Holster with accessories mounting rail

• US 20050268518A1
• Filed: 05/11/2004
• Published: 12/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dov Pikielny
• Original Assignee: Dov Pikielny
• Inventors: Pikielny, Dov
• Granted Patent: US 7,117,625 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 42/90
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/0209 Pouch or pocket like containers for small arms covering all or most of the small arm
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/0236 Half-holsters covering by encircling only a part of the small arm, e.g. ghost-holsters
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/0254 with accommodation for auxiliary devices mounted on the small arm, e.g. telescopic sights, flashlights or laser-devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/911 Handgun holder formed of leather, fabric, or other flexible material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/912 Handgun holder formed of metal or other rigid material

Abstract

A holster with a light rail affixed thereto. The light rail may include a plurality of ridges spaced from one another along a rail axis, the ridges being separated by grooves that are transverse to the rail axis.

Claims

1. Apparatus comprising:

a holster with a light rail affixed thereto.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said light rail comprises a plurality of ridges spaced from one another along a rail axis, the ridges being separated by grooves that are transverse to the rail axis.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said holster includes a casing with a volume adapted for receiving a weapon therein, said volume defining a longitudinal axis, and wherein said light rail is generally parallel to said longitudinal axis.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said light rail is positioned on a portion of the casing corresponding to a position of an underside of a barrel of a weapon placed in the holster.

5. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said light rail is positioned on a portion of the casing corresponding to a position of a topside of a barrel of a weapon placed in the holster.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an accessory mounted on said light rail.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said accessory comprises at least one of a non-coherent light device, a coherent light device, a telescopic sight, and an outdoors sport device.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a weapon disposed in said holster.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a weapon lock disposed in said holster adapted for locking a weapon received in said holster.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said weapon lock comprises a locking element arranged for selectively moving into locking engagement with a light rail mounted on a weapon.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a weapon disposed in said holster, said weapon having a light rail mounted thereon.

12. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a belt-mounting device attached to said holster.

13. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a paddle attached to said holster.

14. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said casing is adapted to receive therein a weapon having a barrel with a topside, and said casing is sized such that a space is formed between said casing and the topside of the barrel.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising an optical weapon device inserted in said space.

16. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said holster is shaped so as not to block a trigger of a weapon received in said holster.

17. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said paddle includes mounting studs of different sizes and configurations, which permit adjusting the paddle with respect to the holster in at least one of a linear and rotational direction.