Holster

• US 8,690,032 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2010
• Issued: 04/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Helgen Industries, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Helgen Industries, Inc.
• Inventors: Baumann, John J., DeSantis, Eugene
• Primary Examiner(s): Nash, Brian D
• Assistant Examiner(s): BATTISTI, DEREK J
• Application Number:
  US12/912,520
• Publication Number:
  US 20120097718A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,260 Days
• Field of Search: 224/243
• US Class Current: 224/243
• 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

Abstract

A firearm holster system is described that includes a body configured to receive a firearm mounted with a firearm accessory. The holster includes an engagement member including two rail interfaces: one for detachably mounting the engagement member to the firearm, and another for detachably mounting a firearm accessory to the engagement member. The body of the holster is adapted to receive and detachably secure the engagement member. The holster can accommodate most standard firearms, and most firearm accessories. The holster includes a lockable lever to secure the engagement member to the body of the holster.

Claims

1. A holster comprising:

A body defining a cavity for receiving a firearm;

an engagement member mountable to the body;

wherein the engagement member is mountable to the body via at least one engagement feature on the body adapted for receiving the engagement member;

wherein the engagement member is simultaneously mountable to a firearm and a firearm accessory via a rail system;

wherein the rail system comprises the firearm having a rail interface and the engagement member having a male rail interface on one side and a female rail interface on an opposing side such that the engagement member is simultaneously mountable to the firearm and the firearm accessory; and

wherein the rail interface of the firearm and the rail interface of the firearm accessory are compatible such that the firearm accessory is also directly mountable to the firearm without the engagement member.

2. The holster according to claim 1, wherein the engagement feature is a body channel.

3. The holster according to claim 1, wherein the body is adapted to accommodate substantially any standard handgun.

4. The holster according to claim 1, wherein the engagement member is slidably mountable to the cavity of the body.

5. The holster according to claim 2, further comprising a lever for securing the engagement member to the body.

6. The holster according to claim 1, wherein the lever secures the engagement member within the body channel.

7. The holster according to claim 1, wherein the firearm accessory is a flashlight.

8. The holster according to claim 1, wherein the firearm accessory is a laser.

9. The holster according to claim 6, wherein the lever is operable by a release tab.

10. The holster according to claim 9, wherein the release tab is secured from moving via a switch.

14. The holster of claim 1, wherein the rail system is a Picatinny rail system.

15. The holster of claim 1, wherein the cavity encloses a firearm accessory.

16. The holster of claim 1, wherein the body has four walls that define the cavity.

18. The holster of claim 1, wherein the rail interface of the firearm and the rail interface of the firearm accessory have opposite genders.

11. A holster comprising:

A body defining a cavity for receiving a firearm;

the body including at least one engagement feature adapted for receiving an engagement member;

the engagement member including a rail interface for mounting the member to a rail interface of a firearm and another rail interface for mounting a firearm accessory to the member; and

wherein the rail interface of the firearm and the rail interface of the engagement member for mounting a firearm accessory have a common cross-section profile; and

the rail interfaces are of a compatible standard type, such that the engagement element is suitable for mounting between a firearm and an accessory that are mountable to each other in the absence of the engagement element.

12. The holster according to claim 11, wherein the engagement member is mountable within the engagement feature and the engagement member is further secured to the body by a pin.

13. The holster according to claim 11, wherein the body is adapted to accommodate substantially any standard handgun.

17. The holster of claim 11, wherein the rail interface for mounting the member to a rail interface of a firearm and the rail interface for mounting a firearm accessory to the member are both Picatinny rail interfaces.

19. The holster of claim 11, wherein the engagement feature is a channel.

20. The holster of claim 11, wherein the engagement feature is longitudinal.

21. The holster of claim 11, wherein the engagement feature has an element at a distal end providing a termination limiting the insertion depth of the engagement member within the cavity.

22. The holster of claim 11, wherein the engagement member includes engagement portions adapted to be received by and secured within the engagement feature.

23. The holster of claim 22, wherein the engagement portions are opposed lateral sides of the engagement member.

24. The holster of claim 22, further comprising the body cavity being sufficiently large such that the engagement portions of the engagement member are the only portions of the handgun, engagement member, and accessory secured within the holster, the remaining portions of the handgun, engagement member, and accessory merely being housed within the body.