Lockable holster with multi-directionally adjustable hip mount

• US 8,215,525 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2007
• Issued: 07/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: John N. Rassias
• Original Assignee: John N. Rassias
• Inventors: Rassias, John N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Larson, Justin
• Assistant Examiner(s): WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J
• Application Number:
  US12/160,489
• Publication Number:
  US 20090001117A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,980 Days
• Field of Search: 224192-193, 224/243, 224/245, 224/911, 224/912
• US Class Current: 224/245
• 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 33/0245 Skeleton-holsters, e.g. contacting only a minimal part of the small arm, e.g. contacting the muzzle, ejection port, chamber, trigger guard or hammer
• 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 33/0281 with means for assisting in cocking or loading the small arm
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/041 for connecting a holster to a belt, webbing or other object
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 11/001 Means for mounting tubular or beam shaped sighting or aiming devices on firearms
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/912 Handgun holder formed of metal or other rigid material

Abstract

A lockable holster includes a shroud having an elongated opening to receive a handgun with the grip of the handgun outside the shroud. A biasing member at the first end of the shroud applies a biasing force on the firing end of the handgun to bias opposite end of the handgun into engagement with the locking arrangement at the opposite second end of the shroud to secure the handgun in the shroud. In another non-limiting embodiment of the invention, the holster is mounted on a plate having fasteners passing through elongated slits into the top of the shroud to angle the shroud relative to the plate, and the plate is mounted for vertical adjustment on a U-shaped securing clamp. The holster further includes mechanical arrangements which prevent unauthorized removal of the handgun from the shroud, prevents firing the handgun when in the shroud, and signals a loaded handgun in the shroud.

Claims

1. A holster for a handgun comprising:

a shroud having a first end and an opposite second end, a wall between the first and second ends to provide the shroud with a cavity, the wall having a first edge and a second edge spaced from the first edge to define an elongated opening between the first and second ends, the opening providing access to the cavity to receive a portion of the handgun with a portion of the grip of the handgun extending outside the opening;

a first biasing member in the cavity at the first end of the shroud, the first biasing member when compressed applying a bias force toward the second end of the shroud;

a locking arrangement in the cavity at the second end of the shroud, wherein when the handgun is inserted in the cavity, the first biasing member applies a biasing force on a firing end of the handgun to bias an opposite end of the handgun into engagement with the locking arrangement to secure the handgun in the shroud;

wherein the locking arrangement comprises;

a cam lock having a first end pivotally mounted to the wall of the cavity adjacent the second end of the shroud with an open end of the cam lock facing the first end of the shroud;

an elongated lever having a first end and an opposite second end with the first end of the lever secured to the cam lock;

a second biasing member acting on the cam lock to bias a second end of the cam lock toward the first end of the shroud and move the lever to a first position, wherein moving the lever toward a second position moves the cam lock against the biasing action of the second biasing member to move the second end of the cam lock toward the second end of the shroud against the biasing action of the second biasing member.

2. The holster according to claim 1,

wherein the wall of the cavity has three wall-sides with the wall-side having the first edge having a cut out adjacent the second end of the shroud;

wherein with the lever in the first position, the first and second ends of the lever are in the cutout of the shroud and with the lever in the second position, the second end of the lever is out of the cutout, and

wherein the second biasing member is between the second end of the shroud and the cam lock.

3. The holster according to claim 2 further comprising:

a pair of holes in the shroud adjacent the second end of the shroud, one of the pair of holes in the wall-side having the first edge and the other one of the pair of holes in the wall-side having the second edge with centerline of the pair of holes intercepting path of the lever as it moves between the first and second positions, and

a rigid elongated member in the pair of holes intercepting the path of the lever.

4. The holster according to claim 3, wherein the rigid elongated member has a headed end to engage outer surface portion of the shroud when the rigid elongated member is in the pair of holes and the other end of the rigid elongated member extends beyond the outer surface of the shroud and having a passageway to receive arms of a lock to secure the elongated member in the pair of holes.

5. The holster according to claim 3, wherein the rigid elongated member has a first end extending beyond the outer surface of the shroud and having a pull ring, and an opposite second end of the rigid elongated member extending beyond the outer surface of the shroud and having compressible tabs to detachably secure the rigid elongated member in the pair of holes.

6. The holster according to claim 3 further comprising:

a first shield guard detachably secured to one wall-side of the shroud and a second shield guard detachable secured to the opposite wall-side of the shroud, the first and second shield guards extending from their respective wall-side and spaced from one another;

a hole in each of the shield guards with the holes in the shield guard aligned with one another, and

an elongated member extending from the hole in the first shield guard to the hole in the second shield guard.

7. The holster according to claim 1 further comprising a spring biased pin mounted on inner surface of the shroud between the first and second ends of the shroud and opposite the opening of the shroud, wherein with the spring in the compressed state an end of the pin extends beyond outer surface of the shroud and the pin is biased toward the opening of the shroud.

8. The holster according to claim 1, wherein the lever is a flat member having an elongated groove extending between the first end and the second end of the lever, a slide member moveable in the groove of the flat member, and fasteners extending through the groove into the slide member to secure the slide member at a predetermined position between the first and second ends of the lever.

9. The holster according to claim 1, wherein the lever is a flat member having a plurality of spaced holes extending between the first end and the second end of the lever, a finger engaging member, and a fastener extending through each of two holes of the plurality of holes in the slide member to secure the finger engaging member at a predetermined position between the first and second ends of the lever.

10. The holster according to claim 2, wherein the pair of holes is a first pair of holes and further comprising a second pair of holes between the first pair of holes and the second end of the shroud.

11. The holster according to claim 10 further comprising an elongated member having a pair of grooves, the elongated member slidably mounted in the second pair of holes to vary the distance between the grooves of the elongated member and adjacent the inner surface of the shroud.

12. The holster according to claim 10 further comprising an elongated member having a flat surface and an opposite rounded surface, the elongated member rotatably mounted in the second pair of holes to position the flat surface in facing relationship to the opening or the in facing relationship to the interior of the shroud.

13. The holster according to claim 1, wherein the shroud has a hole in the first end of the shroud to receive the muzzle end of a handgun.

14. The holster according to claim 13, wherein the handgun has an ejection chamber and further comprising a boss mounted on an inner surface of the wall facing the opening of the shroud and sized to fit into the ejection chamber.

15. The holster according to claim 1, wherein the handgun has a rotating cylinder with a plurality of spaced outer grooves;

wherein the wall of the cavity has three wall-sides;

the locking arrangement is a protrusion between the wall-sides having the edges defining the opening of the shroud, spaced from the third wall-side and extending from the inner surface of the second end of the shroud toward the first end of the shroud, and further comprising a pair of spaced bosses extending from the inner surface of the third wall-side toward the opening and sized to engage two of the grooves of the rotating cylinder.

16. The holster according to claim 1 further comprising a handgun mounted in the shroud with the firing end of the handgun at the first end of the shroud and the opposite end of the handgun at the second end of the shroud and the handle of the handgun extending out of the opening of the shroud.