Patents by Inventor Gary Grochowski

Gary Grochowski has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12492883
    Abstract: A holster for carrying a handgun of the type having a front section including a muzzle, a middle section including a trigger guard, and a back section including a grip, includes a holster upper section with walls configured to substantially enclose the middle section of a handgun when the handgun is carried in the holster. The holster also includes a generally open holster web portion that extends forward from the holster upper section and that defines a window through which is visible a substantial portion of the front section of a handgun when the handgun is carried in the holster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: Safariland, LLC
    Inventors: David Kennedy, Dylan Vaccaro, William H. Rogers, Gary Grochowski
  • Publication number: 20250237472
    Abstract: A holster for a handgun assembly that includes a handgun having a trigger guard with a lower surface. A support mechanism is on the holster bottom wall for supporting the handgun in the chamber in a direction toward the top wall. The support mechanism includes a non-circular rotary supported for rotation on the holster bottom wall about an axis of rotation. The rotary has a first position of rotation in which the engagement surface is presented toward the holster top wall for engagement with the lower surface of the trigger guard, thereby to support the handgun in the chamber in a direction toward the top wall. The rotary is rotatable about the axis of rotation out of the first position in response to engagement with a portion of the handgun assembly other than the trigger guard, during insertion movement of the handgun assembly into the holster chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: David Kennedy, Dylan Vaccaro, Gary Grochowski
  • Publication number: 20230366654
    Abstract: A holster for carrying a handgun of the type having a front section including a muzzle, a middle section including a trigger guard, and a back section including a grip, includes a holster upper section with walls configured to substantially enclose the middle section of a handgun when the handgun is carried in the holster. The holster also includes a generally open holster web portion that extends forward from the holster upper section and that defines a window through which is visible a substantial portion of the front section of a handgun when the handgun is carried in the holster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: David Kennedy, Dylan Vaccaro, William H. Rogers, Gary Grochowski
  • Patent number: 11054216
    Abstract: A two piece holster support for supporting a handgun holster on a belt includes a first piece that is configured to clamp onto the belt at a clamp location when the belt is threaded through the first piece in a belt direction and pulled tight, thereby to support the first piece on the belt. A second piece is supported on the first piece for sliding movement relative to the first piece in the belt direction between a plurality of positions at varying distances from the clamp location. The second piece has a loop configuration defining a belt passage for engaging the belt at a location spaced apart form the base and thereby supporting the second piece on the belt. The second piece is movable on the first piece in the belt direction whereby the belt passage on the movable piece can be set at a variable distance from the clamp location of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Safariland, LLC
    Inventors: William H. Rogers, Gary Grochowski
  • Publication number: 20040253122
    Abstract: An endbell cylinder frame is formed as an integral one-piece system having a motor end frame, a cylinder barrel, and a cylinder head mating face therein. The motor end frame includes plurality of concentric passages. The cylinder head mating face laterally extends from the motor end frame and connects to an end portion of the cylinder barrel such that a remainder of the cylinder barrel is designed to extend into an area within a compressor housing. Another portion of the cylinder barrel is circumferentially enlarged and is supportively connected to the motor end frame. Further, the cylinder head mating face includes a plurality of open passages to permit air through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventor: Gary Grochowski
  • Patent number: D1055503
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Safariland, LLC
    Inventors: David Kennedy, Dylan Vaccaro, William H. Rogers, Gary Grochowski
  • Patent number: D1114483
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Safariland, LLC
    Inventors: David Kennedy, Gary Grochowski