Quick draw gun holster
First Claim
1. A holster, comprising:
- an adapter configured to be coupled to a lower surface of a front end portion of a gun;
a housing having an internal cavity defined by a pair of generally parallel side walls held in spaced opposition to each other by a spacer wall;
complementary sliding features respectively disposed on the adapter and interior surfaces of the side walls and engagable with each other so as to enable the adapter to be slidably received in the cavity of the housing;
complementary latching features respectively disposed on the adapter and interior surfaces of the side walls and engagable with each other so as to prevent the withdrawal of the adapter from the cavity of the housing until selectably released therefrom;
a mechanism for selectably releasing the engagement of the latching features with each other so as to enable the withdrawal of the adapter from the cavity of the housing; and
an ejector mechanism for ejecting the gun from the holster in a direction generally perpendicular to a long direction of the gun as the gun is pulled rearwardly from the holster.
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Abstract
A holster for a handgun includes an adapter configured to be coupled to a front end portion of the gun, a housing having an internal cavity defined by a pair of parallel side walls held in spaced opposition to each other by a spacer wall, complementary sliding features respectively disposed on the adapter and interior surfaces of the side walls and engagable with each other so as to enable the adapter to be slidably received in the cavity of the housing, complementary latching features respectively disposed on the adapter and interior surfaces of the side walls and engagable with each other so as to prevent the withdrawal of the adapter from the cavity of the housing until selectably released therefrom, and a mechanism for selectably releasing the engagement of the latching features with each other so as to enable the withdrawal of the adapter from the cavity of the housing.
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21 Claims
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1. A holster, comprising:
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an adapter configured to be coupled to a lower surface of a front end portion of a gun; a housing having an internal cavity defined by a pair of generally parallel side walls held in spaced opposition to each other by a spacer wall; complementary sliding features respectively disposed on the adapter and interior surfaces of the side walls and engagable with each other so as to enable the adapter to be slidably received in the cavity of the housing; complementary latching features respectively disposed on the adapter and interior surfaces of the side walls and engagable with each other so as to prevent the withdrawal of the adapter from the cavity of the housing until selectably released therefrom; a mechanism for selectably releasing the engagement of the latching features with each other so as to enable the withdrawal of the adapter from the cavity of the housing; and an ejector mechanism for ejecting the gun from the holster in a direction generally perpendicular to a long direction of the gun as the gun is pulled rearwardly from the holster. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A holster, comprising:
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an adapter configured to be coupled to a lower surface of a front end portion of a gun'"'"'s receiver, the adapter having opposing side walls, each having one of a pair of forwardly extending longitudinal lands disposed thereon, each land having a notch disposed in a lateral edge thereof; a housing having a pair of side walls held in spaced opposition by a spacer wall coupled between corresponding upper edges thereof, each side wall having an interior surface containing one of a pair of forwardly extending longitudinal grooves disposed therein, each groove being configured to receive a corresponding one of the lands of the adapter in a slide-in engagement; a latching mechanism configured to engage at least one of the notches in the lands of the adapter so as to prevent the withdrawal of the adapter from the housing until it is selectably released therefrom; a release mechanism configured to selectably release the engagement of the latching mechanism with the at least one notch so as to enable the withdrawal of the adapter from the housing; and an ejector mechanism configured to eject the gun from the holster in a direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinal grooves as the gun is pulled rearwardly from the holster. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A gun holster, comprising:
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a housing having a pair of side walls held in spaced opposition by a spacer wall coupled between corresponding upper edges thereof, each side wall having an inner surface including a groove configured to receive a land of a gun adapter on a gun; a latching mechanism configured to engage a notch in one of the lands of the adapter; and at least one ejector cam disposed within one of the grooves, the ejector cam being configured to engage a rear edge of the notch to eject the gun from the holster in a direction generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the grooves as the gun is pulled rearwardly from the holster.
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