Locking action holster

• US 6,755,331 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2002
• Issued: 06/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: John N. Rassias
• Original Assignee: John N. Rassias
• Inventors: Rassias, John N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cronin, Stephen K.
• Application Number:
  US10/181,014
• Publication Number:
  US 20030205594A1
• Time in Patent Office: 635 Days
• Field of Search: 224/193, 224/198, 224/660, 224/661, 224/663, 224/243, 224/247, 224/912, 42/701.1
• US Class Current: 224/243
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/0227 having a strap or other restraining element only covering the hammer or a part of the upper part of the small arm
• 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 33/0281 with means for assisting in cocking or loading the small arm
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/046 Webbing, harnesses, belts or straps for wearing holsters
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/912 Handgun holder formed of metal or other rigid material

Abstract

A locking action holster has a hip plate (2) and at least one adjustable mount (1). A shroud (45) may be secured to the adjustable mount (1) to form a strapless shoulder holster. The adjustable mount (1) may be reconfigured on the hip plate (2) to extend downwardly. A lower mount (30) is then connected with the adjustable mount (1) to form a rotary hinge (32). The shroud (45) may be secured to the lower mount (30), with strap (47) securing the lower mount (30) to a wearer'"'"'s leg, thus forming a thigh holster.

Claims

1. A strapless shoulder holster, comprising:

a hip plate;

at least one adjustable mount removably connected with the hip plate, said mount having shroud mounting means thereon, a major portion of said mount extending vertically upward from said hip plate;

means for mounting the hip plate on a wearer'"'"'s article of clothing; and

a shroud for removably receiving a firearm, said shroud secured to the adjustable mount via the shroud mounting means.

2. The holster of claim 1 wherein the adjustable mount is secured to the hip plate via a plurality of bolts.

3. The holster of claim 1 wherein the shroud has at least one internal groove for passage of a pistol sight therethrough.

4. The holster of claim 1 wherein the adjustable mount is an elongated strip having a plurality of bores therein.

5. The holster of claim 4 wherein the shroud is secured to the adjustable mount by a plurality of bolts which are received in the bores on said mount.

6. The holster of claim 1 including a safety pin storage bore located on said adjustable mount.

7. The holster of claim 6 including a safety pin having a finger ring stowed in the safety pin storage bore.

8. The holster of claim 1 wherein the hip plate includes a plurality of slots for receiving a belt.

9. The holster of claim 8 including at least one belt height adjustment guide on the hip plate.

10. The holster of claim 1 including two adjustable mounts, each comprising an elongated strip with bores therein, said adjustable mounts hingedly connected to one another, with an upper one of said mounts connected to said hip plate, said shroud received on a lower one of said mounts, said lower mount further having means for securing the lower mount to a wearer'"'"'s leg.

11. The holster of claim 10 wherein the means for securing the lower mount to a wearer'"'"'s leg comprises a pair of slots on a distal end of the lower mount for receiving a belt that is to be secured around the wearer'"'"'s leg.

12. The holster of claim 10 wherein said hinged connection comprises a bolt received in mating bores on overlapping ends of said upper and lower mounts.

13. A method for constructing a strapless shoulder holster, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a hip plate;

(b) securing an upstanding, elongated adjustable mount to the hip plate so that a major portion of the mount extends vertically above said hip plate; and

(c) securing a pistol-receiving device to the upstanding, elongated adjustable mount.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the pistol-receiving device is a shroud.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein the adjustable mount is secured to the hip plate by using at least one bolt received in at least one bore in each of the hip plate and the adjustable mount.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein the pistol-receiving device is secured to the adjustable mount by using at least one bolt received in at least one bore in each of the pistol-receiving device and the adjustable mount.

17. The method of claim 13 further including the step of donning the strapless shoulder holster by securing the hip plate to a trouser belt of a wearer.

18. A method for constructing a thigh holster, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a hip plate;

(b) securing a downwardly extending, elongated first adjustable mount to the hip plate;

(c) securing a lower adjustable mount to a distal end of said first adjustable mount with a pivotal connection; and

(d) securing a pistol-receiving device to said lower adjustable mount.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein said pistol-receiving device is a shroud.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein the adjustable mount is secured to the hip plate by using at least one bolt received in at least one bore in each of the hip plate and the adjustable mount.

21. The method of claim 18 wherein the pistol-receiving device is secured to the adjustable mount by using at least one bolt received in at least one bore in each of the pistol-receiving device and the adjustable mount.

22. The method of claim 18 further including the step of donning the thigh holster by securing the hip plate to a trouser belt of a wearer and strapping a distal end of the lower adjustable mount to a thigh of the wearer.

23. A holster, comprising:

a hip plate;

at least one adjustable mount removably connected with the hip plate, said mount having shroud mounting means thereon, with a safety pin storage bore located on said mount;

means for mounting a hip plate on a wearer'"'"'s article of clothing; and

a shroud for removably receiving a firearm, said shroud secured to the adjustable mount via the shroud mounting means.

24. The holster of claim 23 including a safety pin having a finger ring stowed in the safety pin storage bore.

25. A holster comprising:

a hip plate;

two adjustable mounts, each comprising an elongated strip with bores therein, said adjustable mounts hingedly connected to one another, with an upper one of said mounts connected to said hip plate, a lower one of said mounts having shroud mounting means thereon;

means for mounting the hip plate on a wearer'"'"'s article of clothing;

a shroud for removably receiving a firearm, said shroud secured to the lower one of said mounts via the shroud mounting means; and

means for securing the lower mount to a wearer'"'"'s leg.

26. The holster of claim 25 wherein the means for securing the lower mount to a wearer'"'"'s leg comprises a pair of slots on a distal end of the lower mount for receiving a belt that is to be secured around the wearer'"'"'s leg.

27. The holster of claim 25 wherein said hinged connection comprises a bolt received in mating bores on overlapping ends of said upper and lower mounts.