MULTI-DIRECTIONAL SELF-DIRECTING HOLSTER AND ATTACHMENT DEVICE

• US 20200128945A1
• Filed: 01/02/2020
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jason Record
• Original Assignee: Jason Record
• Inventors: Record, Jason, Sniper, Todd
• Granted Patent: US 11,140,971 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2005/025 with a holder or item rotatably connected to the fastening device, e.g. having a rotation axis perpendicular to the garment
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2005/026 with a pin having an enlarged head detachably connected to a fastening device, e.g. to a pin receiving slot
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0583 Beverage vessels, e.g. bottles
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/02 Fastening articles to the garment
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/021 to the belt
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/022 within pockets

Abstract

A holster and an attachment device for holding an object, the holster having wave-shaped securing arms with that guide the device into a secured position, and the attachment device supporting the holster in a number of positions that may be fixed or rotatable.

Claims

1. :

A holster for holding an object, the holster comprising;

a spine having one or more sets of securing arms, the securing arms having an upward orientation that creates a notch between an outer portion of the securing arms and the spine, the securing arms also having an inward orientation so as to wrap at least partially around the object when the object is inserted into the holster.

2. :

The holster of claim 1, wherein the securing arms first protrude outward and away from the spine and then inward so as to wrap at least partially around the object when the object is inserted into the holster.

3. :

The holster of claim 1, wherein the one or more sets of securing arms includes at least upper securing arms and lower securing arms.

4. :

The holster of claim 1, wherein the object is insertable into the holster in a vertical or angled direction from a position above or below the securing upper arms or a position above the lower securing arms or inserted in a parallel horizontal direction towards the upper securing arms and lower securing arms; and

wherein the upper securing arms and lower securing arms guide the object into a secured position in the holster above the base and against the spine.

5. :

The holster of claim 1, further including a base.

6. :

The holster of claim 1, further comprising a space between the upper securing arms and lower securing arms, the space sized to allow the object to slide between the upper and lower arms for insertion into the holster.

7. :

The holster of claim 1, wherein the spine has a front surface that is curved to fit the shape of the object.

8. :

The holster of claim 1, wherein the upper securing arms and lower securing arms have fillet edges that help guide the object into a secured position against the spine and above the base.

9. :

The holster of claim 1, wherein the upper edge of the upper securing arms create an unencumbered opening such that the object may be inserted from above the upper securing arms.

10. :

The holster of claim 1, wherein the upper edges of the upper securing arms, after initially curving downward as they extend away from the spine and then curving upward, curve downward to outer edges of the upper securing arms, the outer edges continuing to run towards the lower securing arms; and

wherein the shape of the opening between the outer edges of the upper securing arms and the upper edges of the lower securing arms is curved to guide the object into a secured position when inserted between the upper securing arms and lower securing arms.

11. :

The holster of claim 1, further comprising one or more clip attachment devices on a back side of the spine, the one or more clip attachment devices being securable in a clip.

12. :

The holster of claim 11, wherein the one or more clip attachment devices comprise two knobs.

13. :

A clip comprising;

a front plate and a back plate that are connected by a connector, the front plate having approximately straight sides, an approximately rounded bottom, and having a u-shaped opening;

an attachment mechanism comprising at least a first knob and a second knob, the first knob and second knob each sized to fit in the u-shaped opening;

wherein inserting the first knob and the second knob into the u-shaped opening connects the attachment mechanism in a locked vertical orientation; and

wherein inserting either but not both of the first knob or the second knob into the u-shaped opening positions the front plate to the attachment mechanism in a horizontal orientation and allows for rotation in approximately 180 degrees;

14. :

The clip of claim 13, further comprising the first knob being a rounded knob, the second knob having at least one straight side, and the front plate'"'"'s approximately rounded bottom having corners;

wherein inserting the first knob but not the second knob into the u-shaped opening secures the front plate to the attachment mechanism in a manner that allows for at least 180 degrees of rotation; and

wherein inserting the second knob but not the first knob into the u-shaped opening secures the front plate to the attachment mechanism such that the attachment mechanism is secured in a fixed horizontal position extending in either a right or left direction relative to the front plate.

15. :

The clip of claim 13, wherein the connector is a spring clip.

16. :

The clip of claim 13, further comprising a locking mechanism.