Adjustable handgun holster

• US 5,372,288 A
• Filed: 01/05/1994
• Issued: 12/13/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Safariland LLC
• Original Assignee: Safariland LLC
• Inventors: Rogers, William H., Clifton, Norman E. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): JACYNA, J CASIMER
• Application Number:
  US08/176,765
• Time in Patent Office: 342 Days
• Field of Search: 224/191-193, 224/195-198, 224/200, 224/222, 224/224-226, 224/242-244, 224/253, 224/267, 224/911, 224/912, 248/283, 248/285
• US Class Current: 224/198
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0591 Defense articles, e.g. small arms, handguns, pistols, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/00 Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/02 Fastening articles to the garment
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/0245 Skeleton-holsters, e.g. contacting only a minimal part of the small arm, e.g. contacting the muzzle, ejection port, chamber, trigger guard or hammer
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/045 for connection in more than one rotational position around an axle, e.g. by using a rotatable connection
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/912 Handgun holder formed of metal or other rigid material

Abstract

Handgun holster attached to a vertical support rod parallel to and spaced apart from the holster. There also is attached to the rod an arcuate strap as an upper body rest and a pad as a lower thigh rest, each rest being adjustable and clampable to selected positions for the convenience of the wearer. Preferably, this holster is for use in sports competition, where it is important to be able to draw quickly and fire.

Claims

1. A holster for a handgun, said holster having two sidewalls, a back, an open front, open top and open bottom, said holster being rotatably and longitudinally slidably attached to an elongated, substantially vertical support rod, an adjustable, arcuate upper body rest attached to the upper portion of said rod and a lower thigh rest pad rotatably and longitudinally slidably attached to the lower portion of said rod.

2. The holster of claim 1 wherein said upper body rest is an arcuate strap adapted to rest against the outside of the body of the wearer of the holder.

3. The holster of claim 2 wherein said strap has an inner surface partially covered by fabric loop fastener material and an outer surface partially covered by fabric hook fastener material.

4. The holster of claim 2 wherein said rod includes an arcuate slot engaged with a screw passing through said slot and said upper body rest to provide arcuate adjustment of said body rest with respect to said rod.

5. The holster of claim 1 wherein said holster is slidably attached to said rod by two spaced clamps each being separately clampable to said rod.

6. The holster of claim 3 wherein each said clamp comprises an opposing pair of jaws tightenable about said rod by screw means.

7. The holster of claim 1 which additionally includes on the inside of said back a trigger guard catch member adapted to assist in restraining said handgun in said holster.

8. A handgun holster releasably clamped to a substantially vertical support rod by two spaced clamps adapted to permit said holster to be slidably adjustable lengthwise and rotationwise about said rod;

said rod being closely spaced inwardly from, and approximately coextensive with, said holster;

an upper thigh rest including an arcuate strap adapted to rest against the outside contour of the body of the holster wearer and being angularly adjustably attached to the upper end of said rod; and

a lower thigh rest pad adjustably clamped to said rod, spaced below said upper body rest; and

being rotationally and longitudinally positionable with respect to said rod.

9. The holster of claim 8 having two sidewalls, a back wall, an open top, an open bottom and an open front.

10. The holster of claim 8 additionally including a trigger guard restraint mechanism mounted inside the holster and adapted to restrain forward rotation of a handgun in the holster while allowing rapid access in a vertical direction.

11. The holster of claim 8 wherein said rod has an upper end with an arcuate slot therein engaged with a clamping screw passing through said slot and through said upper body rest.

12. The holster of claim 8 wherein said upper body rest has an inside concave surface to which is affixed a pad of fabric loop fastener material and an outside convex surface to which is affixed a pad fabric hook fastener material.

13. A holster for a handgun, said holster having an inner and an outer sidewall, a back, an open top, a bottom, and a substantially open front extending from said top to adjacent said bottom, an elongated, substantially vertical support rod, means for rotatably and slidably attaching said inner side wall to said support rod, an adjustable upper body rest, means for attaching said upper body rest to an upper portion of said support rod, a lower thigh rest pad, and means for rotatably and longitudinally slidably attaching said pad to a lower portion of said rod.

14. The holster of claim 13 wherein said upper body rest is an arcuate strap adapted to conform to and rest against the outside of a body of a wearer of tile holster.

15. The holster of claim 13 wherein said means for rotatably and slidably attaching includes a pair of spaced clamps each being separately clampable to said rod.

16. The holster of claim 15 wherein each said clamp comprises an opposing pair of jaws tightenable about said rod by screw means.

17. The holster of claim 13 further including a catch member inwardly directed adjacent said back for assisting in restraining said handgun in said holster from forward movement.

18. The holster of claim 13 wherein said rod includes an enlarged upper plate, said upper plate having an arcuate slot extending generally laterally of a longitudinal axis of said rod, a bolt passing through said slot and said upper body rest to provide arcuate adjustment of said body rest with respect to said rod.

19. The holster of claim 13 wherein said upper body rest includes an inside concave surface, a pad of fabric loop releasable fastener material affixed to said inside concave surface, said body rest including an outside convex surface, a pad fabric hook releasable fastener material being affixed to said outside convex surface.

20. The holster of claim 13 wherein said bottom is open, further including means to restrain forward rocking of a handgun in the holster while allowing rapid access in a substantially vertical direction.