Patents by Inventor Kerby C. Smith

Kerby C. Smith 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: 5622295
    Abstract: A holster for a handgun comprising a holster body for receiving the handgun, the holster body being mounted on a belt receiving member; the holster body having an open top for receiving the handgun, and an open bottom to allow a barrel of the handgun to project therethrough if required; the holster body is of a folded construction having two substantially parallel but spaced apart ends shaped to conform with the barrel and/or slide of the handgun to define an open side therebetween, there being provided at least one adjustable tension means passing between the ends and across the open side to retain the ends in a desired but adjustable spaced relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Inventors: Albert W. Hellweg, Kerby C. Smith
  • Patent number: 5598958
    Abstract: Competition holsters for use with autoloading pistol and revolver handguns. They include a protrusion with a trigger guard recess and a trigger guard retainer which is cantilevered from the outside of the body into the trigger guard at a compound angle to hold the handgun in the holster. The frame of the handgun extends over an elongated surface at the top of the body. The handgun is, in actuality supported on a cradle at the muzzle region and on the lower side of the trigger guard. A muzzle tensioner in the form of an inverted J is adjustable secured to the body in the muzzle region. A belt loop assembly including mating partial spherical surfaces secures the body for universal spherical angular adjustment. Further adjustments include the compressive force on the trigger guard retainer. All of the adjustments may be made with the holster in place on the shooter's gun belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Inventors: Willis N. Ryan, III, Kerby C. Smith
  • Patent number: 5484093
    Abstract: A magazine pouch having a main body portion and a belt loop portion, the main body portion and the belt loop portion being formed as a one-piece construction, the main body portion having an open top for receiving a magazine therein, and a closed bottom to retain the magazine, the main body portion having two substantially parallel but spaced apart ends defining an open side therebetween, there being provided at least one fastener passing between the ends and across the open side to maintain the ends in a desired but spaced relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Inventors: Albert W. Hellweg, Kerby C. Smith
  • Patent number: 5419472
    Abstract: A holster for a gun comprising a pouch for receiving the gun, the pouch being mounted on a belt-receiving member; the belt-receiving member having an elongate slot therein, the pouch being mounted to the belt-receiving member by a fastener passing through the elongate slot, the fastening being able to be selectively released to allow the pouch to be moved axially relative to the belt-receiving member by moving the fastening along the slot, and the pouch being able to be rotated about the fastening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: Hellweg International Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Albert W. Hellweg, Kerby C. Smith