Automatically locking high security holster

• US 7,950,553 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2006
• Issued: 05/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: John N. Rassias
• Original Assignee: John N. Rassias
• Inventors: Rassias, John N.
• Primary Examiner(s): LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW
• Application Number:
  US11/913,370
• Publication Number:
  US 20090114693A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,849 Days
• Field of Search: 224/192, 224/193, 224/198, 224/238, 224/243, 224/244, 224/911, 224/912, 224/197, 224/200, 224/914
• US Class Current: 224/243
• 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 33/0263 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

A holster for securing a pistol having a barrel with a chamber, a muzzle, a slide having a front and rear portion, includes (a) an open-bottom enclosure sized to accommodate the slide, wherein a cavity defined in a front portion of the enclosure is sized to receive the muzzle but not allow the slide to enter therein; (b) a securing member pivotally attached within the enclosure near a rear portion thereof and shaped to correspondingly mate with a rear portion of the slide; (c) a lever disposed externally to the enclosure and attached via a connecting member to the securing member; (d) a spring disposed between an interior surface of the enclosure and the securing member; and (e) a protuberance extending from the interior surface of the enclosure and sized to be received into the chamber when the pistol is secured within the enclosure.

Claims

1. A holster for securing a pistol having a barrel with a chamber, a muzzle, a slide having a front and rear portion with a front and rear sight situated thereon, wherein the holster comprises:

a shroud including a top wall, a left wall, and a right wall which define a pistol receiving space sized to partially receive the pistol therein, wherein the shroud defines a muzzle receiving space substantially near a front portion thereof, wherein the muzzle receiving space is sized to receive the muzzle and not allow the slide to enter therein;

a connecting member extending between the left and right walls of the shroud;

a securing member movably attached to the connecting member and located within the shroud substantially near a rear portion thereof, wherein the securing member is shaped to receive a rear portion of the slide; and

an actuating lever disposed externally to the shroud and attached via the connecting member to the securing member, wherein movement of the actuating lever causes the securing member to move between a first and second position, wherein the shroud is adapted to secure the pistol therein when the muzzle is inserted into the muzzle receiving space, the rear portion of the slide is secured within the securing member, and the securing member is positioned in the first position.

2. The holster of claim 1, wherein the shroud is a substantially walled open-bottom enclosure sized to substantially accommodate the slide therein.

3. The holster of claim 1, further comprising a protuberance extending from an interior surface of the shroud, wherein the protuberance is sized to be received into the chamber when the pistol is secured within the shroud.

4. The holster of claim 1, further comprising:

a first space defined within an upper interior surface of the shroud sized to receive the front sight; and

a second space defined within the upper interior surface of the shroud sized to receive the rear sight.

5. The holster of claim 1, further comprising a groove defined along an outside surface of one of the sides of the shroud.

6. The holster of claim 1, wherein the connecting member further comprises a pin.

7. The holster of claim 6, wherein the securing member is connected in pivotal relation to the shroud.

8. The holster of claim 1, wherein the actuating lever is positioned in a substantially perpendicular relation to a side of the shroud.

9. The holster of claim 8, further comprising a protuberance attached above and in spaced relation to the actuating lever and extending from the shroud in a substantially perpendicular relation thereto, wherein the width of the protuberance is substantially equal or greater than the width of the actuating lever.

10. The holster of claim 1, further comprising a first and second hole defined in the rear portion of the shroud for accommodating a rod therethrough, whereby insertion of the rod prevents the movement of the securing member into the second position.

11. The holster of claim 10, further comprising a first and second hole defined in the front portion of the shroud for accommodating a rod therethrough, whereby insertion of the rod prevents the movement of the barrel in a forward direction.

12. The holster of claim 1, wherein the securing member is defined by a vertical member having substantially first and second horizontal members extending from respective ends of the vertical member and extending toward the front portion of the shroud.

13. The holster of claim 12, wherein the securing member is sized to correspondingly mate with at least a top, back, and bottom side of the rear portion of the slide.

14. The holster of claim 13, further comprising a spring disposed between an interior surface of the shroud and the securing member, wherein the spring provides a biasing force that causes the securing member to be maintained in the first position absent any external force applied to the actuating lever.

15. The holster of claim 1, further comprising a slot defined within one of the sides of the shroud for receiving fasteners for securing the holster to a wearable mount.

16. The holster of claim 15, wherein the wearable mount is a hip mount and the holster is mounted to the hip mount, wherein the hip mount comprises:

a first curved surface member having a first set of fastener holes defined therein;

a second curved surface member having a second set of fastener holes defined therein, wherein the location of the second set of fastener holes substantially corresponds to the location of the first set of fastener holes when the second curved surface member is correspondingly mated with the first curved surface member;

a first set of fasteners adapted to be received through the first set of fastener holes and be secured in the second set of fastener holes, wherein a space is provided between the first and second curved surface members to accommodate the belt therethrough;

a first plurality of mounting holes defined in at least the first curved surface member and aligned in a substantially vertical orientation thereon; and

a second set of fasteners adapted to be received through the first plurality of mounting holes to secure the holster to the hip mount.

17. The holster of claim 16, wherein the hip mount further comprises a second plurality of mounting holes defined in the second curved surface member and substantially corresponding to the location of the first plurality of mounting holes of the first curved surface member when the second curved surface member is correspondingly mated with the first curved surface member.

18. The holster of claim 16, wherein the first set of fasteners are compression screws.

19. The holster of claim 16, wherein the second set of fasteners are corresponding nuts and bolts.

20. The holster of claim 19, wherein the nuts are adapted to be received adjacent the mounting slot of the holster to allow the corresponding bolts to threadably engage the nuts.

21. A holster for securing a pistol having a barrel with a chamber, a muzzle, a slide having a front and rear portion with a front and rear sight situated thereon, wherein the holster comprises:

a substantially walled open-bottom enclosure including a top wall, a left wall, and a right wall which define a slide receiving space sized to accommodate the slide therein, wherein a cavity defined in a front portion of the enclosure is sized to receive the muzzle and not allow the slide to enter therein;

a connecting member extending between the left and right walls of the enclosure;

a securing member pivotally attached to the connecting member and located within the enclosure near a rear portion thereof, wherein the securing member is shaped to substantially correspondingly mate with a rear portion of the slide;

a lever disposed externally to the enclosure and attached via the connecting member to the securing member, wherein the connecting member includes a pin;

a spring disposed between an interior surface of the enclosure and the securing member; and

a first protuberance extending from the interior surface of the enclosure, wherein the first protuberance is sized to be received into the chamber when the pistol is secured within the enclosure.

22. The holster of claim 21, further comprising a second protuberance attached above and in spaced relation to the lever and extending from the enclosure in a substantially perpendicular relation thereto, wherein the width of the second protuberance is substantially equal or greater than the width of the lever.

23. The holster of claim 21, further comprising:

a first space defined within the interior surface of the enclosure sized to receive the front sight; and

a second space defined within the interior surface of the enclosure sized to receive the rear sight.

24. The holster of claim 21, further comprising a first and second hole defined in the rear portion of the enclosure for accommodating a rod therethrough.