HOLSTER FOR PISTOLS

• US 3,828,990 A
• Filed: 12/27/1972
• Issued: 08/13/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Archie Baldocchi
• Original Assignee: Archie Baldocchi
• Inventors: Baldocchi, Archie
• Primary Examiner(s): Sheridan, Robert G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Forsberg, Jerold M.
• Application Number:
  US05/319,021
• Time in Patent Office: 594 Days
• Field of Search: 224/2B,2C,5A,5R,5B,26B
• US Class Current: 224/193
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/0245 Skeleton-holsters, e.g. contacting only a minimal part of the small arm, e.g. contacting the muzzle, ejection port, chamber, trigger guard or hammer
• 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 33/045 for connection in more than one rotational position around an axle, e.g. by using a rotatable connection
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/912 Handgun holder formed of metal or other rigid material

Abstract

The holster is formed of a channel member shaped to conform to the shape of a pistol from the muzzle of the barrel to the handle. The channel member is of generally U-shaped cross-section of variable dimensions so that the pistol nests therein. The end of the channel member holding the barrel is closed, and a conical inward projection on said closed end fits into the muzzle of the barrel. A cam lock at the tip of the slide stop of the pistol holds the pistol against sliding toward the open end of the channel member. A release finger on the exterior of the channel member is adapted to be manually turned so as to move the cam lock out of the way of the tip of the slide stop. The slide stop itself is held in a slot in the open end of the holster so as to hold the pistol in the channel chamber. An adjustable support member is pivoted on the body side of the channel member and means are provided to adjust the support member to a proper attitude for supporting the holster in suitable position for quick drawing of the pistol.

Claims

1. A pivot holster comprising, an elongated channel body having an open end and closed end said channel body being of substantially U shaped cross section and being deeper at its open end And shallower at its closed end thereby to form an open receptacle capable of receiving and nesting a pistol from the end of its barrel to about its handle, whereby said handle projects to the outside of said open end, means on the closed end of said channel body engageable with the muzzle of the pistol barrel to a limited distance for preventing the movement of the pistol barrel transversely of said channel body. there being a slot in a side of said channel body extending from said open end longitudinally to a limited distance and being adapted to receive a projecting portion of said pistol to restrain movement of said pistol at said open end transversely of the longitudinal axis of the barrel, a releasable blocking element in said channel body being located to block longitudinal movement of said pistol toward said open end, a manipulatable finger on the outside of one side of said channel body substantially in the path of a hand gripping said pistol handle, means connecting said finger to said blocking element for releasing said blocking element whenever said finger is manipulated simultaneously with the drawing of said pistol longitudinally from said channel body, an adjustable support element on the other side of said channel body, being engageable with the garment of the user, and said support element being a planar rigid member spaced from the side of the channel body by a recurved portion and insertable on the garment of said user, and adjusting means to secure said support element at a selected angle relative to said channel body thereby to locate said holster in a position convenient for drawing the pistol.

2. The pistol holster specified in claim 1, and said projecting portion of said pistol being a portion of a slide stop on said pistol slideably fitting into said slot.

3. The pistol holster specified in claim 2, and said blocking element being engageable with the tip of said slide stop projecting to the opposite side of the pistol, and said blocking element blocking said tip for preventing longitudinal movement of said pistol toward the open end of said body.