Holster for handguns or the like

• US 5,622,295 A
• Filed: 06/07/1995
• Issued: 04/22/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Albert W. Hellweg, Kerby C. Smith
• Original Assignee: Albert W. Hellweg, Kerby C. Smith
• Inventors: Hellweg, Albert W., Smith, Kerby C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Recla, Henry J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vidovich, Gregory M.
• Application Number:
  US08/486,315
• Time in Patent Office: 685 Days
• Field of Search: 224/911, 224/912, 224/192, 224/193, 224/194, 224/195, 224/197, 224/198, 224/252, 224/253, 224/269, 224/270, 224/271, 224/234, 224/243
• US Class Current: 224/193
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/0236 Half-holsters covering by encircling only a part of the small arm, e.g. ghost-holsters
• 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 holster for a handgun comprising a holster body for receiving the handgun, the holster body being mounted on a belt receiving member; the holster body having an open top for receiving the handgun, and an open bottom to allow a barrel of the handgun to project therethrough if required; the holster body is of a folded construction having two substantially parallel but spaced apart ends shaped to conform with the barrel and/or slide of the handgun to define an open side therebetween, there being provided at least one adjustable tension means passing between the ends and across the open side to retain the ends in a desired but adjustable spaced relationship.

Claims

1. A holster for a handgun, the handgun having a handle, a trigger and a barrel extending from the handle, the barrel having an underside facing the handle, an upper side facing away from the handle and an end portion terminating in a muzzle end, said holster comprising:

a holster body configured to wrap around the underside of the barrel of the gun and terminating in opposing end portions both extending beyond the upper side of the barrel thereby defining an open top and an open bottom wherein the holster body is sized such that the muzzle end of the gun is capable of projecting through said open bottom and the handle extends above said open top when the gun is fully inserted into said holster, each of said end portions of said holster body having a bend such that each of said end portions terminate in substantially parallel but spaced apart ends spaced from the upper side of the barrel and defining an open side therebetween, said holster body being formed from a surface material surrounding a reinforcing, said reinforcing providing a spring-like pressure force between said spaced apart ends, there being provided at least one adjustable tension device passing between said spaced apart ends and across said open side to retain said spaced apart ends in a spaced relationship whereby said end portions provide pressure on the handgun when the handgun is fully inserted into said holster.

2. The holster as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one adjustable tension device is a bolt passing through one of said spaced apart ends and co-operating with a captive nut at the other of said spaced apart ends, said bolt including at least one compressible spacer therearound between said spaced apart ends.

3. The holster as claimed in claim 1, wherein said holster has a flap which cover the trigger of the handgun fully inserted into said holster.

4. The holster as claimed in claim 1, wherein said open side is at the front of said holster.

5. The holster as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bends are adapted to contact the upper side of the barrel to prevent the handgun from rocking within the holster.

6. The holster as claimed in claim 1, wherein said surface material is a relatively soft material.