Abstract: A movable blocking member is pivotally mounted to the holster and movable between a first position where ratable motion of the hood is blocked and a second position where rotatable motion of the hood is allowed. The hood is rotated to allow a handgun to be removed from a holster. The hood must be depressed downwardly prior to rotation. In one aspect of the block the blocking member prevents rotation of the hood after downward motion of the strap. Alternate embodiments of the block provide a blocking member positionable to prevent the initial downward motion of the hood. Detents and detent recesses are provided to secure the blocking member in a desired position.

Abstract: A securing device for holding two ammunition magazines in a manner to allow one and then the other magazine to be loaded into a firearm includes two brackets for engaging the upper and lower surface of both magazines and holding them side-by-side. The brackets are connected together with a screw threadably engaged into the lower bracket and threadably engaged with an overcenter toggle lever on top of the other bracket. The toggle lever is operable to lock the brackets in place. A flexible strap is mounted to the upper bracket and connectable to the lower bracket in a manner to partially encircle the magazine located on each side of the brackets. The flexible strap is used for continuous length adjustment to accommodate magazines having a wide variety of sizes and shapes. The brackets are sized to space the magazines to allow one to be loaded in a firearm without interference from the other magazine.

Abstract: An adjustable carrier for a tool, weapon, or other holsterable object to be attached to any support, including a belt or body harness. The adjustment capability permits the carrier to be clamped in a rigid tilted position as chosen by the wearer of the harness. The adjustment is accomplished by having a pair of vertical spaced and substantially parallel slots and a lower horizontal slot with vertical saw teeth along all shoulders forming the latter slot. Tightenable connectors fit through the vertical slots and another tightenable connector carrying a saw tooth washer positively engages complemental portions of the saw teeth along the shoulders. One or more other spaced openings or slots have a tightenable bolt disposed to attach to threaded connectors. The openings provide for both vertical and/or horizontal adjustments, including tilt or cant, for adjusting the position of the carrier with respect to the holsterable object to suit the user.

Abstract: An holster includes a biasing member that forces a handgun forwardly in a holster such that the handgun engages one or more molded ledges in the inner cavity of the holster and allows withdrawal only by way of a specific series of steps. The biasing member includes an engaging member that carries an axle-mounted roller and forces the roller against the handgun at a predetermined position. A spring may be mounted between the engaging member and a support body to which the engaging member is pivotably mounted. Positive locking devices are provided for the engaging member in some of the embodiments with some being releasable by a finger of a wearer or by movement of the handgun in a predetermined direction.

Abstract: The holster includes two opposing barrel support strips adjustable in length and joined together at their forward ends through two over-lapping right angle legs adjustable in width and joined together by a selectively releasable connector to form a muzzle stop, and joined together at their rearward ends by a length of a sheath enclosed coil spring adapted to encircle the hand grip and to bias the barrel toward the muzzle stop. The two barrel support strips each have a forward portion and a rearward portion joined together by selectively releasable connectors and adjustable in length through a plurality of aligned holes on at least one portion. The holster includes a plurality of eyes to facilitate attachment to a shoulder harness.

Abstract: Holster for a truncheon, the holster being a unitary folded substantially sheet which is folded along a front portion and having meeting edges along a rear portion, and a transverse screw-and-nut combination connecting the two folded portions of the sheet to provide an adjustment to the clamping action of the holster to the truncheon. An optional keeper strap with a quick-opening fastener, and a thumb-engageable tab may be included to maintain the truncheon securely in the holster until the tab is pushed to open the holster. A pivotable belt loop member is attached to the holster and is adjustable to provide convenient positions for supporting the holster and truncheon in any position.

Abstract: A handgun holster having a pivotable semirigid safety strap which prevents withdrawal of the handgun until the strap is selectively released by a force on the strap from a detent by hand manipulation of the user in drawing the handgun after the strap has been pivoted away from the handgun.

Abstract: A holster worn outwardly of an article of clothing and attached to a snug body engaging inside article of clothing in the form of a belt or an undershirt or a bullet-proof vest, the attachment including spaced keys mounted on a semi-flexible inside support member attached at selected positions on the inside article of clothing and keyhole or keyways attached to the holster.

Abstract: Handgun holster attached to a vertical support rod parallel to and spaced apart from the holster. There also is attached to the rod an arcuate strap as an upper body rest and a pad as a lower thigh rest, each rest being adjustable and clampable to selected positions for the convenience of the wearer. Preferably, this holster is for use in sports competition, where it is important to be able to draw quickly and fire.

Abstract: Two-piece assembly which clamps to the frame of a hacksaw forward of and adjacent the handle and has two protective wing shields extending laterally outward from the hacksaw in front of the operator's hand. The wing shields may be integral with a hand and finger grip plastic mating portion attached to the handle of the hacksaw, or be separate and attached by bolts and nuts to the hacksaw frame forward of the handle.

Abstract: A lockable restraining device in a holster has a rigid body portion and two upwardly extending oppositely facing wall members forming a channel therebetween to receive a handgun trigger guard, a pivotable cam member in at least one wall member having two lobes; a first lobe being pivotable to extend inwardly of the channel when the holster is empty and being pivotable outwardly of the channel when the trigger guard of the handgun is seated in the channel; and a second lobe being pivoted outwardly of the channel when the holster is empty and being pivotable inwardly of the trigger guard when the gun is seated in the holster; and a locking means engagable with the cam to prevent it being pivoted and a finger operable member to unlock the locking means.

Abstract: A holster for a magazine of an automatic pistol, the magazine being slid into a carrier box that slides longitudinally in the elongated rectangular pouch with a flexible flap cover having a snap fastener to attach the cover to the pouch; the carrier being biased by a coil spring urging the carrier upward to expose the magazine which is contacted by the cover to prevent the magazine from removal until it is handled by the wearer.

Abstract: A restraining device in a holster has a rigid body portion and two upwardly extending oppositely facing wall members with a cavity in each and forming a channel receiving a handgun trigger guard, a pair of cam-shaped restraining members having two lobes and a pivot pin therebetween for movement on generally parallel axes within respective cavities. One lobe is spring biased to extend inwardly of channel when empty and pushed outwardly of channel when such guard is seated in channel; and the other lobe is retracted into its cavity when empty so trigger guard may pass between opposed lobes and extend inwardly of such guard when seated in channel. Forward handgun dislodgment is prevented and a vertical draw is needed when such pins are generally horizontal to overcome frictional handgun-holster contact to remove handgun above partially closed lower front. Restraining members, being caged within cavities, provide enhanced strength from handgun removal in the forward direction.

Abstract: Handgun holster having a restraining device inside the holster for retaining the handgun in the holster and inhibiting inadvertent removal from the holster, the restraining device comprising a rigid body with two parallel spaced flexible fins extending upward from the body, each fin having a pyramidal boss projecting outwardly toward the other fin and boss, the bosses being spaced apart from each other and the fins being adapted to be pushed apart by the trigger guard of a handgun bieng inserted into the holster and thereafter returning to the unflexed position with the bosses inside the trigger guard and being shaped to resist flexing outwardly when the handgun is pulled upwardly.

Abstract: A mechanism including a thumb operated pivotable lever mounted on the side of an automatic piston grip to release the magazine; the lever including an inclined plane which engages a roller on the end of a magazine catch rod and causes the rod to slide inwardly of the handle grip portion to release the magazine; the magazine catch rod being spring biased to urge the roller outwardly toward the inclined plane of the lever.

Abstract: The organizer includes a molded holster for a hand tool having a piston grip, the holster having a supporting strap for suspending the holster from the waist belt of the wearer at a selected distance below the waist belt. The organizer also has a leg encircling strap to hold the holster snugly against the leg, and having optional attachments for holding a chuck key, a plurality of tool bits, a tool or nail bag, or several boxes of fasteners.