Storage holster

• US 5,322,200 A
• Filed: 04/12/1993
• Issued: 06/21/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Keith R. Blanchard
• Original Assignee: Keith R. Blanchard
• Inventors: Blanchard, Keith R.
• Primary Examiner(s): CUSICK, ERNEST
• Application Number:
  US08/044,768
• Time in Patent Office: 435 Days
• Field of Search: 224/912, 224/911, 224/192, 224/193, 224/198, 224/243, 224/244
• US Class Current: 224/192
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 17/02 Key-operated safeties F41A17/44 takes precedence
• 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 33/0263 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 33/041 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 metallic storage holster and cable for locking a handgun in place and preventing access to the handgun by unauthorized persons. The cable is welded onto a one side of the storage holster. The non-welded cable end is formed into a loop. The loop is then secured over a "U" latch welded onto the other side of the storage holster. The latch is large enough to allow a lock to be inserted through the eye of the latch once the looped cable end has been fitted. Once the lock is in place, access to the handgun is restricted to the individual able to open the lock. A metallic plate is welded onto one side of the storage holster and holes are cut through both sides of the storage holster to allow lag bolts to be inserted and countersunk though the side with the plate attached thereto. The lag bolts, once in place, are used to mount the storage holster. Once a handgun is locked in place access to the lag bolts from the other side of the storage holster is blocked.

Claims

1. A holster, attached to an external surface, for storing a handgun and preventing its unauthorized use, said handgun having a conventional shape with a barrel, a receiver with a conventional trigger means and a hammer protruding from the receiver, and a hand grip, comprising:

a metallic, hollow holster adapted to receive said barrel portion of said handgun, with the handgrip and hammer exposed, said holster having a front, back, left side, right side, bottom, interior and an upwardly-open mouth for receiving the barrel portion of said handgun;

soft fabric lining said interior;

a `U` shaped latch attached onto the left side the storage holster;

a steel cable coated with a resilient material, said cable having two ends, one end attached to the holster'"'"'s right side and the other cable end formed into a loop, said loop being adapted to fit snugly around the latch; and

locking means for attachment to said latch.

2. A holster as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

a generally rectangular metallic plate attached to the right side of said holster;

two attachment holes formed in the plate and extending through the right side of the holster, said holes being countersunk from the holster interior into the right side;

two side holes cut into a central portion of the left holster side, said side holes and said attachment holes being collinear; and

two lag bolts inserted through the side holes, through the countersunk attachment holes and through the plate, whereby the holster is mounted to be an external surface by attachment of said lag bolts through said holster to said external surface.