Holster with locking hood
First Claim
1. A holster for selectively retaining a handgun, comprising:
- a holster shell having opposing front and rear walls and opposing first and second side walls;
said walls collectively defining upper, lower, inner and outer surfaces, the inner surface defining a holster cavity;
a first journal coupled to and projecting from one of the first or second sidewalls;
a hood, selectively pivotable about a fixed journal axis established by the first journal, having a first pivot position above the holster cavity, for blocking insertion into or withdrawal from the holster cavity of a handgun, and a second position forward of the holster cavity, toward the front wall of the holster, for allowing insertion or withdrawal of a handgun, the hood having;
an elongated, non-reciprocating, first hood plate, having a first end pivotally coupled to the first journal about the fixed journal axis, a second end, and a first axis between those respective ends;
a hood actuator, coupled to the non-reciprocating, first hood plate, the hood actuator reciprocable along the first hood plate, from a first reciprocated position, wherein a distal end of the hood actuator is oriented closer to the first journal, and a second reciprocated position, wherein the distal end thereof is oriented farther away from the first journal;
a first spring cavity defined by the first hood plate, intermediate location of the first hood plate coupling with the first journal and its second end;
a second spring cavity, defined by the hood actuator, oriented intermediate the first journal and a proximal end of the hood actuator, in opposing communication with the first spring cavity between the first and second reciprocated positions;
a compression spring, captured within the first and second spring cavities, biasing the second spring cavity and the hood actuator away from the first journal into the first reciprocated position;
a hood pawl or a hood notch coupled to the hood actuator; and
a first notch or first pawl coupled to the holster shell, in mating engagement with the corresponding opposing hood pawl or hood notch, when the holster hood is concurrently in the first pivot and first reciprocated positions, and disengaged when the holster hood is in the second reciprocated position.
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Abstract
A pivoting holster hood automatically locks over a handgun within the holster shell in a first pivot position and is selectively pivotable to a second position forward of the holster cavity upon depression of a reciprocating hood actuator that is coupled to a hood plate. A first spring cavity, defined by the first hood plate, and a second spring cavity, defined by the hood actuator are oriented in opposing communication, capturing a compression spring there between. The spring biases the second spring cavity and the hood actuator into a first reciprocated position, which locks the hood through mating engagement of a hood pawl and a notch of the holster shell. The hood actuator releases the hood pawl out of mating engagement with the shell notch, in opposition to the compression spring biasing force, unlocking the hood. In some embodiments, the hood automatically locks in the second position.
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19 Claims
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1. A holster for selectively retaining a handgun, comprising:
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a holster shell having opposing front and rear walls and opposing first and second side walls;
said walls collectively defining upper, lower, inner and outer surfaces, the inner surface defining a holster cavity;a first journal coupled to and projecting from one of the first or second sidewalls; a hood, selectively pivotable about a fixed journal axis established by the first journal, having a first pivot position above the holster cavity, for blocking insertion into or withdrawal from the holster cavity of a handgun, and a second position forward of the holster cavity, toward the front wall of the holster, for allowing insertion or withdrawal of a handgun, the hood having; an elongated, non-reciprocating, first hood plate, having a first end pivotally coupled to the first journal about the fixed journal axis, a second end, and a first axis between those respective ends; a hood actuator, coupled to the non-reciprocating, first hood plate, the hood actuator reciprocable along the first hood plate, from a first reciprocated position, wherein a distal end of the hood actuator is oriented closer to the first journal, and a second reciprocated position, wherein the distal end thereof is oriented farther away from the first journal; a first spring cavity defined by the first hood plate, intermediate location of the first hood plate coupling with the first journal and its second end; a second spring cavity, defined by the hood actuator, oriented intermediate the first journal and a proximal end of the hood actuator, in opposing communication with the first spring cavity between the first and second reciprocated positions; a compression spring, captured within the first and second spring cavities, biasing the second spring cavity and the hood actuator away from the first journal into the first reciprocated position; a hood pawl or a hood notch coupled to the hood actuator; and a first notch or first pawl coupled to the holster shell, in mating engagement with the corresponding opposing hood pawl or hood notch, when the holster hood is concurrently in the first pivot and first reciprocated positions, and disengaged when the holster hood is in the second reciprocated position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A holster for selectively retaining a handgun, comprising:
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a holster shell having opposing front and rear walls and opposing first and second side walls;
said walls collectively defining upper, lower, inner and outer surfaces, the inner surface defining a holster cavity;first and second journals, concentrically aligned along a journal axis, the respective journals coupled to and projecting from the first and second sidewalls; a U-shaped hood selectively pivotable about the first and second journals, having a first pivot position above the holster cavity, for blocking insertion into or withdrawal from the holster cavity of a handgun, and a second position forward of the holster cavity, toward the front wall of the holster, for allowing insertion or withdrawal of a handgun, the hood having; a first elongated, non-reciprocating, hood plate, and a parallel, second elongated, non-reciprocating hood plate or hood strap (“
second plate/strap”
) with conjoined respective second ends, a first end of the first hood plate pivotally coupled to the first journal about the fixed journal axis, and a first end of the second hood plate/strap pivotally coupled to the second journal about the fixed journal axis;a hood actuator, coupled to the non-reciprocating, first hood plate, having a proximal end oriented closer to the second end of the first hood plate and a distal end closer to the first end thereof, the hood actuator defining a first elongated slot circumscribing the first journal that is oriented parallel to the first axis of the first hood plate, intermediate the proximal and the distal ends thereof, the hood actuator reciprocable along the first elongated slot, from a first reciprocated position, wherein the distal end thereof is oriented closer to the first journal, and a second reciprocated position, wherein the distal end thereof is oriented farther away from the first journal; a first spring cavity defined by the first hood plate, intermediate location of the first hood plate coupling with the first journal and its second end; a second spring cavity, defined by the hood actuator, oriented intermediate the first journal and the proximal end of the hood actuator, in opposing communication with the first spring cavity between the first and second reciprocated positions; a compression spring, captured within the first and second spring cavities, biasing the second spring cavity and the hood actuator away from the first journal into the first reciprocated position; a hood pawl coupled to the hood actuator; a first notch coupled to the holster shell, in mating engagement with the hood pawl when the holster hood is concurrently in the first pivot and first reciprocated positions, and disengaged when the holster hood is in the second reciprocated position; and a second notch coupled to the holster shell, in mating engagement with the hood pawl when the holster hood is concurrently in the second pivot and first reciprocated positions, and disengaged when the holster hood is in the second reciprocated position. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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