CONCEALED CARRY HOLSTER BELT
A concealed carry holster belt for attachment to a concealed carry holster having attachment clips associated therewith, the belt including a belt member having a length, a height, an outer surface and an inner surface, and a plurality of loops, sleeves or pockets located on the inner surface of the belt member for receiving the attachment clips associated with the concealed carry holster, each of the loops, sleeves or pockets being configured such that when the attachment clips are received by at least some of the loops, sleeves or pockets, the attachment clips are substantially hidden behind the outer surface of the belt member.
This application claims priority to and incorporates herein by reference all disclosures in U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/105,292 filed Jan. 20, 2015.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTIONThe present invention relates to a concealed carry holster belt for allowing a user to attach a concealed carry holster thereto and, more particularly, to a concealed carry holster belt that is configured to substantially hide the attachment clips generally associated with concealed carry holsters presently available in the marketplace.
Concealed carry holsters are commonly used by law enforcement officers and citizens that have a license to carry a concealed firearm. One known type or style of concealed carry holsters are designed to fit inside the pants of the user between the user's hip or back and the user's pants and such holsters typically have at least one clip, and many have a pair of clips, associated with the holster for allowing a user to attach the holster to the waistband of a user's pants and/or belt. These attachment clips are placed over the waistband of the user's pants and clipped over the user's belt to keep the holster in place. When so attached, these clips are in plain sight and are visible to others over the user's belt. As a result, any third party who knows what to look for can see these clips and know that the user is carrying a concealed weapon.
The purpose of carrying a concealed weapon is to prevent others from knowing that one is carrying a weapon, and thus it is undesirable that the holster attachment clips are visible to any third party who knows to look for such clips. As a result, it is desirable to provide an attachment mechanism for carrying a concealed weapon that prevents a third party from being able to see the attachment clips associated with a concealed carry holster.
SUMMARY OF INVENTIONThe present invention relates to a concealed carry holster belt and, more specifically, to a concealed carry holster belt configured to substantially hide the attachment clips commonly associated with a wide variety of different concealed carry holsters when the attachment clips are engaged with the present belt. The present belt includes an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface includes a plurality of loops, sleeves or pockets that may be attached either directly to the inner surface of the belt such as by stitching or other known attachment means, or may be manufactured such that the loops, sleeves or pockets are formed integral with the inner surface of the present belt. The loops, sleeves or pockets are placed at predetermined spaced apart locations along the length of the inner surface of the belt member such that the loops, sleeves or pockets may receive and engage a pair of attachment clips, and in some cases just a single attachment clip, associated with a holster for carrying a concealed weapon. The plurality of spaced loops, sleeves or pockets allows a user to adjust the position of the holster along the length of the inner surface of the belt member at a location desirable to the user.
To attach the holster, the present belt member is first looped through the belt loops associated with a pair of pants. A user may then place the concealed carry holster at a comfortable and/or desirable location between the user's body and the user's pants and the attachment clips associated with the holster are then placed over the waistband of the pants and aligned with at least one, and in most instances, a respective pair of loops, sleeves or pockets on the inner surface of the belt member at the desired location for the user. Subsequently, the clips are pushed downwardly into the loops so that the loops receive the clips located on the holster. When so attached, the concealed carry holster is fully attached to the present belt member and, in one embodiment, only the very extreme top portions of the clips extend over the waistband of the user's pants. For all practical purposes, in one embodiment, the attachment clips are substantially hidden behind the belt member and a third party is unaware that the wearer of the holster belt is carrying a concealed weapon, particularly if a shirt blouses over the waistband, or otherwise obscures the top portions of the clips from view.
In another embodiment of the present holster belt, the loops, sleeves or pockets associated with the inner surface of the belt member are wider or longer along the length of the belt member such that a pair of holster attachment clips may be engaged within a single loop. The wider loops allow for greater adjustability or customization of placement of the holster.
In still another embodiment, the loops, sleeves or pockets associated with the inner surface of the present belt member may extend to the top and bottom edges of the belt member.
In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of the specification and are to be read in conjunction therewith in which like reference numerals are used to indicate like or similar parts in the various views:
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The plurality of loops 30 may be attached to the inner surface 5 of belt member 1 in a wide variety of different ways. For example, as illustrated in
In another embodiment, belt member 1 may be manufactured such that the loops 30 are integrally formed on the inner surface 5 of belt member 1 such that no additional separate members 32 are required. Still further, the plurality of loops 30 could be formed on a separate single piece of material or single backing member and that separate single member could be attached to the inner surface 5 of belt member 1. In this embodiment, the single member will have an overall length less than the overall length of belt member 1 and will be positioned and located at an intermediate location between the buckle mechanism 20 and the eyelets 25 illustrated in
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It is also recognized and anticipated that each loop, pocket or sleeve 30, 70 and/or 86 could extend to the top and/or bottom edge portions of the respective belt member. In this particular embodiment, the top and/or bottom portion of each respective attachment clip 40 may be slightly visible to a third party. In this regard, each loop, sleeve or pocket 30, 70 and/or 86 may have substantially the same height as the height of the respective belt member. Although this may not be an ideal situation, this configuration yields still another embodiment of the present invention wherein the plurality of loops are associated with the inner surface of the present belt member so as to substantially hide the attachment clips behind the outer surface of the present belt member.
It is recognized and anticipated that the present belt members 1, 65 and 80 as well as loops 30, 70 and 86 could be made from a wide variety of different types of materials so long as such materials are sufficient to carry the weight of a typical concealed carry holster 15 along with a firearm 55 housed therein and are likewise capable of withstanding normal wear and tear due to attaching and unattaching the clips 40 to the respective loops 30, 70 and/or 86. It is also recognized and anticipated that at least some of the plurality of loops 30, 70 and/or 86 may have different widths so long as each loop 30 and/or 70 is wide enough to receive at least one attachment clip 40.
The concealed carry holster belt constructions described above and illustrated in the drawings are presented by way of example only and are not intended to limit the concepts and principles of the present invention. Thus, there has been shown and described several embodiments of a novel concealed carry holster belt. As is evident from the foregoing description, certain aspects of the present invention are not limited by the particular details of the examples illustrated herein, and it is therefore contemplated that other modifications and applications, or equivalents thereof, will occur to those skilled in the art. The terms “having” and “including” and similar terms as used in the foregoing specification are used in the sense of “optional” or “may include” and not as “required”. Many changes, modifications, variations and other uses and applications of the present constructions will, however, become apparent to those skilled in the art after considering the specification and the accompanying drawings. All such changes, modifications, variations and other uses and applications which do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention are deemed to be covered by the invention which is limited only by the claims which follow.
Claims
1. A concealed carry holster belt for attachment to a concealed carry holster having attachment clips associated therewith comprising:
- a belt member having an outer surface, an inner surface and a height;
- a plurality of loops positioned and located on the inner surface of said belt member for receiving the attachment clips associated with a concealed carry holster;
- wherein when said attachment clips are received by at least one of said plurality of loops, said attachment clips are substantially hidden behind the outer surface of said belt member.
2. The concealed carry holster belt of claim 1 wherein said plurality of loops are positioned and located in spaced apart relationship to each other.
3. The concealed carry holster belt of claim 1 wherein said plurality of loops are integrally formed with said belt member.
4. The concealed carry holster belt of claim 1 wherein each of said loops are formed on a separate member and each such separate member is attached to the inner surface of said belt member.
5. The concealed carry holster belt of claim 1 wherein said plurality of loops are all formed on a separate member and said separate member is attached to the inner surface of said belt member.
6. The concealed carry holster belt of claim 1 wherein at least some of said plurality of loops have different widths.
7. The concealed carry holster belt of claim 6 wherein the attachment clips associated with a concealed carry holster are receivable within a single loop.
8. The concealed carry holster belt of claim 1 wherein the height of each of said loops is less than the height of said belt member.
9. A concealed carry holster belt for attachment to a concealed carry holster having at least one attachment clip associated therewith comprising:
- a belt member having a length, a height, a top portion, a bottom portion, an outer surface and an inner surface;
- said inner surface having a plurality of spaced apart sleeves extending along at least a portion of the length of said belt member, each sleeve being configured for receiving at least one attachment clip associated with a concealed carry holster;
- wherein when said at least one attachment clip is received by at least one of said spaced apart sleeves, said attachment clip is substantially hidden behind the outer surface of said belt member.
10. The concealed carry holster belt of claim 9 wherein said plurality of spaced apart sleeves are formed by attaching a single separate member to the inner surface of said belt member, said single member being attached at spaced apart locations along its length, each sleeve being formed between the respective spaced apart attachment locations.
11. The concealed carry holster belt of claim 9 wherein each sleeve is spaced from the top portion of said belt member and the height of each sleeve is less than the height of said belt member.
12. The concealed carry holster belt of claim 9 wherein at least some of said plurality of sleeves have different widths.
13. The concealed carry holster belt of claim 9 wherein said plurality of sleeves are integrally formed with said belt member.
14. An assembly for carrying a concealed carry holster, said assembly comprising:
- a concealed carry holster having at least one attachment clip associated therewith;
- a belt member having an outer surface, an inner surface and a height;
- a plurality of loops positioned and located on the inner surface of said belt member for receiving the at least one attachment clip associated with said concealed carry holster;
- wherein when said at least one attachment clip associated with said concealed carry holster is received by at least one of said plurality of loops, said at least one attachment clip is substantially hidden behind the outer surface of said belt member.
15. The assembly defined in claim 14 wherein said plurality of loops are integrally formed with said belt member.
16. The assembly of claim 14 wherein the height of each of said loops is less than the height of said belt member.
17. The assembly of claim 14 wherein said concealed carry holster includes a pair of attachment clips, each of said pair of attachment clips being receivable within a respective corresponding loop.
18. The assembly of claim 17 wherein each of said pair of attachment clips are receivable within a single loop.
Type: Application
Filed: Dec 15, 2015
Publication Date: Jul 21, 2016
Applicant: Specialty Tech Ltd. (Peoria, IL)
Inventor: George Michael Fravala (Peoria, IL)
Application Number: 14/969,969