Canted universal elastic polymer holster hanger with indistinguishable belt lock and flex arm to conceal holster, to produce shirt-engaging flex cam surface, and to produce flexed gun securing surface
First Claim
1. A holster system for concealment inside the trouser waistband of a wearer and suspended from the trouser waistband of the wearer at the inner side of the belt, the belt including an upper edge and a lower edge, the holster system including(a) a holster case defining a pistol storage compartment, the holster case having (i) an inner side, (ii) an outer elastically flexible side having a top and a bottom, (ii) a front, and (iii) a back;
- (b) an elongate substantially rigid elastically flexible sling secured to said outer side whereby the elongate member and the outer side of the holster case can be partially separated so the wearer'"'"'s shirt can be inserted therebetween to conceal the holster, said sling including (i) an upper end reversibly bent to form a mounting tab shaped to extend over the trouser waistband, and including tab means shaped to extend over one of the edges of the belt, said tab means including an end, and (ii) a lower end connected to said outer side intermediate said bottom and said top of said outer side such that when said sling is flexed outwardly away from said outer side, the wearer'"'"'s shirt can be inserted therebetween to conceal said holster case, and a portion of said outer side adjacent said lower end is, when said sling is flexed outwardly to insert the wearer'"'"'s shirt, flexed inwardly to compress a pistol in the storage compartment.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for flexing a concealed holster to secure the contents of the holster in the holster. An elongate substantially rigid elastically flexible sling is secured to a side of the holster such that the elongate member and side of the holster can be partially separated so the wearer'"'"'s shirts can be inserted therebetween to conceal the holster. The lower end of the sling can be flexed outwardly away from the side of the holster such that a portion of the outer side adjacent the lower end is, when the sling is flexed outwardly to insert the wearer'"'"'s shirt, flexed inwardly to compress a pistol in the storage compartment.
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4 Claims
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1. A holster system for concealment inside the trouser waistband of a wearer and suspended from the trouser waistband of the wearer at the inner side of the belt, the belt including an upper edge and a lower edge, the holster system including
(a) a holster case defining a pistol storage compartment, the holster case having (i) an inner side, (ii) an outer elastically flexible side having a top and a bottom, (ii) a front, and (iii) a back; -
(b) an elongate substantially rigid elastically flexible sling secured to said outer side whereby the elongate member and the outer side of the holster case can be partially separated so the wearer'"'"'s shirt can be inserted therebetween to conceal the holster, said sling including (i) an upper end reversibly bent to form a mounting tab shaped to extend over the trouser waistband, and including tab means shaped to extend over one of the edges of the belt, said tab means including an end, and (ii) a lower end connected to said outer side intermediate said bottom and said top of said outer side such that when said sling is flexed outwardly away from said outer side, the wearer'"'"'s shirt can be inserted therebetween to conceal said holster case, and a portion of said outer side adjacent said lower end is, when said sling is flexed outwardly to insert the wearer'"'"'s shirt, flexed inwardly to compress a pistol in the storage compartment.
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2. A holster system for concealment inside the trouser waistband of a wearer and suspended from the trouser waistband of the wearer at the inner side of the belt, the belt including an upper edge and a lower edge, the holster system including
(a) a holster case defining a pistol storage compartment, the holster case having (i) an inner side, (ii) an outer elastically flexible side having a top and a bottom, (ii) a front, and (iii) a back; -
(b) an elongate substantially rigid elastically flexible sling secured to said outer side whereby the elongate member and the outer side of the holster case can be partially separated so the wearer'"'"'s shirt can be inserted therebetween to conceal the holster, said sling including (i) an upper end reversibly bent to form a mounting tab shaped to extend over the trouser waistband behind the belt, and including tab means shaped to extend over one of the edges of the belt, said tab means including a distal end adjacent the belt and visible but indistinguishable to a casual observer, and (ii) a lower end connected to said outer side intermediate said bottom and said top of said outer side such that when said sling is flexed outwardly away from said outer side, the wearer'"'"'s shirt can be inserted therebetween to conceal said holster case.
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3. A holster system for concealment inside the trouser waistband of a wearer and suspended from the trouser waistband of the wearer at the inner side of the belt, the belt including an upper edge and a lower edge, the holster system including
(a) a holster case defining a pistol storage compartment, the holster case having (i) an inner side, (ii) an outer elastically flexible side having a top and a bottom, (ii) a front, and (iii) a back; -
(b) an elongate substantially rigid elastically flexible sling secured to said outer side whereby the elongate member and the outer side of the holster case can be partially separated so the wearer'"'"'s shirt can be inserted therebetween to conceal the holster, said sling including (i) an upper end reversibly bent to form a mounting tab shaped to extend over the trouser waistband, and including tab means shaped to extend over one of the edges of the belt, said tab means including an end, and (ii) a lower end positioned on said outer side intermediate said bottom and said top of said outer side such that when said sling is flexed outwardly away from said outer side the wearer'"'"'s shirt can be inserted therebetween to conceal said holster case; and
,(c) at least one rivet extending through said lower end and said outer side affixing said lower end to said outer side.
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4. A method for constructing a plurality of holster systems for concealment inside the trouser waistband of a wearer and suspended from the trouser waistband of the wearer at the inner side of the belt, the belt including upper and lower edges, each of the holster systems including
a different sized holster case defining a pistol receiving compartment, the holster case having inner and outer opposite sides, a front, a back, a top, and a bottom, the outer side having a top and a bottom, the method including the steps of (a) providing a substantially rigid elastically flexible flex arm (i) having an upper end reversibly bent to form a mounting tab shaped to extend over the trouser waistband and including locking means shaped to extend over at least one of the edges of the belt, (ii) having a lower end, (iii) shaped and dimensioned to mounted any one of the different sized holster cases by securing said lower end to the outer side between the-top and the bottom at a different distance from the bottom on the holsters, wherein the outer side is elastically flexible; -
(b) selecting one of the holster cases;
(c) selecting the distance from the bottom of the selected holster case to attach said lower end of said flex arm to the outer side of the selected holster case;
(d) selecting the orientation of said flex arm on the selected holster case;
(e) attaching said lower end of said flex arm to the selected holster case (i) at a location that is the selected distance from the bottom of the selected holster case, and (ii) in the selected orientation.
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