HOLSTER

• US 20180087869A1
• Filed: 09/12/2017
• Published: 03/29/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC (Vista Outdoor Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC (Vista Outdoor Inc.)
• Inventors: Yeates, Eric M.
• Granted Patent: US 10,458,748 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/0227 having a strap or other restraining element only covering the hammer or a part of the upper part 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
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/0272 having means for facilitating or accelerating the drawing of the small arm from the holster
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/912 Handgun holder formed of metal or other rigid material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49863 with prestressing of part

Abstract

A holster for a handgun that comprises a holster body with a handgun cavity for receiving and retaining the handgun by way of a obstructing member at the ejection port and at the rear portion of the handgun slide. Moreover, a single obscured push button actuates both mechanisms. An internal retention sleeve having an inverted U-shape is slidingly mounted within the holster body and movable between a first securement position and a second release position. The sleeve having an integral thumb button depressible downwardly whereby the sleeve moves downwardly within the body to release a ejection port stop catch and the latch hood. The sleeve biased toward a normal retention position, the handgun withdrawal obstructing member biased toward the normal retention position, the latch hood biased toward a release position but having a normal latched obstructing position until released by the sleeve.

Claims

1-18. -18. (canceled)

19. A holster for a handgun, the holster comprising:

a holster body with a pair of opposing side walls defining a cavity for receiving and holding the handgun, the holster having a longitudinal axis extending parallel to a handgun insertion and withdrawal direction;

a slidably engaged member engaged with the holster body within the cavity of the holster body and slidably movable parallel to the longitudinal axis, the slidably engaged member coupled to a thumb push button;

a catch member attached to the holster body that engages with the handgun at a portion of the handgun, the catch member having a normal obstructing position with respect to the handgun the catch member movable to a non-obstructing position, the catch member cooperating with the slidably engaged member to move the catch member to the non-obstructing position;

a pivot guard pivotally coupled to the holster body for blocking removal of a handgun in the holster by obstructing the handgun at a slide of the handgun, the pivot guard having a closed capture position and an open release position, the pivot guard biased to the open release position, the pivot guard in engagement with the slidably engaged member when the slidably engaged member is in a first securement position and when the pivot guard is in the capture position, whereby when the thumb push button is pushed in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis, the slidably engaged member is moved from the first securement position to a second release position, the pivot guard is released and moves to the open release position and the catch member moves to the non-obstructing position.

20. The holster as set forth in claim 19, wherein the slidably engaged member is fixedly coupled to the thumb push button.

21. The holster as set forth in claim 19, wherein when a handgun is received in the holster, the handgun is sandwiched between opposing sides of the slidably engaged member.

22. The holster as set forth in claim 19, wherein the release push button when pushed first disengages the pivot guard from the slidably engaged member and then sequentially disengages the catch member from the handgun.

23. The holster as set forth in claim 19, wherein the thumb push button is positioned between the holster body and a holster holding device and wherein the handgun insertion direction defines a forward direction and the thumb push button is position forward of the pivot guard.

24. The holster as set forth in claim 19, where in the pivot guard is configured as a hood that covers a top, two sides, and an end of a slide of a handgun that is holstered in the holster when the pivot guard is in the obstructing position.

25. The holster as set forth in claim 19 wherein the catch member is configured as a leaf spring and the slidably engaged member is U-shaped and the catch member is positioned on a side of the holster body opposite to that of the thumb push button to engage an ejection port of a handgun holstered in the holster.

26. The holster as set forth in claim 25 in combination with the handgun.

27. A holster for a handgun, the handgun having an ejection port, the holster comprising:

a holster body with opposing sides defining a cavity for receiving and holding the handgun, the holster having a longitudinal axis extending parallel to an insertion/withdrawal direction;

a movable U-shaped member that is slidably engaged with the holster body and movable axially within the cavity of the holster body, the U-shaped member positioned to extend over a slide of a handgun when the handgun is holstered in the holster, the U-shaped member coupled to a thumb push button;

an ejection port catch member configured as a leaf spring attached to the holster body and that engages with the handgun at the ejection portion of the handgun, the catch member having a normal obstructing position with respect to the handgun ejection port, the catch member movable to a non-obstructing position, the catch member cooperating with the U-shaped member to move the catch member to the non-obstructing position.

28. The holster of claim 27, further comprising a pivot hood pivotally coupled to the holster body, the pivot hood having a closed capture position and an open release position, the pivot hood biased to the open release position, the pivot hood in engagement with the axially movable member when the U-shaped member is in a first securement position and when the pivot hood is in the capture position, whereby when the U-shaped member is moved from the first securement position to a second release position, the pivot hood is released from the capture position and moves to the open release position.

29. The holster as set forth in claim 27, wherein the U-shaped member is engaged with a spring to urge the U-shaped member in an axial direction with respect to the holster.

30. The holster as set forth in claim 29, wherein the spring compresses when the thumb push button is pushed in a direction parallel to a holster insertion direction.

31. The holster as set forth in claim 28, wherein the pivot hood has a pair of prongs for engaging with the U-shaped member.

32. The holster of claim 27 wherein the thumb push button is integral with the U-shaped member.

33. The holster of claim 27 in combination with the handgun.

34. A holster for a handgun having an ejection port, the holster comprising:

a holster body with opposing side walls defining a cavity for receiving and holding the handgun, the holster having a longitudinal axis extending parallel to an insertion/withdrawal direction;

an axially movable member that is slidingly engaged with the holster body within the cavity of the holster body at a front of the holster body, the axially movable member integral with a thumb a thumb push button, the thumb push button and axially movable member movable axially when the thumb push button is depressed; and

a pivot hood pivotally coupled to the holster body, the pivot hood having a closed capture position and an open release position, the pivot hood biased to the open release position, the pivot hood in engagement with the axially movable member when the axially movable member is in a first securement position and when the pivot hood is in the capture position, whereby when the axially movable member is moved from the first securement position to a second release position by depressing the thumb push button, the pivot hood is released from the capture position and moves to the open release position.

35. The holster of claim 34, further comprising an ejection port catch member attached to the holster body that engages with the handgun at the ejection port portion of the handgun when the handgun is holstered, the catch member having a normal obstructing position with respect to the handgun ejection port, the catch member movable to a non-obstructing position, the catch member cooperating with the axially movable member to move the catch member to the non-obstructing position when the thumb push button is depressed.

36. The holster as set forth in claim 35, wherein the ejection port catch member is configured as a leaf spring secured to the holster body.

37. The holster of claim 35 wherein when the thumb push button is depressed the axially movable member releases the pivot hood and moves the catch member to the non-obstructing position simultaneously or one after the other.

38. The holster as set forth in claim 35, wherein the axially movable member is slidingly engaged with the holster body and contains a pair of slots for receiving a pair of prongs that are part of the pivot hood.