passage to be received opposite said vertical surfaces of the belts;
at least one of said walls being flexible for movement slightly toward and away from the other wall;
said at least one of said walls having at least one projection extending therefrom toward the second wall at a location beneath the top of said passage and above the bottom of said passage and which is constructed and positioned with respect to said at least one of said walls to be received vertically beyond said narrow belt when said narrow belt is inserted through the passage, and to engage vertically against one of said top and bottom edges of the narrow belt by said movement of said at least one of said walls and thereby restrict movement of said holster body relative thereto;
said projection being constructed and dimensioned to permit insertion of said wider belt into and entirely through said passage and past said projection, with the projection engaging laterally against one of said vertical surfaces of the wider belt at a location between said top and bottom edges thereof and in a relation deflecting said outer and inner walls of the holster body slightly apart to pass the belt through the passage.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.