Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F41—WEAPONS
  • F41C—SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS, RIFLES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
  • F41C33/00—Means for wearing or carrying smallarms
  • F41C33/02—Holsters, i.e. cases for pistols having means for being carried or worn, e.g. at the belt or under the arm
  • F41C33/0209—Pouch or pocket like containers for small arms covering all or most of the small arm
  • F41C33/0227—Pouch or pocket like containers for small arms covering all or most of the small arm having a strap or other restraining element only covering the hammer or a part of the upper part of the small arm
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F41—WEAPONS
  • F41C—SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS, RIFLES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
  • F41C33/00—Means for wearing or carrying smallarms
  • F41C33/02—Holsters, i.e. cases for pistols having means for being carried or worn, e.g. at the belt or under the arm
  • F41C33/0263—Holsters, i.e. cases for pistols having means for being carried or worn, e.g. at the belt or under the arm having a locking system for preventing unauthorized or accidental removal of the small arm from the holster

Definitions

• Case for a handgun such as a pistol or a revolver.
• the present invention relates to a belt or thigh or shoulder case for a handgun, such as a pistol or a revolver.
• a handgun such as a pistol or a revolver.
• the cases for a handgun and in particular the belt cases must satisfy several requirements that are most often contradictory.
• this type of case must allow ease of intervention, ie allow a quick exit of the weapon from the case and have all the security guarantees, ie do not authorize an unintentional release of the weapon whether by its own weight or by a third person seeking to steal the carrier's weapon.
• the cases are generally formed by a pocket housing the weapon and which comprises, at its upper part, an opening for introducing said weapon.
• This pocket is provided on at least one of these sides, fixing means on a receiving member carried by the user.
• fixing means are constituted, in the case of a belt case, by a passer supporting this pocket and, in the case of a shoulder case, by a harness connected to said pocket.
• the pocket is supported by a fastening system consisting of a plate and / or a strap.
• the butt of the weapon is disposed outside the pocket and the weapon is held by a safety tab, one end of which is secured to the pocket and the other end of which is fixed on said pocket by a fastening member, as for example a pressure member or a detent member.
• Holsters which comprise a housing pocket of the weapon provided, at its upper part, with an opening for introducing the weapon and, at its rear part, with a support rocker of this movable weapon. successively vertically between a high position and a low position and by pivoting between a retracted position inside the pocket in which the weapon is locked in the up position against a fixed and fixed bracket of this pocket and a deployed position to the outside of said pocket and in which the weapon is released from the stirrup.
• This type of case is complex to implement and use and even if it prevents a third person takes the weapon out of the pocket, it does not have all the necessary security guarantees and especially it does not not allow a reintroduction of the weapon easily, because the rocker can return to the retracted position by a simple push before the reintroduction of the weapon.
• the invention aims to provide a holster for a handgun that is simple to implement and use and has all the necessary security guarantees.
• the invention therefore relates to a case for a handgun, such as a pistol or a revolver, comprising a butt, a trigger guard and a barrel provided on its underside with a series of transverse notches for fixing an accessory, said case comprising a pocket housing the weapon comprising:
• the locking means of the weapon comprise a support member comprising a housing for receiving the bridge of the weapon, provided with a locking member movable by a pusher from the upper part of the pocket, perpendicular to said lower face of the barrel between an active position engaged in a notch for immobilizing the weapon and a retracted position releasing said weapon.
• the pocket comprises, at its upper part, a tongue movable between a first position situated above said pocket to block the weapon and a second retracted position releasing this weapon,
• the tongue has a first end pivotally mounted on one side of the pocket and a second end provided with a locking member on a tab fixed on the other side of said pocket;
• the tongue is associated with an elastic return member of said tongue in the second position
• the support element is formed by a fixing body of the pocket and provided, at its upper part, with vertical and parallel tabs, forming between them said housing, said body and said tabs comprising means for guiding the pusher and the locking member;
• the pusher is movable in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the frame of the weapon placed in the pocket and comprises, on the one hand, a first plate extending parallel to the legs of the a support member and a second plate extending perpendicularly to said tabs and provided at its lower part with means for moving the locking member,
• the first plate comprises, at its upper part, an extension opening above the support element and provided with a button,
• the pusher is movable between a high rest position releasing the locking member in its active position and a low position active maintaining said locking member in its retracted position
• the locking member is formed by a cleat comprising, at a first end, at least one finger intended to cooperate with a notch of the lower face below the barrel of the weapon in the active position of said cleat and, at a second end, displacement means complementary to the displacement means carried by the pusher, the displacement means are formed by ramps of complementary slope borne respectively by the second plate of the pusher and by the second end of the cleat, and
• the guide means are formed by grooves of complementary shape to the plates of the pusher and the cleat.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a holster according to the invention, with a handgun locked in the holster,
• FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view partially cut away from the case and showing part of the means for locking the weapon
• FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the weapon support member in the case;
• FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the means for locking the weapon, in the active position,
• FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of the means for locking the weapon, in the retracted position.
• FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of the partially torn case with the weapon being extracted.
• FIG. 1 schematically shows a case designated as a whole by the reference 10 for handgun 1, such as a pistol or a revolver.
• the case 10 can be used as a belt or thigh or shoulder case and consists of a pocket designated by the general reference 11 forming a housing for the weapon 1 and which comprises, at its upper part, an opening 12 for introducing this weapon 1.
• the weapon 1 comprises in particular a stick
• the pocket 11 is provided with fixing means on a receiving member carried by a user.
• the case is a belt case
• the fastening means are constituted by a loop 2 supporting the pocket 11.
• the pocket 11 is formed on two sides, respectively 11a and
• the pocket 11 comprises at its upper part, a tongue 15, a first end 15a is mounted on the side 11a of the pocket 11 and a second end 15b is provided with a detent member, such as a button pressure, not shown, on a lug 18 fixed on the opposite side 11b of said pocket 11.
• a detent member such as a button pressure, not shown
• the first end 15a of the tongue 15 is pivotally mounted on an axis 16 fixed on the side 11a of the pocket 11.
• the tongue is movable, after unlocking the end 15b of this tongue 15, between a first position located above the pocket 11, as shown in solid lines in FIG. 1, to block the weapon and a second position tilted forward this pocket 11, as shown in phantom in this FIG. 1.
• the pocket 11 is provided with means for blocking the weapon 1 which comprise a support member designated by the general reference 20, shown in particular in FIGS. 1 to 3.
• This support member 20 is formed by a body 21 on which are fixed the sides 11a and 11b of the bag 1.
• the body 21 is provided at its upper part with two legs, respectively 22a and 22b, vertical and parallel, providing between them a housing 23 intended to receive the bridge 1b of the weapon
• the locking means of the weapon 1 in the pocket 11 also comprise a locking member 40 ( Figures 4 to 6) and a pusher 30 for moving the locking member 40, as will be seen later.
• the pusher 30 has a first plate 31 extending parallel to the tabs 22a and 22b of the support member 20 and a second plate 32 extending perpendicularly to said tabs 22a and 22b and to the first plate 31.
• This second plate 32 is provided, at its lower part, with means 33 for moving the locking member 40 perpendicularly to the lower face of the barrel 1c of the weapon 1 between an active position engaged in a notch 1d (FIG. ) to immobilize the weapon 1 and a retracted position (Fig. 5) releasing said weapon 1.
• the first plate 31 of the pusher 30 is provided, at its upper part, with an extension 31a opening above the support member 20 and which is provided with a button 31b.
• the button 31b of the pusher 30 is accessible from the upper part of the pocket 11 to move the pusher 30 in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the barrel 1c of the weapon 1 placed in the pocket 11 so as to move the locking member 40 between the two positions.
• These guide means shown in FIG. 3, are formed by a first groove 25 formed in the lug 22b and in the body 21 of the support member 20 for the first plate 31 of the pusher 30 and by a second groove 26 formed in the body 21, extending perpendicularly to the first groove 26 for guiding the second plate 32 of the pusher 30.
• the pusher 30 is movable between a high rest position releasing the locking member 40 in its active position and a low active position maintaining said locking member in its retracted position.
• the pusher 30 is held in its upper position by an elastic member 35 (FIG 4) such as for example a compression spring which is arranged between the lower edge of the first branch 31 of this pusher 30 and the bottom of the groove 26 of the body 21 of the support member 20 (Fig. 3).
• the locking member 40 shown in particular in FIGS. 4 and 5, is formed by a cleat 41 comprising, at a first end, at least one finger 42 intended to cooperate with a notch 1d of the barrel 1c of the weapon 1.
• the cleat 41 comprises two fingers 42 parallel to each other. This cleat 41 comprises at a second end, displacement means 43 complementary to the displacement means 33 carried by the pusher 30.
• the displacement means 33 carried by the second branch 32 of the pusher 30 are formed by at least one ramp 34 and, preferably, by two ramps 34 and the displacement means 43 carried by the catch 41 are formed by at least one ramp 44 and, preferably, by two ramps 44 of slope complementary to the ramps 34 of the pusher 30.
• the locking member 40 is returned to its active position shown in FIG. 4, by an elastic member 45, such as a compression spring.
• the means for guiding the locking member 40 during its displacement between the two positions are constituted by a groove 27 formed in the body 21 of the support member 20, this groove 27 extending perpendicular to the groove 26 guiding the second branch 32 of the pusher 30.
• the operator releases the tongue 15 by giving a push on the leg 18 so that this tongue 15 pivots towards the front of the pocket 11 around the axis 16 under the effect of the elastic member 17, as shown in phantom in FIG. 1.
• the operator exerts a push down on the button 31b of the pusher 30 which has the effect through the ramps 34 of the pusher 30 and ramps 44 of the cleat 41, to move the latch 41 so that the fingers 42 come out of the notch 1d, as shown in FIG. 5.
• the operator can thus remove the weapon 1 from the pocket 11 of the case 10
• the case according to the invention has the advantage, thanks to the various elements that compose it, to offer reliable retention of the weapon, while allowing easy extraction of the weapon by the operator.

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