Package and article carriers – Carried by animate bearer – Article held by receiver
Patent
1999-05-03
2000-11-21
Garbe, Stephen P.
Package and article carriers
Carried by animate bearer
Article held by receiver
224243, 2249014, 224907, 224911, 224912, A45F 500
Patent
active
061490423
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention is related to holsters for carrying firearms and, more particularly, to leg holsters and shoulder holsters.
2. Description of Prior Art
Certain firearm users, such as tactical units of the Drug Enforcement Agency, the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, military, paramilitary and SWAT units, as well as other units, prefer or require that their members carry their sidearms holstered and strapped to their thighs and not on their duty bells (i.e., waist belts). Many of these high intensity tactical units are engaged in repelling or using ladders while wearing thick body armor, as well as other physical motions which would limit their ready access to their sidearms if carried in a holster attached to a waist duty belt.
Recently, an agent of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) was ascending a ladder on a particular raid and shot himself in the right leg when he tried to withdraw his loaded and cocked pistol from a conventional thigh holster. In slow motion analysis of the incident, it became apparent that the agent tried to check that his pistol was still within the holster. Once his hand went around the grip, the agent's finger touched the trigger causing it to fire. This accident could have been avoided had the agent been wearing a sidearm holster which provided: weapon to be removed from the holster; and
Furthermore, it would be advantageous to provide a sidearm holster such that the holster can be worn on either side of the waist, or in an ambidextrous cross draw mode, in an ambidextrous shoulder holster mode, or in an ambidextrous leg holster mode by simply rearranging the components of the holster without the necessity of manufacturing separate components for right hand and left hand wearing of the holster.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a leg holster and a shoulder holster which may be worn in a right hand or left hand configuration, with no need to manufacture separate components to meet this requirement. It is a further object to provide such a leg or shoulder holster which is not subject to shifting or riding up on the wearer, despite the wearer engaging in intense physical activities.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
I have therefore invented a leg holster for a firearm having a holster plate with a first end, a second end and a central portion. The holster plate has an inboard side and an outboard side, and the holster is engaged on a horizontal retaining belt. A firearm locking assembly mounting site is defined on the central portion of the holster plate on the outboard side thereof. At least one vertical retaining belt is secured to the horizontal retaining belt adjacent the inboard side of the holster plate. The vertical retaining belt is removably securable to a waist belt of a wearer.
The leg holster may include hook or loop closure means positioned on the inboard side of the holster plate. The vertical retaining belt has on a first end thereof the other of the hook or loop closure means so that the first. end of the vertical retaining belt is removably securable to the inboard side of the holster plate. Most preferably, the leg holster includes two vertical retaining belts, each secured by the hook and loop closure means (e.g., VELCRO) to the inboard side of the holster plate.
The firearm locking assembly mounting site may comprise at least one bore in the central portion of the holster plate for receiving a bolt fastener to secure the firearm locking assembly to the holster plate. Most preferably, the leg holster includes at least three bores vertically aligned in a central portion of the holster plate for this purpose.
The inboard side of the holster plate is preferably formed with a concave surface.
The invention also includes a shoulder holster having a holster plate with an upper end and a lower end. The holster plate has an inboard side and an outboard side and is engaged at the upper end to a shoulder strap. The holster plate is engaged at its lower end to a vertica
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