Carrying case for police or military baton

摘要

A holster system including an elongated backer plate having a plurality of slots, a hinge that pivotally connects a first end of the backer plate to a first end of the cover plate, a resilient lock that releasably connects a second end of the backer plate to the second of the cover plate, an adjustable spacer located between the backer plate and cover plate, the cover plate, the hinge and resilient lock is adapted to accept a range of different sizes of belts worn by a human user and wherein the adjustable spacer may be inserted into any of the plurality of slots to accommodate the different sizes of belts and a police or military holster rotatably attached to the backing plate.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
an elongated backer plate having a plurality of slots spaced-apart along a longitudinal axis of the backer plate from a midpoint towards a second end, each slot extending across the backer plate transverse to the longitudinal axis, each of the plurality of slots having an open end and a closed end and a cross section including an entry and an opposing root wherein a width of the cross section at the root is relatively greater than the cross section at the entry; an elongated cover plate including a plurality of apertures, each aperture corresponding to one of the plurality of slots; a hinge that pivotally connects a first end of the backer plate to a first end of the cover plate; a resilient lock that releasably connects the second end of the backer plate to a second end of the cover plate; an adjustable spacer insertable between the backer plate and cover plate, the adjustable spacer having a slot engaging portion extending from the adjustable spacer that is complementary to the cross section of the slot and a peg extending opposite the slot engaging portion wherein the slot engaging portion of the adjustable spacer may be inserted into the open end of any of the plurality of slots to accommodate the different sizes of belts and removal of the adjustable spacer is prevented by one of the plurality of apertures engaging the peg when the cover plate is closed and the resilient lock is connected; and a police or military baton holster rotatably attached to the backer plate.