Holster for stick electrodes

In combination, an electrode package, a plurality of stick electrodes and holster comprising:

• a deformable heat-sealable foil package for storing said stick electrodes, said package having a body forming a vacuum sealable electrode storage cavity extending longitudinally between a top receiving end and a bottom retaining end of the body, said cavity deformed in close contact with said electrodes;
• said deformable heat-sealable foil package comprising an inner heat seal layer, a middle layer of a deformable aluminum foil and an outer nylon layer having at least one sealable axially extending seam, said seam extending beyond a peripheral edge of said stick electrodes,
• said deformable heat-sealable foil package further having a top sealable section and a top unsealed section below said top sealable section in said top receiving end, said sealable and unsealed sections separated by a tear line, said sections separable by tearing along said tear line transverse to said seam, each of said top sealable section and said unsealed section having a pair of laterally-extending wings, said wings extending beyond a peripheral edge of said stick electrodes when stored in said foil package, said top sealable section having an outer sealed top flat section above said tear line, said outer sealed top flat section extending to each peripheral edge of said pair of laterally-extending wings, said top unsealed section transitioning into an internal cavity containing said plurality of electrodes, said top unsealed section being rollable into a tight seam after separation along said tear line, said unsealed section being essentially airtight after separation along said tear line and held together by mechanical characteristics of said aluminum foil,
• said deformable heat-sealable foil package conforming about said stick electrodes,
• a first surrounding member extending laterally about a perimeter of the storage cavity adjacent the top receiving end;
• a second surrounding member spaced longitudinally along the storage cavity from the first surrounding member in a direction toward the bottom retaining end, the second surrounding member extending laterally about a perimeter of the storage cavity;
• a pair of vertical members each extending longitudinally along opposite sides of the cavity, each vertical member extending longitudinally between the first surrounding member and the second surrounding member;
• a bottom retaining member extending about the bottom retaining end from opposite sides of the second member;
• a releasable leg band extending from the holster and configured to be secured about a leg of an operator;
• and,
• a mounting means for said holster configured to be secured to a belt of the operator.