Gun holster with articulating spine

• US 8,052,018 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2008
• Issued: 11/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Richard N. Gallagher
• Original Assignee: Richard N. Gallagher
• Inventors: Gallagher, Richard N.
• Primary Examiner(s): LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW
• Application Number:
  US12/154,780
• Publication Number:
  US 20090294496A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,260 Days
• Field of Search: 224/243
• 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 33/0263 having a locking system for preventing unauthorized or accidental removal of the small arm from the holster F41C33/0227 takes precedence

Abstract

A holster engages the ejection port of a gun to secure the gun in the holster. The holster includes a spine with a fixed upper section, a fixed lower section, and an intermediate section bridging the upper and lower sections. The intermediate section includes a rib which can extend into the ejection port of the gun. The intermediate section is pivotally attached to the fixed upper section of the spine and pivots between a first closed operative position in which the rib extends into the ejection port of the gun and a second open operative position in which the rib is removed from the ejection port so the gun can be removed from the holster.

Claims

1. In combination with a gun including a handle, barrel, and an ejection port, a holster including

(a) a spine;

(b) a first side;

(c) a second side opposed to said first side, said first and second sides

(i) collectively forming a pocket with a front, a top, and a rear and receiving the barrel with the handle extending outside said top of said pocket,

(ii) connected together along said rear of said pocket,

(iii) connected to said spine at said front of said pocket,

said spine including

(iv) a fixed upper section (12A),

(v) a fixed lower section (12),

(vi) an intermediate section (23) bridging said upper section and said lower section,

pivotally attached to said upper section,

including a pair of opposed, spaced apart wings (24, 240), and

including a locking rib (30) attached to one of said wings and extending toward the other of said wings,

(vii) a vertically oriented leading edge outside said pocket, said upper section,

said lower section and said intermediate section each including a portion of said leading edge,

said intermediate section movable between

(viii), a first operative position generally in alignment with said upper section and said lower section in which said locking rib extends from said one of said wings into the ejection port to prevent the gun from being withdrawn from the holster, and

(ix) a second operative position in which said intermediate section is pivoted about said upper section, is moved away from said lower section, and is moved out of alignment with said upper and lower sections and said locking rib is moved free of the ejection port to permit the gun to be withdrawn from the holster; and

(d) a finger rest

(i) connected to said intermediate section to manually pivotally displace with the finger of a hand, while grasping the handle of the gun with said hand, said intermediate section from said first operative position to said second operative position to permit the gun to be withdrawn from the holster; and

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(ii) extending outwardly away from said top of said pocket.