Handgun holster

• US 7,922,050 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2008
• Issued: 04/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bene{hacek over (s)}, Miroslav
• Original Assignee: Bene{hacek over (s)}, Miroslav
• Inventors: Bene{hacek over (s)}, Miroslav
• Primary Examiner(s): LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW
• Application Number:
  US12/007,682
• Publication Number:
  US 20100282792A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,184 Days
• Field of Search: 224/192, 224/193, 224/198, 224/238, 224/243, 224/244, 224/911, 224/912
• US Class Current: 224/244
• 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 33/0263 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 33/041 for connecting a holster to a belt, webbing or other object
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/045 for connection in more than one rotational position around an axle, e.g. by using a rotatable connection
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/912 Handgun holder formed of metal or other rigid material

Abstract

A handgun holster comprising a shaped holster body with a cavity for inserting and withdrawing the gun, which is furnished with a belt loop for attaching the holster to the belt, with a trigger guard and with a security system against removal of the gun from the holster consisting of a restraining strap to go around the gun and a release lever for that strap, mutually connected at a control point by a snap connection.

Claims

1. A handgun holster including a security system comprising:

a shaped holster body including two side walls and a cavity therebetween for inserting and withdrawing a gun, wherein each side wall includes a facingly arranged socket, each socket having a through opening having a first bearing surface and a second bearing surface;

a trigger catch formed by a twin-arm lever and including a control part and an operational part which secures the gun'"'"'s trigger guard, the through opening housing the operational part of the lever; and

a spring;

wherein the spring biases the trigger catch into a secured position in which the operational part abuts the first bearing surface of the through opening of one socket in order to secure the gun'"'"'s trigger guard, the control part of the trigger catch being biased in a direction opposite that of the operational part;

wherein upon activation of the control part the operational part of the trigger catch abuts the second bearing surface of the one socket in a released operating position; and

wherein the trigger catch is transferable from one socket to the other to allow activation of the control part from an opposite side of the holster.

2. A handgun holster security system, comprising:

a restraining strap for restraining a portion of handgun from being removed from a holster;

a release lever connected to the restraining strap at a control point to release the strap so the handgun may be removed from the holster;

a shaped holster body including two side walls and a cavity therebetween for inserting and withdrawing a gun, wherein each side wall includes a facingly arranged socket, each socket having a through opening having a first bearing surface and a second bearing surface;

a trigger catch formed by a twin-arm lever and including a control part and an operational part which secures the gun'"'"'s trigger guard, the through opening housing the operational part of the lever; and

a spring;

wherein the spring biases the trigger catch into a secured position in which the operational part abuts the first bearing surface of the through opening of one socket in order to secure the gun'"'"'s trigger guard, the control part of the trigger catch being biased in a direction opposite that of the operational part;

wherein upon activation of the control part, the operational part of the trigger catch abuts the second bearing surface of the one socket in a released operating position; and

wherein the trigger catch is transferable from one socket to the other to allow activation of the control part from an opposite side of the holster.

3. The handgun holster security system according to claim 2, wherein the release lever is connected to the restraining strap by a snap connection.

4. The handgun holster security system according to claim 2, further comprising:

a pair of holster body covers including plates whose inner sides are furnished with two symmetrical, adjacently arranged locking recesses for alternative clamping of the correspondingly shaped ends of either the restraining strap or the release lever from one side of a holster or the other.

5. The handgun holster security system according to claim 4, wherein the locking recesses are identical.

6. A handgun holster, including a handgun holster security system, comprising:

a restraining strap for restraining a portion of handgun from being removed from a holster;

a release lever connected to the restraining strap at a control point to release the strap so the handgun may be removed from the holster;

a shaped holster body including two side walls and a cavity therebetween for inserting and withdrawing a gun, wherein each side wall includes a facingly arranged socket, each socket having a through opening having a first bearing surface and a second bearing surface;

a trigger catch formed by a twin-arm lever and including a control part and an operational part which secures the gun'"'"'s trigger guard, the through opening housing the operational part of the lever; and

a spring;

wherein the spring biases the trigger catch into a secured position in which the operational part abuts the first bearing surface of the through opening of one socket in order to secure the gun'"'"'s trigger guard, the control part of the trigger catch being biased in a direction opposite that of the operational part;

wherein upon activation of the control part, the operational part of the trigger catch abuts the second bearing surface of the one socket in a released operating position; and

wherein the trigger catch is transferable from one socket to the other to allow activation of the control part from an opposite side of the holster.

7. The handgun holster according to claim 6, wherein the first bearing surface of each socket is perpendicular to the second bearing surface of the respective socket.

8. A handgun holster according to claim 6, wherein a front wall of the body of the holster has a guide groove, on the inside and running from top to bottom of said front wall for receiving gun sights.

9. The handgun holster according to claim 6, wherein the two side walls of the body of the holster are reinforced in the area of the sockets.

10. The handgun holster according to claim 9, wherein the operational part of the trigger catch has a recess on an outer side, said spring being located in the recess on a pin which forms the fulcrum of the lever of the trigger catch and which is positioned with its ends in the corresponding reinforced part of the side wall of the body of the holster.

11. The handgun holster according to claim 6, wherein a rear wall of the body of the holster comprises an upwardly open slot to facilitate the insertion and withdrawal of the gun.

12. The handgun holster according to claim 11, wherein attached to the lower part of the rear wall of the body of the holster is a delineative part which projects, with a spring-loaded tab part, into the cavity of the holster.

13. The handgun holster according to claim 6, further comprising:

a belt loop for attaching the holster to a user'"'"'s belt.

14. The handgun holster according to claim 13, wherein the belt loop is furnished with three rows of oval through openings with stops to permit adjustable fastening to the body of the holster, while each row comprises three mutually connected round holes.

15. The handgun holster according to claim 13, wherein the belt loop is furnished with a body armrest.

16. The handgun holster according to claim 6, further comprising:

a pair of holster body covers including plates whose inner sides are furnished with two symmetrical, adjacently arranged locking recesses for alternative clamping of correspondingly shaped ends of either the restraining strap or the release lever from one side of the holster or the other.

17. The handgun holster according to claim 16, wherein the restraining strap and the side walls of the body of the holster are furnished with respective projections on their outer sides, for setting and securing a resulting position.

18. The handgun holster according to claim 16, wherein the locking recesses are identical.