HOLSTER

摘要

A holster for a weapon includes a unitary semi-rigid holster body defining a cavity adapted to hold the weapon, the holster body including a closed front, a closed rear, two closed sides extending between the front and rear, a bottom, and an open top adapted to receive the weapon into the cavity. The holster body has an attachment area for securing a holster clip to the holster body to secure the holster body to an article worn or carried by a user. The holster body is constructed of an injection-molded thermoplastic elastomer and is constructed to friction-grip the weapon within the cavity. When the weapon is absent from the cavity and a compressing force is applied against one or both of the closed sides of the holster body, the holster body is constructed to compress from side-to-side by at least 30% without fracturing, the open top being constructed to automatically return to an original uncompressed shape when the compressing force is removed such that the weapon can be received into the cavity for re-holstering.

主权项

1. An inside the waist band holster for a handgun, comprising:
a unitary semi-rigid holster body defining a cavity adapted to hold the weapon, the holster body comprising a closed front, a closed rear, two closed sides extending between the front and rear, a bottom, and an open top adapted to receive the weapon into the cavity, the holster body having a unitary continuous wall extending around the closed front, the two sides, and the closed rear; the holster body having an attachment area for securing a holster clip to the holster body to secure the holster body to an article worn or carried by a user of the weapon; wherein the holster body is constructed of an injection-molded thermoplastic elastomer Shore D durometer in the range of about 55 to about 70, the holster body being constructed to friction-grip the weapon within the cavity with the friction increasing upon compression of the holster from side to side when worn inside the waistband, and further constructed such that opposing two sidewalls do not contact one another under such side to side compression when the handgun is removed and 12.5 lbs. force is applied to the two sides at the open top, and further constructed such that when the sufficient sidewall force is applied at the open top of the opposing two sidewalls for the sidewalls to contact each other, the holster body will not fracture, the open top returning to an original uncompressed shape when such sidewall force is removed.