Holster with accessories mounting rail

• US 7,117,625 B2
• Filed: 05/11/2004
• Issued: 10/10/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dov Pikielny
• Original Assignee: Dov Pikielny
• Inventors: Pikielny, Dov
• Primary Examiner(s): ELDRED, JOHN W
• Application Number:
  US10/842,480
• Publication Number:
  US 20050268518A1
• Time in Patent Office: 882 Days
• Field of Search: 224/192, 224/193, 224/198, 224/243, 224/244, 224/238, 224/911, 224/912, 42/90, 421/06
• US Class Current: 42/90
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/0209 Pouch or pocket like containers for small arms covering all or most of the small arm
• 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: F41C 33/0254 with accommodation for auxiliary devices mounted on the small arm, e.g. telescopic sights, flashlights or laser-devices
• 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 with a light rail affixed thereto. The light rail may include a plurality of ridges spaced from one another along a rail axis, the ridges being separated by grooves that are transverse to the rail axis.

Claims

1. Apparatus comprising:

a holster with a light rail affixed thereto, wherein said holster includes a casing with a volume adapted for receiving a weapon therein, said volume defining a longitudinal axis, and wherein said light rail is generally parallel to said longitudinal axis, and wherein said light rail is positioned on a portion of the casing corresponding to a position of an underside of a barrel of a weapon placed in the holster.

2. Apparatus comprising:

a holster with a light rail affixed thereto; and

a weapon lock disposed in said holster adapted for locking a weapon received in said holster, wherein said weapon lock comprises a locking element arranged for selectively moving into locking engagement with a light rail mounted on a weapon.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a weapon disposed in said holster, said weapon having a light rail mounted thereon.