Holster for hand guns

• US 3,910,469 A
• Filed: 03/05/1974
• Issued: 10/07/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/1974
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Archie Baldocchi
• Original Assignee: Archie Baldocchi
• Inventors: Baldocchi, Archie
• Primary Examiner(s): Spar, Robert J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Forsberg, Jerold M.
• Application Number:
  US05/443,215
• Time in Patent Office: 581 Days
• Field of Search: 224/2B,2C,26R,26B,3,5R,5A,5B
• US Class Current: 224/198
• 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 herein is formed of a channel member shaped to conform to the portion of the body of a hand gun adjacent the trigger guard so that the trigger guard and a portion of the body and of the barrel are nested in the holster. A latch is provided on one side of the holster which projects through an opening into the holster body and into the trigger guard to hold the hand gun in nested position. A safety is provided to hold this latch in latching position. The safety is in convenient location to be tripped simultaneously with the gripping of the hand gun.

Claims

1. In a holster for a hand gun having a handle, trigger guard and a barrel, a hollow holster body of generally U-shaped cross section straddling the trigger guard and adjacent portions of said barrel and completely enclosing the trigger guard therein, the open end of said body being positioned adjacent the barrel thereby to permit the drawing of the handgun by forward rotating motion outwardly from said open end, a releasable latch element on one side of said holster body, said latch element having a pivot portion and a projecting end portion projecting into the trigger guard so as to prevent withdrawal of the hand gun from said holster body, said element being pivotably movable into and out of said projecting position, a safety member on said one side for holding said latch element in said projecting position by engagement with a portion thereof adjacent said projecting end portion, means to mount said safety member on said one side so as to be in position engageable by the user simultaneously with the gripping of said handle for moving said safety member for releasing said latch element, a holster support on the other side of said holster body, and means adjustably to secure said holster support to said holster body for a selected angle of drawing said hand gun.

2. The holster specified in claim 1, and said holster support including a support element on said other side, said adjustable securing means including, a support strip adapted to straddle the belt of a person, and coacting members on said support element and on said support strip engageable at selected angles for mounting said holster body on said support strip.

3. The holster specified in claim 1, and said securing means including, a threaded stud extending from said other face, a U-shaped retainer member, there being a clamping hole through one side of said retainer member fitting over said stud, there being an access hole through the opposite side of said retainer member, a nut insertable through said access hole and over said stud for clamping said retainer member at a selected angle to said other face, a support strip extended from said one side of said retainer member, and releasable means to secure said strip to said other side of said retainer member.

4. The holster specified in claim 1, and there being an opening through said one face of said holster adjacent the position of said trigger guard in the holster, and said latch element projecting through said opening.

5. The holster specified in claim 4, and said latch element being pivoted on said holster body for swinging into and out of said opening.

6. The holster specified in claim 1, and said holster body being proportioned to nest said trigger guard therein when said handle rests on the top of said holster body.

7. The holster specified in claim 1, and a non-metallic liner in said holster body for cushioning the parts of the hand gun nested therein.

8. The holster specified in claim 6, and said safety member being a lever pivoted in said one face, a holding portion of said lever overlapping said latch element in projecting position, a manipulating portion of said lever being spaced from the top of said holster body within reach of the index finger of the hand gripping said handle.

9. The holster specified in claim 6, and said opening being elongated, said mounting means being slidable in said opening for moving said safety member into and out of engagement with said latch element.