Sidearm handgun holster-mounted surveillance recorder carrier vessel
First Claim
1. A surveillance and recording unit-mountable handgun-holster device adaptable for ready access and exposure to surrounding evidentiary recordable data when mounted on a body-worn sidearm weapon-mounting support structure and concurrently extending through a substantially vertical side-slit of a police-like jacket or coat when the coat or jacket is concurrently worn, comprising in combination:
- 1) a sidearm handgun-holster including a) a first side-face portion with a first outer surface thereof positioned to face substantially inwardly toward a first location of a side of a trunk of a person when wearing a sidearm weapon-mounting support structure for mounting a handgun-holster, the first outer surface having oppositely-directed first forward and first trailing portions, b) a second side-face portion with a second outer surface thereof positioned to face substantially outwardly toward a second location away from the side of the trunk of the person wearing a sidearm weapon-mounting support structure, the second outer surface having oppositely-directed second forward and second trailing portions, c) a forwardly-facing portion with a third outer surface thereof positioned to face substantially forwardly of the trunk of the person wearing a sidearm weapon-mounting support structure, the forwardly-facing portion being intermediate between and continuous with and interconnecting said first forward portion and said second forward portion, and d) said first trailing portion and said second trailing portion being connected to one another forming (i) a handgun-receivable receptacle and handgun mounting-space thereof and (ii) a handgun access-port to and from the handgun-receivable receptacle, of a access-port size and shape for alternately mounting and withdrawing therethrough a handgun, the handgun-receivable receptacle, mounting space thereof and the handgun access-port jointly forming a handgun-holster alternately mountably-receivable and withdrawable of a handgun, and e) holster-mounting structure mountable of the handgun-holster onto a sidearm weapon-mounting support structure;
2) a surveillance and recording unit-mountable vessel-forming structure a) mounted on said sidearm handgun-holster and b) forming a surveillance and recording means retainer-unit and a retainer unit first port thereof adapted for alternately mounting and withdrawal of a surveillance and recording means and providing associated mounting space for a portable surveillance and recording means, said associated mounting space being of a first size and shape receivable of and transportable of a portable surveillance and recording means for alternately turning on and off recording mechanism thereof of evidentiary events occuring within detectable distances of the recording means, c) a port closure means for alternately non-access and access to and from said associated mounting space, and d) the surveillance and recording means retainer-unit including a retainer unit second port of a second size and shape i) insufficiently large for insertion therethrough of a portable surveillance and recording means for alternately turning on and off recording mechanism thereof of evidentiary events occuring within detectable distances and sufficient for detection therethrough of recordable evidentiary events occuring within detectable distances thereof, and ii) sufficiently large for detection therethrough of recordable evidentiary events occuring within detectable distances thereof by a portable surveillance and recording means for alternately turning on and off recording mechanism thereof of evidentiary events.
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Abstract
A composite of an audio and/or video recorder mounted and securable on a handgun holster having a holster-mounted recorder-activation switch activatable of the recorder upon withdrawal of the handgun from the holster, remaining activated until return of the handgun to the holster. Other weapon holsters also each with a recorder activation switch in each holster are activateable when the weapon is withdrawn, mounted in parallel electrical circuitry with the handgun-activation switch, for additional weapons such as mase and a baton.
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34 Claims
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1. A surveillance and recording unit-mountable handgun-holster device adaptable for ready access and exposure to surrounding evidentiary recordable data when mounted on a body-worn sidearm weapon-mounting support structure and concurrently extending through a substantially vertical side-slit of a police-like jacket or coat when the coat or jacket is concurrently worn, comprising in combination:
- 1) a sidearm handgun-holster including a) a first side-face portion with a first outer surface thereof positioned to face substantially inwardly toward a first location of a side of a trunk of a person when wearing a sidearm weapon-mounting support structure for mounting a handgun-holster, the first outer surface having oppositely-directed first forward and first trailing portions, b) a second side-face portion with a second outer surface thereof positioned to face substantially outwardly toward a second location away from the side of the trunk of the person wearing a sidearm weapon-mounting support structure, the second outer surface having oppositely-directed second forward and second trailing portions, c) a forwardly-facing portion with a third outer surface thereof positioned to face substantially forwardly of the trunk of the person wearing a sidearm weapon-mounting support structure, the forwardly-facing portion being intermediate between and continuous with and interconnecting said first forward portion and said second forward portion, and d) said first trailing portion and said second trailing portion being connected to one another forming (i) a handgun-receivable receptacle and handgun mounting-space thereof and (ii) a handgun access-port to and from the handgun-receivable receptacle, of a access-port size and shape for alternately mounting and withdrawing therethrough a handgun, the handgun-receivable receptacle, mounting space thereof and the handgun access-port jointly forming a handgun-holster alternately mountably-receivable and withdrawable of a handgun, and e) holster-mounting structure mountable of the handgun-holster onto a sidearm weapon-mounting support structure;
2) a surveillance and recording unit-mountable vessel-forming structure a) mounted on said sidearm handgun-holster and b) forming a surveillance and recording means retainer-unit and a retainer unit first port thereof adapted for alternately mounting and withdrawal of a surveillance and recording means and providing associated mounting space for a portable surveillance and recording means, said associated mounting space being of a first size and shape receivable of and transportable of a portable surveillance and recording means for alternately turning on and off recording mechanism thereof of evidentiary events occuring within detectable distances of the recording means, c) a port closure means for alternately non-access and access to and from said associated mounting space, and d) the surveillance and recording means retainer-unit including a retainer unit second port of a second size and shape i) insufficiently large for insertion therethrough of a portable surveillance and recording means for alternately turning on and off recording mechanism thereof of evidentiary events occuring within detectable distances and sufficient for detection therethrough of recordable evidentiary events occuring within detectable distances thereof, and ii) sufficiently large for detection therethrough of recordable evidentiary events occuring within detectable distances thereof by a portable surveillance and recording means for alternately turning on and off recording mechanism thereof of evidentiary events. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
- 1) a sidearm handgun-holster including a) a first side-face portion with a first outer surface thereof positioned to face substantially inwardly toward a first location of a side of a trunk of a person when wearing a sidearm weapon-mounting support structure for mounting a handgun-holster, the first outer surface having oppositely-directed first forward and first trailing portions, b) a second side-face portion with a second outer surface thereof positioned to face substantially outwardly toward a second location away from the side of the trunk of the person wearing a sidearm weapon-mounting support structure, the second outer surface having oppositely-directed second forward and second trailing portions, c) a forwardly-facing portion with a third outer surface thereof positioned to face substantially forwardly of the trunk of the person wearing a sidearm weapon-mounting support structure, the forwardly-facing portion being intermediate between and continuous with and interconnecting said first forward portion and said second forward portion, and d) said first trailing portion and said second trailing portion being connected to one another forming (i) a handgun-receivable receptacle and handgun mounting-space thereof and (ii) a handgun access-port to and from the handgun-receivable receptacle, of a access-port size and shape for alternately mounting and withdrawing therethrough a handgun, the handgun-receivable receptacle, mounting space thereof and the handgun access-port jointly forming a handgun-holster alternately mountably-receivable and withdrawable of a handgun, and e) holster-mounting structure mountable of the handgun-holster onto a sidearm weapon-mounting support structure;
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31. A surveillance and recording unit-mountable weapon-carrying device adaptable for ready access and recording activation to timey record surrounding evidentiary recordable data when mounted on a body-worn weapon-mounting support structure, comprising in combination:
- 1) at least one weapon-transportable vessel-means for transporting a weapon and for mounting on a weapon-mounting support structure; and
2) a surveillance and recording means-retainer-unit means for mounting at least one of a) an audio recorder and b) a combination audio and video recorder, onto at-least one of said weapon-transportable vessel means; and
3) a circuitry means for providing battery power to and for being operatively connected to a surveillance and recording unit when a surveillance and recording unit is mounted on at least one said weapon-transportable vessel-means and on said surveillance and recording means-retainer-unit means; and
4) a semiautomatic on-off switch means for alternately activating and deactivating a surveillance and recording means when mounted within said surveillance and recording unit means, mounted on at-least one of said weapon-transportable vessel-means and said surveillance and recording unit means, such that withdrawal of a weapon from said at-least one of said weapon-transportable vessel-means and said surveillance and recording unit means, activates said surveillance and recording means and insertion of a handgun into said at-least one of said weapon-transportable vessel means and said surveillance and recording unit means, deactivates said surveillance and recording means, whenever concurrently said surveillance and recording means is mounted within said surveillance and recording means-retainer-unit means. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
- 1) at least one weapon-transportable vessel-means for transporting a weapon and for mounting on a weapon-mounting support structure; and
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