Magazine holster
First Claim
1. A holster for an automatic pistol magazine carrying a plurality of shells which comprises a long rectangular upright rigid hollow pouch having a closed bottom and an open upper end with a closeable top cover, a single magazine carrier having an open upper end and a closed lower end portion and which slides up and down within said hollow of said holster and into which slidingly and snugly fits an upper end portion of a single pistol magazine, and a coil spring means biased between an inside surface of said closed bottom of said pouch and said closed lower end portion of said magazine carrier to urge a downward end portion of a pistol magazine upward against said cover, said closed lower end portion having a bottom surface being positioned substantially in juxtaposition to said closed bottom of said pouch when a pistol magazine and said magazine carrier are fully holstered and said cover is closed, said magazine carrier extending outwardly of said pouch when said top cover is opened and being unremovable therefrom during normal use of said holster.
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Abstract
A holster for a magazine of an automatic pistol, the magazine being slid into a carrier box that slides longitudinally in the elongated rectangular pouch with a flexible flap cover having a snap fastener to attach the cover to the pouch; the carrier being biased by a coil spring urging the carrier upward to expose the magazine which is contacted by the cover to prevent the magazine from removal until it is handled by the wearer.
103 Citations
20 Claims
- 1. A holster for an automatic pistol magazine carrying a plurality of shells which comprises a long rectangular upright rigid hollow pouch having a closed bottom and an open upper end with a closeable top cover, a single magazine carrier having an open upper end and a closed lower end portion and which slides up and down within said hollow of said holster and into which slidingly and snugly fits an upper end portion of a single pistol magazine, and a coil spring means biased between an inside surface of said closed bottom of said pouch and said closed lower end portion of said magazine carrier to urge a downward end portion of a pistol magazine upward against said cover, said closed lower end portion having a bottom surface being positioned substantially in juxtaposition to said closed bottom of said pouch when a pistol magazine and said magazine carrier are fully holstered and said cover is closed, said magazine carrier extending outwardly of said pouch when said top cover is opened and being unremovable therefrom during normal use of said holster.
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13. A holster for a magazine carrying a plurality of shells of an automatic pistol and adapted to be attachable to a waist belt, said holster comprising an elongated rectangular box-like rigid upright pouch of four vertical walls, a closed bottom, and an open upper end with a stiffly flexible flap cover for closing said open end and attached at one end thereof to said pouch while the other end is free and has affixed thereto the female portion of a snap fastener cooperating with the corresponding male portion of said snap fastener affixed to said pouch adjacent said open end;
- a single magazine carrier longitudinally slidable inside said pouch and having a closed lower end and an open upper end, and an inside cavity of such dimensions that it will snugly receive the forward portion of a single magazine of an automatic pistol; and
a coil spring positioned inside said pouch between said closed bottom of said pouch and a laterally extending ledge around the outside of said closed lower end of said carrier and being spaced upwardly from its lower end extremity, said spring being biased to push said carrier upward and partially outward of said open upper end of said pouch to expose above said open upper end of said magazine carrier a substantial length of a magazine of an automatic pistol when said flap cover is unfastened. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
- a single magazine carrier longitudinally slidable inside said pouch and having a closed lower end and an open upper end, and an inside cavity of such dimensions that it will snugly receive the forward portion of a single magazine of an automatic pistol; and
- 18. A holster for an automatic pistol magazine carrying a plurality of shells which comprises a long rectangular upright rigid hollow pouch having a bottom end and an open upper end with a closeable top cover, a magazine carrier having an outer side wall surface and a reduced lower end portion in which a magazine is adapted to be received and extending inwardly from said outer wall surface, said carrier being positioned to slide up and down inside said holster and into which slidingly and snugly fits a downward portion of a single automatic pistol magazine, spring means biased between said bottom of said pouch and extending upwardly to engage said magazine carrier to urge said magazine carrier and an automatic pistol magazine carried therein upward against said cover, said spring means engaging said carrier outwardly of said reduced lower end outer surface portion spacedly upwardly from a lower planar surface of said reduced lower end outer surface portion, said lower planar surface being substantially juxtaposed with said bottom end of said pouch when said spring means is fully compressed, and said reduced lower end portion being located within said fully compressed spring means, and means attached to said pouch for attaching said holster to a belt of a user.
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