Patents by Inventor Steven Rorick

Steven Rorick 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: 11346635
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a holster, comprising a control component, wherein the holster is adapted to allow a user the option of drawing a weapon and an accessory attached to the weapon. Further disclosed herein is a holster, comprising a control component adapted to receive a handgun assembly comprising a handgun and a light accessory attached to the handgun, and further comprising one or more actuators, wherein the one or more actuators are capable of moving between a neutral position and an engaged position, as the handgun assembly is inserted into the holster, retained in the holster, or drawn from the holster. Also disclosed herein are methods of using the holster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SureFire, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Rorick, John W. Matthews
  • Publication number: 20190346233
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a holster, comprising a control component, wherein the holster is adapted to allow a user the option of drawing a weapon and an accessory attached to the weapon. Further disclosed herein is a holster, comprising a control component adapted to receive a handgun assembly comprising a handgun and a light accessory attached to the handgun, and further comprising one or more actuators, wherein the one or more actuators are capable of moving between a neutral position and an engaged position, as the handgun assembly is inserted into the holster, retained in the holster, or drawn from the holster. Also disclosed herein are methods of using the holster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Steven Rorick, John W. Matthews
  • Patent number: 9057579
    Abstract: A holster for a handgun includes a plurality of projecting features for engaging receiving features on a handgun component. The holster includes a locking feature controlled by a mechanism to selectively engage or disengage the handgun component from the holster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: SureFire, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Rorick, John W. Matthews
  • Patent number: 9057580
    Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure, novel quick draw hand gun holsters are described, together with methods for using them, that are capable, at a user's option, of activating a light accessory, such a light and/or laser sighting device, when the gun is drawn from the holster, and of deactivating it when the gun is inserted in the holster. Additional embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: SureFire, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Rorick, John W. Matthews
  • Patent number: 8985412
    Abstract: A holster for a handgun includes an adapter configured to be coupled to a front end portion of the gun, a housing having an internal cavity defined by a pair of parallel side walls held in spaced opposition to each other by a spacer wall, complementary sliding features respectively disposed on the adapter and interior surfaces of the side walls and engagable with each other so as to enable the adapter to be slidably received in the cavity of the housing, complementary latching features respectively disposed on the adapter and interior surfaces of the side walls and engagable with each other so as to prevent the withdrawal of the adapter from the cavity of the housing until selectably released therefrom, and a mechanism for selectably releasing the engagement of the latching features with each other so as to enable the withdrawal of the adapter from the cavity of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: SureFire, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Rorick, John W. Matthews
  • Publication number: 20130301243
    Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure, novel quick draw hand gun holsters are described, together with methods for using them, that are capable, at a user's option, of activating a light accessory, such a light and/or laser sighting device, when the gun is drawn from the holster, and of deactivating it when the gun is inserted in the holster. Additional embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: SureFire, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Rorick, John W. Matthews
  • Publication number: 20130299534
    Abstract: A holster for a handgun includes a plurality of projecting features for engaging receiving features on a handgun component. The holster includes a locking feature controlled by a mechanism to selectively engage or disengage the handgun component from the holster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Steven Rorick, John W. Matthews
  • Publication number: 20130299543
    Abstract: A holster for a handgun includes an adapter configured to be coupled to a front end portion of the gun, a housing having an internal cavity defined by a pair of parallel side walls held in spaced opposition to each other by a spacer wall, complementary sliding features respectively disposed on the adapter and interior surfaces of the side walls and engagable with each other so as to enable the adapter to be slidably received in the cavity of the housing, complementary latching features respectively disposed on the adapter and interior surfaces of the side walls and engagable with each other so as to prevent the withdrawal of the adapter from the cavity of the housing until selectably released therefrom, and a mechanism for selectably releasing the engagement of the latching features with each other so as to enable the withdrawal of the adapter from the cavity of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: SureFire, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Rorick, John W. Matthews