Portable weapon carrying system

• US 5,458,266 A
• Filed: 07/26/1994
• Issued: 10/17/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: GIAT Industries
• Original Assignee: GIAT Industries
• Inventors: Pichot, Patrice
• Primary Examiner(s): Fetsuga, Robert M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hrycko, Peter S.
• Application Number:
  US08/279,863
• Time in Patent Office: 448 Days
• Field of Search: 206/317, 206/38, 224/232, 224/242, 224/912, 224/911, 224/907, 224/913, 224/244, 224/243, 224/245, 224/230, 224/234, 224/42.46, 224/225, 224/226, 211/64, 42/70.11
• US Class Current: 224/244
• 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: Y10S 224/907 Rigid shield or pad positioned between article and bearer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/912 Handgun holder formed of metal or other rigid material

Abstract

The invention relates to a carrying system for a portable weapon having a rigid support plate, a locking device to secure the weapon on the support plate, and at least one retaining strap. The locking device has a manually controlled movable finger and an elastic element for returning the finger to a locking position where it engages a groove in the weapon to lock the weapon against the support plate. The movable finger is automatically manipulated by the thumb of the shooter'"'"'s hand, when the shooter grasps the weapon, to release the locking finger from the groove.

Claims

1. A carry system for a portable weapon having a groove in an outer surface thereof comprising:

a support;

a locking device to secure the weapon on the support; and

at least one retaining strap for attaching the support to a user, wherein said support further comprises a rigid support plate and said locking device is supported on said support plate, said locking device comprising a manually controlled pivotally mounted finger that can assume either of two positions said finger mounted such that an arc subscribed by said free end of said finger lies in a plane parallel to a plane of said support plate, and an elastic element for returning said finger to one of said two positions which is a locking position where a free end of said finger is adapted to engage said groove of the weapon to lock the weapon against said support plate.

2. The carrying system for a portable weapon according to claim 1, the weapon having a front and a rear grip, a front and a rear trigger, and a front and a rear trigger guard respectively surrounding said front and rear triggers, wherein said groove is formed on the outer surface of the rear trigger guard of the weapon.

3. The carrying system for a portable weapon according to claim 2, wherein said locking device is mounted on said support plate and is positioned between the rear trigger guard and the front grip of the weapon.

4. The carrying system for a portable weapon according to claim 1, the weapon having a grip, a trigger, and a trigger guard surrounding the trigger, wherein said groove is provided on a rear face of the grip of the weapon.

5. The carrying system for a portable weapon according to claim 4, wherein the locking device is mounted on the support plate to be positioned to a rear side of the grip of the weapon.

6. A carrying system for a portable having a groove in an outer surface thereof weapon, comprising:

a support;

a locking device to secure the weapon on the support; and

at least one retaining strap for attaching the support to a user, wherein said Support further comprises a rigid support plate and said locking device is supported on said support plate, said locking device comprising a manually controlled movable finger that can assume either of two positions, and an elastic element for returning said finger to one of said two positions which is a locking position where said finger is adapted to engage said groove of the weapon to lock the weapon against said support plate, the carrying system further comprising positioning means for positioning and centering the weapon against the support plate, said positioning means is comprised of a plurality of posts projecting from a main surface of said support plate.

7. The carrying system for a portable weapon according to claim 6, wherein at least one post engages a space delimited by a trigger guard of the weapon to immobilize a trigger of the weapon.