Holster

• US 3,955,724 A
• Filed: 12/05/1974
• Issued: 05/11/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/1974
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association (Bank of America Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Safariland LLC
• Inventors: Perkins, Neale A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Makay, Albert J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Reese, Randolph A.
• Application Number:
  US05/529,898
• Time in Patent Office: 523 Days
• Field of Search: 224/2 B, 224/5 R, 224/5 A, 224/26 R, 224/26 B, 112/417, 112/440, 190/53, 190/55 R, 190/40, 428/473, 428/474, 428/500, 36/57, 36/9 R
• 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 33/041 for connecting a holster to a belt, webbing or other object

Abstract

A holster includes a continuous piece of leather folded along two spaced apart and generally parallel fold lines to form an end wall which is continuous with the inner and outer side walls of the holster. The continuous end wall resists wear and tear from a heavy automatic weapon constantly being pushed down into the holster. The holster also has a belt loop attached to the inner side wall of the holster by nylon stitching extending through a thin, flexible sheet of thread-holding material disposed between the belt loop and the holster side wall. The thread-holding sheet resists the possibility of the belt loop being torn away from the holster. An extension of the inner side wall panel holds a female snap ring fastener for receiving a male snap ring fastener on a strap which loops over the hammer of the firearm. The female snap ring is recessed to prevent interference with a firearm being withdrawn from the holster.

Claims

1. In a holster for carrying a firearm and having a leather shank portion of a belt loop attached by stitching to a leather inner pannel of the holster, an improved means for attaching the belt loop to the holster comprising a thread-holding sheet covering an area between overlying portions of the side panel of the holster and the leather shank of the belt loop;

and one or more rows of threads stitched through the belt loop shank, the thread-holding sheet, and the inner panel of the holster to fasten the belt loop to the holster, the thread-holding sheet being made from a material which provides greater resistance to tearing of the threads than when the leather belt loop shank is stitched directly to the leather panel of the holster.

2. The improvement according to claim 1 in which the shank of the belt loop is made from two separate layers of leather, and includes a second one of said thread-holding sheets, a first sheet covering an area between the two leather layers of the belt loop shank, a second sheet covering an area between the shank and the holster inner panel;

and in which the threads are stitched through the two leather layers of the shank, the first and second stitch-holding sheets, and the holster inner panel.

3. The improvement according to claim 1 in which the threads are made of nylon.

4. The improvement according to claim 1 in which the thread-holding sheet is made from a material selected from the group consisting of glass-impregnated vinyl and nylon sheeting.

5. The improvement according to claim 2 including a rigid metal plate between the two separate layers of leather in the belt loop for reinforcing the belt loop.

6. The improvement according to claim 5 including a flexible piece secured to an inner surface of one leather layer of the belt loop, the flexible piece having an opening for providing a pocket, the metal plate being disposed in the pocket.

7. A holster comprising:

a. a case having a leather side panel;

b. a thread-holding sheet covering an area of the leather side panel;

c. a belt loop having a leather shank overlying the thread-holding sheet so as to sandwich the sheet between the shank and the leather side panel; and

d. one or more rows of threads stitched through the leather shank, the thread-holding sheet, and the leather side panel to fasten the belt loop to the holster case;

the thread-holding sheet being made from a material which provides greater resistance to tearing of the threads than when the leather shank is stitched to the leather side panel absent said thread-holding sheet.

8. A leather holster according to claim 7 in which the threads are made of nylon.

9. A holster according to claim 8 in which the thread-holding sheet is made from a material selected from a group consisting of a glass impregnated vinyl and nylon sheeting.

10. A holster comprising:

a. a case having a leather side panel;

b. a first thread-holding sheet covering an area of the leather side panel;

c. a belt loop having a shank comprising first and second leather layers overlying the first threadholding sheet;

d. a second thread-holding sheet disposed between the first and second leather layers and being generally aligned with the first thread-holding sheet; and

e. means fastening the belt loop to the holster case comprising one or more rows of threads stitched through the first and second leather layers, the first and second thread-holding sheets, and the leather side panel of the holster case;

the thread-holding sheets being made from a material which provides greater resistance to tearing of the threads than when the leather belt loop shank is stitched to the leather side panel absent said thread-holding sheets.

11. A holster according to claim 10 including a rigid metal plate between the first and second leather layers for reinforcing the attachment of the belt loop to the holster case.

12. A holster according to claim 11 including a flexible piece secured to an inner surface of one leather layer, the flexible piece having an opening for providing a pocket, the metal plate being disposed in the pocket.