Variable position handgun holster

• US 5,421,497 A
• Filed: 08/26/1993
• Issued: 06/06/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Gilmore W. Riley
• Original Assignee: Gilmore W. Riley
• Inventors: Gilmore, W. Riley
• Primary Examiner(s): Recla, Henry J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vidovich, Gregory M.
• Application Number:
  US08/112,184
• Time in Patent Office: 649 Days
• Field of Search: 224/191, 224/192, 224/193, 224/196, 224/197, 224/198, 224/200, 224/243, 224/244, 224/911, 224/912, 224/238, 224/240, 224/242, 224/252, 224/913
• 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 33/0263 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 33/045 for connection in more than one rotational position around an axle, e.g. by using a rotatable connection
• 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 variable position handgun holster having a belt plate securable to a belt. A back plate is generally parallel to the belt plate and a holster receptacle receives a handgun. The back plate may be adjusted longitudinally with respect to the belt plate. The receptacle may be adjusted with respect to the back plate radially about an axis point connecting the back plate to the receptacle. The back plate may also be adjusted with respect to the belt plate about an axis transverse to the belt plate. The back plate may also be adjusted with respect to the belt plate about a longitudinal axis passing through the belt plate.

Claims

1. A variable position handgun holster having a belt plate securable to a belt, which holster comprises:

a. a back plate generally parallel to said belt plate;

b. a holster receptacle for receipt of a handgun;

c. means to adjust said back plate longitudinally with respect to said belt plate;

d. means to adjust said receptacle with respect to said back plate radially about a center point connecting said back plate to said belt plate and said receptacle;

e. means to adjust said back plate radially with respect to said belt plate about a horizontal axis parallel to said belt plate and passing through said center point; and

f. means to radially adjust said back plate with respect to said belt plate about a longitudinal axis passing through the plane of said back plate and through said center point.

2. A variable position handgun holster as set forth in claim 1 wherein said receptacle includes a pair of opposed, parallel slide bars and a cup removably secured therebetween for receipt of the barrel end of said handgun, and means to adjust said slide bars longitudinally to adjust for barrel length.

3. A variable position handgun holster as set forth in claim 1 wherein said cup is pivotally attached to said slide bars.

4. A variable position handgun holster as set forth in claim 1 wherein said receptacle has an open channel and wherein said receptacle is removable from said back plate and reversible to accommodate a left or right handed user.

5. A variable position handgun holster as set forth in claim 1 including means to retain said handgun in said receptacle.

6. A variable position handgun holster as set forth in claim 1 wherein said means to adjust said back plate longitudinally with respect to said belt plate includes a plurality of fasteners receivable through at least one slot in each of said back plate and belt plate.

7. A variable position handgun holster as set forth in claim 1 wherein said means to adjust said receptacle with respect to said back plate radially includes at least one fastener receivable through an arcuate slot in said back plate and secured to said receptacle, so that said receptacle may be positioned and then secured with said fastener.

8. A variable position handgun holster as set forth in claim 1 wherein said means to adjust said back plate radially with respect to said belt plate about said horizontal axis parallel to said belt plate and passing through said center point includes means to increase or decrease spacing between said back plate and said belt plate.

9. A variable position handgun holster as set forth in claim 1 wherein said means to radially adjust said back plate with respect to said belt plate about said longitudinal axis passing through the plane of said back plate and through said center point includes a pair of fasteners wherein loosening one of said fasteners will increase the space and tightening will decrease the space between said back plate and said belt plate.

10. A variable position handgun holster having a belt plate securable to a belt, which holster comprises:

a. a back plate generally parallel to said belt plate;

b. a holster receptacle for receipt of a handgun, said belt plate, back plate and receptacle each having a centrally located center point thereon wherein said belt plate is connected to said back plate and said receptacle is connected to said back plate at said center points;

c. means to adjust said back plate radially with respect to said belt plate about a horizontal axis parallel to said belt plate and passing through said center point connecting said back plate and said belt plate; and

d. means to retain said handgun in said receptacle.

11. A variable position handgun holster having a belt plate securable to a belt which holster comprises:

a. a back plate generally parallel to said belt plate;

b. a holster receptacle for receipt of a handgun, said belt plate, back plate and receptacle each having a centrally located center point thereon having means for connecting said back plate to said belt plate and said receptacle;

c. means to radially adjust said back plate with respect to said belt plate about a longitudinal axis passing through the plane of said back plate and through said center point; and

d. means to retain said handgun in said receptacle.

12. A variable position handgun holster having a belt plate securable to a belt, which holster comprises:

a. a back plate generally parallel to said belt plate;

b. a holster receptacle for receipt of a handgun;

c. means to adjust said back plate longitudinally with respect to said belt plate; and

d. means to adjust said back plate radially about a horizontal axis parallel to said belt plate and passing through a center point connecting said back plate to said belt plate and said receptacle.

13. A variable position handgun holster having a belt plate securable to a belt, which holster comprises:

a. a back plate generally parallel to said belt plate;

b. a holster receptacle for receipt of a handgun;

c. means to adjust said back plate longitudinally with respect to said belt plate; and

d. means to radially adjust said back plate with respect to said belt plate about a longitudinal axis passing through the plane of said back plate and through a center point connecting said back plate to said belt plate and said receptacle.

14. A variable position handgun holster having a belt plate securable to a belt which holster comprises:

a. back plate generally parallel to said belt plate;

b. a holster receptacle for receipt of a handgun;

c. means to adjust said receptacle with respect to said back plate radially about a center point connecting said back plate to said belt plate and said receptacle; and

d. means to adjust said back plate radially with respect to said belt plate about a horizontal axis parallel to said belt plate and passing through said center point.

15. A variable position handgun holster having a belt plate securable to a belt, which holster comprises:

a. a back plate generally parallel to said belt plate;

b. a holster receptacle for receipt of a handgun;

c. means to adjust said receptacle with respect to said back plate radially about a center point connecting said back plate to said belt plate and said receptacle; and

d. means to radially adjust said back plate with respect to said belt plate about a longitudinal axis passing through the plane of said back plate and through said center point.

16. A variable position handgun holster having a belt plate securable to a belt, which holster comprises:

a. a back plate generally parallel to said belt plate;

b. a holster receptacle for receipt of a handgun;

c. means to adjust said back plate radially with respect to said belt plate about a horizontal axis parallel to said belt plate and passing through a center point connecting said back plate to said belt plate and said receptacle; and

d. means to radially adjust said back plate with respect to said belt plate about a longitudinal axis passing through the plane of said back plate and through said center point.