SECURE HOLSTER FOR REVOLVERS

• US 3,777,952 A
• Filed: 01/03/1972
• Issued: 12/11/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Katz W. Simon
• Original Assignee: Paris Theodore
• Inventors: Theodore, Paris
• Primary Examiner(s): Forlenza, Gerald M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Forsberg, Jerold M.
• Application Number:
  US05/214,755
• Time in Patent Office: 708 Days
• Field of Search: 224/2B,2D,2E
• US Class Current: 224/243
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/0227 having a strap or other restraining element only covering the hammer or a part of the upper part of the small arm
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/041 for connecting a holster to a belt, webbing or other object
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/911 Handgun holder formed of leather, fabric, or other flexible material

Abstract

A holster to be carried high on the hip and having a trigger guard pocket, a muzzle pocket, and a breakfront flap which cooperate to prevent removal of the revolver from the holster. The breakfront flap is secured in the closed position by a fastening device which is released by the forefinger of the user to initiate the drawing of the revolver from the holster.

Claims

1. A holster for revolvers comprising:

a body portion for enclosing at least a portion of a revolver, said body portion including a trigger guard pocket for engaging the trigger guard of the revolver;

a breakfront flap connected to said body portion and extending around the barrel and top strap of the revolver, from inside to outside, to retain the trigger guard of the revolver in engagement with said trigger guard pocket when said breakfront flap is in the closed position, and for permitting the revolver to be drawn from said holster when said breakfront flap is in the open position; and

releaseable fastening means for fastening said breakfront flap in the closed position.

2. The holster of claim 1 further comprising a Muzzle pocket for engaging the muzzle of the revolver so as to prevent the revolver from being drawn from said holster in the rearward direction but to allow the revolver to be drawn from said holster in the forward direction when said breakfront flap is in the open position.

3. The holster of claim 2 further comprising a drainage port adjacent the bottom of said muzzle pocket.

4. The holster of claim 1 further comprising a strap connected to said body portion of said holster and arranged to overlie the outer surface of said breakfront flap when said breakfront flap is in the closed position, said releasable fastening means being operative to fasten said strap to said breakfront flap.

5. The holster of claim 4 wherein said releaseable fastening means is located in a position where it can be released by the forefinger of the wearer while the third, fourth and fifth fingers of the wearer grasp the grip of the revolver.

6. The holster of claim 5 wherein said releaseable fastening means is located in the area of said holster overlying the area between the upper portion of the trigger guard and the lower portion of the cylinder of the

7. The holster of claim 5 wherein said releaseable fastening means comprises a snap fastener having two complementary parts, the first part of said snap fastener being mounted on the outer surface of said breakfront flap and the second part of said snap fastener being mounted on the inner surface of said strap to engage said first part of said snap fastener and thereby retain said breakfront flap in the closed position.

8. The holster of claim 7 further comprising a second snap fastener having two complementary parts, the first part of said second snap fastener being mounted on the outer surface of said body portion of said holster and the second part of said second snap fastener being mounted on the inner surface of said breakfront flap for cooperation with said first part of said second snap fastener to retain said breakfront flap in the closed position.

9. The holster of claim 1 wherein the contour of said breakfront flap coincides with the contour of said body portion of said holster.

10. The holster of claim 1 further comprising a belt loop mounted on said body portion of said holster so that the muzzle of the revolver carried by said holster is canted forward.

11. The holster of claim 10 wherein said belt loop is mounted on said body portion of said holster so that the barrel of the revolver carried by said holster is canted forward at an angle of about 10* to the vertical.

12. The holster of claim 10 further comprising releaseable fastening means for fastening said holster to a predetermined station on the belt of a wearer.

13. The holster of claim 12 wherein said releaseable fastening means comprises a first complementary part of a snap fastener mounted on the inner surface of said belt loop for engagement with a second complementary part of said snap fastener mounted at a predetermined station on the belt of the wearer.

14. The holster of claim 2 wherein a forward portion of said body portion of said holster extends around the top strap of the revolver, from outside to inside.