Gun holster

• US 7,819,294 B2
• Filed: 02/11/2005
• Issued: 10/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Point Blank Enterprises, Inc. (Point Blank Holding Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Tactical Design Labs Inc.
• Inventors: Lowe, Michael V., Senn, Anthony J.
• Primary Examiner(s): LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW
• Application Number:
  US11/057,070
• Publication Number:
  US 20050279788A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,083 Days
• Field of Search: 224/192, 224/193, 224/196, 224/243, 224/244, 224/912, 200/43.13, 200/43.18
• US Class Current: 224/243
• 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: 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: Y10S 224/912 Handgun holder formed of metal or other rigid material

Abstract

The invention includes improvements to a security holster including protective ridges for use around the release mechanism and the locking mechanism. Also included is a mortise and tenon arrangement for securing the holster body to a belt attachment plate.

Claims

1. A security holster for use with a semiautomatic handgun, comprising:

a holster body comprising inner and outer spaced substantially rigid sidewalls joined along a top edge and a bottom edge and formed to define a generally handgun shaped inner cavity, with said handgun shaped inner cavity having a barrel end region, and an ejection port region adjacent to said outer sidewall, and a trigger guard region and an open top portion, with said holster body comprising a barrel end region opposite said open top portion, an ejection port region adjacent to said top edge, and a trigger guard region adjacent to said bottom edge, which correspond to said barrel end region, ejection port region and said trigger guard region of said handgun shaped inner cavity, said holster body further comprising a locking tab hingedly attached to said holster body adjacent said ejection port region and configured to be movable toward an interior of said handgun shaped inner cavity in said ejection port region of said handgun shaped inner space;

a release tab on an exterior surface of said holster body and functionally connected to said locking tab with said release tab attached to said holster body in the trigger guard region of said holster body and configured to move said locking tab away from said interior of said handgun shaped inner cavity in said ejection port region of said handgun shaped inner cavity;

a second ridge positioned on said holster body in the trigger guard region of said holster body adjacent to and partially surrounding said release tab, said second ridge having at least one planar side surface, said second ridge being completely bounded by a perimeter edge along which the second ridge is connected to and extends away from said holster body, said second ridge having a distal edge distal from said holster body, wherein the entire said perimeter edge is located between a lower end of said release tab and said bottom edge of said holster body, and wherein the second ridge extends away from said holster body sufficiently to protect said release tab of said holster from impact and subsequent accidental or inadvertent release when a user is in various bodily positions or being assaulted by an attacker, by presenting said distal edge of said second ridge to receive impact or pressure rather than said release tab.

2. The security holster of claim 1 which further comprises a first ridge positioned on said outer surface of said holster body in said ejection port region of said holster body and extending away from said holster body and adjacent to and partially surrounding said locking tab, said first ridge having a distal edge distal from said holster body, with said first ridge configured to protect said locking tab of said holster body with said distal edge of said first ridge configured to receive impact or pressure rather than said locking tab.

3. A security holster for use with a semiautomatic handgun, comprising:

a holster body comprising inner and outer spaced substantially rigid sidewalls joined along a top edge and a bottom edge and formed to define a generally handgun shaped inner cavity, with said handgun shaped inner cavity having a barrel end region, and an ejection port region adjacent to said outer sidewall, and a trigger guard region and an open top portion, with said holster body comprising a barrel end region opposite said open top portion, with said holster body comprising a barrel end region opposite said open top portion, an ejection port region adjacent to said top edge, and a trigger guard region adjacent to said bottom edge, which correspond to said barrel end region, ejection port region and said trigger guard region of said handgun shaped inner cavity, an ejection port region adjacent to said top edge, and a trigger guard region adjacent to said bottom edge, which correspond to said barrel end region, ejection port region and said trigger guard region of said handgun shaped inner cavity, said holster body further comprising a locking tab hingedly attached to said holster body adjacent said ejection port region and configured to be movable toward an interior of said handgun shaped inner cavity in said ejection port region of said handgun shaped inner space;

a release tab on an exterior surface of said holster body and functionally connected to said locking tab with said release tab attached to said holster body in the trigger guard region of said holster body and configured to move said locking tab away from said interior of said handgun shaped inner cavity in said ejection port region of said handgun shaped inner cavity;

a second ridge positioned on said holster body in the trigger guard region of said holster body and extending away from said holster body and adjacent to and partially surrounding said release tab, said second ridge having a distal edge distal from said holster body, with said second ridge extending away from said holster body sufficiently to protect said release tab of said holster from impact and subsequent accidental or inadvertent release when a user is in various bodily positions or being assaulted by an attacker, by presenting said distal edge of said second ridge to receive impact or pressure rather than said release tab; and

a third projecting ridge in the form of a plurality of generally planar finger flare ridges, which project from the trigger guard region of said holster body, which together form a three dimensional finger flare shape between said trigger guard region of said holster body and said open top portion, to form a contoured surface comprised of distal edges of said finger flare ridges for deflecting and directing a user'"'"'s finger up and over the edge of said release tab and onto said release tab.