Method for loading a pistol and a holster

• US 7,543,404 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2003
• Issued: 06/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aleksandr G. Troshkin, Roman P. Bodrov, Sergei N. Namestnikov, Yulia Y. Frangulova
• Original Assignee: Evgeniv Eduardovich Yamschikov, Gainan Gumaraovich Junusov, Sergey Adamovitch Kovalchuk, Valeriy Adamovich Kovalchuk, Vladimir Georgievich Lemehko
• Inventors: Kovalchuk, Sergey Adamovitch, Lemehko, Vladimir Georgievich, Yamschikov, Evgeniv Eduardovich, Junusov, Gainan Gumaraovich, Kovalchuk, Valeriy Adamovich
• Primary Examiner(s): HAYES, BRET C
• Application Number:
  US10/541,334
• Publication Number:
  US 20070138219A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,232 Days
• Field of Search: 224/192, 224/193, 224/198, 224/143, 224/911, 224/912, D03/222, D03/223, 421/06
• US Class Current: 42/106
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/0263 having a locking system for preventing unauthorized or accidental removal of the small arm from the holster F41C33/0227 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/0281 with means for assisting in cocking or loading the small arm
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/912 Handgun holder formed of metal or other rigid material

Abstract

The present invention relates to devices for carrying small arms. The inventive method provides for use of a holster having a slot for a pistol grip. When a pistol is straightwardly pushed in the holster, the safety-stop thereof is switched in armed position. The pistol is removable by the opposite displacement thereof. The body of the inventive holster comprises guides for a breechblock, a spring loaded lock thereof, and a unit for switching said breechbloc which is arranged on the sidewall of said body on the side of the safety-stop of the pistol and embodied in the form of a spring loaded fork. The lock is embodied in the form of a cantilever plate provided with an arrester which is mounted in such a way that it interacts with the breechblock and the indicator of the safety-stop when it is switched on. In the second variant, the switching means is embodied in the form of a shaped window which has a simple trapezium shape and is arranged on the sidewall of the body. The fixing means of the pistol is embodied in the form of a plate-like sprig-loaded lock arranged in such a way that it is divertable by the pistol when it is introduced into the holster, and can interact with the safety-stop indicator. A stop lug for the pistol receiver whose length is higher the maximum size of the shaped window, is embodied on the other wall of the body in the base thereof in such a way that it is symmetrical with respect to said shaped window.

Claims

1. A holster for a firearm having a barrel, a slide, a breechlock and a safety, comprising:

a case comprising an elongated member forming an arch in cross section and having a longitudinal axis, said elongated member having therein a groove parallel to said longitudinal axis and on each side of said arch for gripping said firearm, said case having an end having an opening therein through which said barrel can extend, wherein said end is sized so that said breechlock is held within said end when said firearm is moved forward in said case and said barrel extends through said opening, said case further having therein a gear comprising a surface that engages said safety so that when said firearm is moved forward in said case said safety is released so that firearm can be fired.

2. The holster of claim 1 wherein said case further ocmprises a window configured for ejection of cartridges.

3. The holster of claim 2, wherein said window is located on a lateral side of said case.

4. The holster of claim 1, wherein said holster further cmoprises an element to fix said holster to a user.

5. A holster for a firearm having a barrel, a slide, a breechlock and a safety, comprising:

a case comprising an elongated member forming an arch in cross section and having a longitudinal axis, said elongated member having therein a groove parallel to said longitudinal axis and on each side of said arch for gripping said firearm, said case having an end having an opening therein through which said barrel can extend, wherein said end is sized so that said breechlock is held within said end when said firearm is moved forward in said case and said barrel extends through said opening, said case further having therein a gear comprising a surface that engages said safety so that when said firearm is moved forward in said case said safety is released so that the firearm can be fired; and

a spring-loaded latch attached to said case, said latch configured for turning along the direction of the movement of the pistol; and

a supporting lug that accommodates the slide of said firearm.

6. The holster of claim 5, wherein said lug is rounded.

7. The holster of claim 5, wherein said case further comprises a window configured for ejection of cartridges.

8. The holster of claim 7, wherein said window is located on a lateral side of said case.

9. The holster of claim 5, wherein said holster further cmoprises an element to fix said holster to a user.

10. A method of getting a firearm having a barrel, a slide, a breechlock and a safety ready for firing using one hand, comprising:

a) providing a holster, wherein said holster comprises a case, said case comprising an elongated member forming an arch in cross section and having a longitudinal axis, said elongated member having therein a groove parallel to said longitudinal axis and on each side of said arch for gripping said firearm, said case having an end having an opening therein through which said barrel can extend, wherein said end is sized so that said breechlock is held within said end when said firearm is moved forward and in said case and said barrel extends through said opening, said case further having therein a gear comprising a surface that engages said safety so that when said firearm is moved forward in said case said safety is released so that the firearm can be fired

b) shifting the barrel of said firearm about said slide in said holster, until the cartridge chamber is completely open and the cartridge is sent into it, wherein switching over the safety lock and shifting the barrel are carried out by rectilinear pushing through the pistol with one hand in said holster.