HOLSTER

• US 20130240582A1
• Filed: 12/05/2011
• Published: 09/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Holster Tech Finland Oy
• Original Assignee: Holster Tech Finland Oy
• Inventors: Tyybakinoja, Jarno, Helle, Sami
• Granted Patent: US 9,410,767 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 224/244
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/02 Holsters, i.e. cases for pistols having means for being carried or worn, e.g. at the belt or under the 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 33/0263 having a locking system for preventing unauthorized or accidental removal of the small arm from the holster F41C33/0227 takes precedence

Abstract

A holster for a pistol, in which pistol there is a grip, a barrel, a trigger, and a trigger guard, includes a rigid case partly surrounding at least the barrel and the trigger guard, and a belt clip for carrying the case on the belt of the user at the side of their hip, and a locking mechanism integrated in the case for locking the pistol into it, which locking mechanism further includes an arm and a catch for securing the trigger guard to the case. The arm is pivoted to the outer surface of the case with the aid of a shaft perpendicular to the side of the case, in order to release the locking mechanism, and the holster further includes a catch-opening formed in the surface of the case, in order to lock the locking mechanism.

Claims

1-15. -15. (canceled)

16. Holster for a pistol, in which pistol there is a grip, a barrel, a trigger, and a trigger guard, the holster comprising:

a rigid case partly surrounding at least the barrel and the trigger guard, the case having an upper part, an outer surface and a side, and in the upper part of the case there is an opening for pushing the pistol barrel-first into it, thus forming a path for the trigger guard,

a belt clip for carrying the case on the belt of the user,

a locking mechanism integrated in the case for locking the pistol into it, the locking mechanism further comprising an arm pivoted with the aid of a shaft to the outer surface of the case and a catch formed at one end of the said arm, arranged for moving in front of, and away from the trigger guard with the aid of a deflection of the arm in a direction essentially perpendicular to the plane formed by the side of the case, the catch comprising a first bevelled surface arranged to fit the trigger guard, for moving the catch away from the said path in order to push the pistol into the case, and a first counter-surface for securing the pistol to the case by the trigger guard,

a catch-opening formed in the surface of the case, for guiding the catch inside the said trigger guard,

wherein the said shaft is perpendicular to the said plane and the said arm is arranged to rotate around the said shaft on essentially the said plane in order to release the locking mechanism with the aid of the movement of the user'"'"'s hand, and the catch comprising a second bevelled surface for guiding the catch away from inside the trigger guard with the aid of the said rotation.

17. Holster according to claim 16, wherein the said second bevelled surface is perpendicular to the first bevelled surface.

18. Holster according to claim 16, wherein the said arm is pivoted perpendicularly relative to the side of the case.

19. Holster according to claim 16, wherein the said catch comprising the first bevelled surface and the first counter-surface in the longitudinal direction of the arm and the second bevelled surface and the second counter-surface in the direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the arm.

20. Holster according to claim 16, wherein the said catch is arranged to extend through the catch-opening and into the trigger guard of the pistol.

21. Holster according to claim 16, wherein the said first counter-surface is perpendicular to the barrel of the pistol, in order to prevent the pistol being pulled out of the holster, with the aid of forced locking.

22. Holster according to claim 16, wherein the arm is arranged to bend in a direction perpendicular to the side of the case when the locking mechanism is opened.

23. Holster according to claim 16, wherein the locking means comprising, in addition, a slot and a slot screw, the head of which slot screw being arranged to slide in the said slot.

24. Holster according to claim 23, wherein a return spring is located in connection with the slot, in order to lock the locking mechanism.

25. Holster according to claim 16, wherein the other end of the arm comprising a bevel, which is shaped at a slant, in order to change the vertical direction of the user'"'"'s hand into a movement around the shaft.

26. Holster according to claim 25, wherein the said bevel is arranged at an angle of 30-60°

relative to the longitudinal direction of the arm.

27. Holster according to claim 16, wherein the case is formed from rigid casing components.

28. Holster according to claim 27, wherein the casing components of the holster are arranged to conform precisely to the shapes of the pistol.

29. Holster according to claim 16, wherein on the side of the second bevelled surface of the edge of the said catch-opening the catch includes an opening bevel, in order to facilitate the movement of the catch.

30. Holster according to claim 16, wherein the end of the arm opposite to the catch extends essentially to the plane of the curve belonging to the grip of the pistol.