Holster belt

• US 4,044,929 A
• Filed: 10/30/1973
• Issued: 08/30/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Albert P. Caruso
• Original Assignee: Albert P. Caruso
• Inventors: Caruso, Albert P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Reeves, Robert B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Marmor, Charles A.
• Application Number:
  US05/411,035
• Time in Patent Office: 1,400 Days
• Field of Search: 224/2 B, 224/2 F, 224/2 D, 224/2 E, 224/26 B, 224/26 R, 224/5 A, 224/5 R, 224/5 L, 224/5 MC, 224/26 C, 224/22, 224/23
• US Class Current: 224/676
• 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 33/0236 Half-holsters covering by encircling only a part of the small arm, e.g. ghost-holsters
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/046 Webbing, harnesses, belts or straps for wearing holsters
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/911 Handgun holder formed of leather, fabric, or other flexible material

Abstract

A holster belt comprising an elongated belt member for encircling the waist of the wearer, band means, converging lines of stitching for fastening a band of substantially the same width as the belt member to the inside of the belt member to define a pocket for receiving a side arm therein, one of the lines of stitching being curved to provide a concave depression for the trigger guard of the side arm, and an adjustable buckle mounted on the end of the belt for varying the circumferential position of the pocket on the wearer.

Claims

1. A combined holster belt construction for a side arm comprising an elongated belt member for encircling the waist of a wearer in a horizontal direction, band means, and spaced attaching means for securing laterally spaced portions of said band means to said belt member to define a loop therewith which is open at the top and bottom, said spaced attaching means effectively converging generally downwardly relative to each other to aid in retaining said side arm in position in said loop.

2. A holster belt as set forth in claim 1 wherein said band means is positioned on the inside of said belt member.

3. A holster belt as set forth in claim 2 wherein said attaching means comprises spaced lines of stitching and wherein one of said lines is curved so as to cause the portions of said belt member and said band means joined thereby to define a concave configuration for receiving the trigger guard of a firearm.

4. A holster belt as set forth in claim 1 including fastening means on opposite end portions of said belt member for securing said opposite end portions to each other, said fastening means including buckle means, and means mounting said buckle means so as to permit adjustable positioning thereof on said belt member.

5. A holster belt as set forth in claim 4 wherein said spaced attaching means comprise lines of stitching.

6. A combined holster belt for a side arm comprising an elongated belt member for encircling the waist of the wearer in a horizontal direction, band means, spaced attaching means fixedly attaching laterally spaced portions of said band means to said belt member to define a loop providing a vertical opening therewith open at the top and bottom to receive a side arm therein, said band means being mounted on the side of said belt member which faces the body of the wearer, and the length of said band means between said attaching means being shorter than the length of the portion of said belt member between corresponding portions of said attaching means.

7. A holster belt as set forth in claim 6 wherein said band means are of substantially the same width as said belt member.

8. A holster belt as set forth in claim 7 wherein said spaced attaching means converge generally downwardly relative to each other.

9. A holster belt as set forth in claim 8 including fastening means on opposite end portions of said belt member for securing said opposite end portions to each other, said fastening means including buckle means, and means mounting said buckle means so as to permit adjustable positioning thereof on said belt member.

10. A holster belt as set forth in claim 9 including a retaining strap, and securing means for securing said retaining strap to said belt member and said band means.

11. A holster belt as set forth in claim 6 and wherein said attaching means are of a configuration to cause said loop to approximate a trapezoid in side elevation.

12. A combined holster belt for a side arm comprising an elongated belt member for encircling the waist of the wearer in a horizontal direction, band means, spaced attaching means fixedly attaching laterally spaced portions of said band means to said belt member to define a loop providing a vertical opening therewith open at the top and bottom to receive a side arm therein, said band means being mounted on the side of said belt member which faces the body of the wearer, a retaining strap, and securing means for securing said retaining strap to said belt member and said band means.

13. A holster belt as set forth in claim 12 wherein said attaching means are of a configuration to cause said loop to approximate a trapezoid in side elevation.