Holster paddle

• US 5,054,670 A
• Filed: 07/31/1990
• Issued: 10/08/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Procter & Gamble Ohio Brands Company
• Original Assignee: Richard N. Gallagher
• Inventors: Gallagher, Richard N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sholl, Linda J.
• Application Number:
  US07/561,012
• Time in Patent Office: 434 Days
• Field of Search: 224/911, 224/912, 224/191, 224/230, 224/193, 224/252, 150/134
• US Class Current: 224/191
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/911 Handgun holder formed of leather, fabric, or other flexible material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/912 Handgun holder formed of metal or other rigid material

Abstract

A paddle for a holster. When the paddle is attached to the holster, the paddle slides over the belt and inside the waist of the pants of a user to bind the pants intermediate the paddle and holster. When the holster is grasped and pulled away from the body of the user, the paddle firmly engages the pants of the user to prevent the holster from being pulled free from the user'"'"'s person.

Claims

1. A holster for pistols comprising in combination

(a) a pocket member shaped and dimensioned to slidably receive a pistol and including a first side (11) normally positioned to face the body of the holster user and a second side (12) normally positioned to face away from the body of the holster user;

(b) a mounting member (10) insertable at the waist inside the pants of the holster user to position a section of the pants intermediate said mounting member and said first side of said holster and including

(i) a first portion attached to said first side of said pocket member,

(ii) a second portion attached to said first portion and extending downwardly over and spaced apart from at least a part of said first side of said pocket member, and

(iii) at least one tooth means extending outwardly from said second portion toward said first side of said holster and including

a planar contact surface positioned against said first side, and

an edge positioned above said planar surface and intermediate said planar surface and said first portion,

said tooth means being shaped and dimensioned such that when said

mounting member is inserted at the waist inside the pants of the holster user in a first normal operative position with said pocket member outside the pants,

said planar surface is normally adjacent said first side and slidably contacts and presses said section of the pants against said first side, and

said tooth edge is normally adjacent said first side such that the pants are prevented from bunching over said edge while said section slides intermediate said planar surface and said first side, and

pocket member is pulled up and out from the body of the holster user and said first portion and second portion tilt away from the body of the holster user to move said pocket member and mounting member from said first operative position to a second operative position,

said planar surface tilts away from the body of the holster user, and

said edge tilts outwardly from the body of the holster user into the pants to increase the force exerted on the pants by said edge, improve the engagement of the pants by said edge, and facilitate the bunching of the pants over the edge.

2. The holster of claim 1 wherein said first and second portions and said tooth means are shaped and dimensioned such that said first and second portions spring load said planar surface of said tooth means against said first side of said pocket member when said mounting member and said pocket member are in said first operative position.

3. A holster for a holsterable object, said holster including

(a) a pocket member shaped and dimensioned to slidably receive said holsterable object and including a first side (11) normally positioned to face the body of the holster user and a second side (12) normally positioned to face away from the body of the holster user;

(b) a mounting member (10) insertable at the waist inside the pants of the holster user to position a portion of the pants intermediate said mounting member and said first side of said holster and including

(i) a first portion attached to said first side of said pocket member,

(ii) a second portion attached to said first portion and extending downwardly over and spaced apart from at least a part of said first side of said pocket member, and

(iii) at least one tooth means extending outwardly from said second portion toward said first side of said holster and including

a planar contact surface positioned against said first side, and

an edge positioned above said planar surface and intermediate said planar surface and said first portion;

said first and second portions and said tooth means being shaped and dimensioned such that said first and second portions spring load said planar surface of said tooth means against said pocket member and such that when said

mounting member is inserted at the waist inside the pants of the holster user in a first normal operative position with said pocket member outside the pants,

said planar surface is normally adjacent said firs side and slidably contacts and presses said section of the pants against said first side, and

said tooth edge is normally adjacent said first side, and

pocket member is pulled up and out from the body of the holster user and said first portion and second portion tilt away from the body of the holster user to move said pocket member and mounting member from said first operative position to a second operative position,

said planar surface tilts away from the body of the holster user, and

said edge tilts outwardly from the body of the holster user into the pants to increase the force exerted on the pants by said edge and improve the engagement of the pants by said edge.

4. A holster for a holsterable object, said holster including

(a) a pocket member shaped and dimensioned to slidably receive said holsterable object and including a first side (11) normally positioned to face the body of the holster user and a second side (12) normally positioned to face away from the body of the holster user, said first side including an outer surface;

(b) a mounting member (10) insertable at the waist inside the clothing of the holster user to position a portion of the clothing intermediate said mounting member and said first side of said holster and including

(i) a first portion attached to said first side of said pocket member,

(ii) a second portion attached to aid first portion and extending downwardly over and spaced apart from at least a part of said first side of said pocket member, said second portion including an inner surface spaced apart from said outer surface of said first side (11), and

(iii) at least one tooth means extending outwardly from said inner surface of said second portion toward said first side of said holster and including

a planar contact surface

positioned against said outer surface of said first side, and

an edge positioned above said planar surface and intermediate said planar surface and said first portion;

said tooth means being shaped and dimensioned such that when said

mounting member is inserted at the waist inside the pants of the holster user in a first normal operative position with said pocket member outside the pants,

said planar surface is normally parallel and adjacent said first side and slidably contacts and presses said section of the pants against said outer surface of said first side, and

said tooth edge is prevented by said planar surface from digging into said outer surface of said first side, and

pocket member is pulled up and out from the body of the holster user and said first portion and second portion tilt away from the body of the holster user to move said pocket member and mounting member form said first operative position to a second operative position,

said planar surface tilts away from the body of the holster user, and

said edge tilts outwardly from the body of the holster user into the pants to increase the force exerted on the pants by said edge and improve the engagement of the pants by said edge.