CA2070744A1 - Shoulder suspended rotational holster - Google Patents
Shoulder suspended rotational holsterInfo
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- CA2070744A1 CA2070744A1 CA002070744A CA2070744A CA2070744A1 CA 2070744 A1 CA2070744 A1 CA 2070744A1 CA 002070744 A CA002070744 A CA 002070744A CA 2070744 A CA2070744 A CA 2070744A CA 2070744 A1 CA2070744 A1 CA 2070744A1
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- holster
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- 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
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- 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
- F41C33/04—Special attachments therefor
- F41C33/041—Special attachments therefor for connecting a holster to a belt, webbing or other object
- F41C33/045—Special attachments therefor for connecting a holster to a belt, webbing or other object for connection in more than one rotational position around an axle, e.g. by using a rotatable connection
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
- A45F3/00—Travelling or camp articles; Sacks or packs carried on the body
- A45F3/14—Carrying-straps; Pack-carrying harnesses
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- 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
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- 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
- F41C33/04—Special attachments therefor
- F41C33/046—Webbing, harnesses, belts or straps for wearing holsters
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
- A45F3/00—Travelling or camp articles; Sacks or packs carried on the body
- A45F3/14—Carrying-straps; Pack-carrying harnesses
- A45F2003/148—Pack-carrying shoulder holsters
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45F—TRAVELLING OR CAMP EQUIPMENT: SACKS OR PACKS CARRIED ON THE BODY
- A45F2200/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A45F
- A45F2200/05—Holder or carrier for specific articles
- A45F2200/0566—Tubular, rod-shaped articles, e.g. batons
Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A cylindrical holster member is pivoted by a shaft so as to be rotatable along a substrate surface of a holster substrate and the cylindrical holster member is retained on the holster substrate by an engaging means and put into a close contact with the side of a user's body when a handgun or a guard baton with cross handle is carried about being suspended from a shoulder under an arm. Upon drawing, the handgun or the guard baton can be drawn in a moment by rotationally displacing the cylindrical holster member from a vertical to a lateral attitude.
A cylindrical holster member is pivoted by a shaft so as to be rotatable along a substrate surface of a holster substrate and the cylindrical holster member is retained on the holster substrate by an engaging means and put into a close contact with the side of a user's body when a handgun or a guard baton with cross handle is carried about being suspended from a shoulder under an arm. Upon drawing, the handgun or the guard baton can be drawn in a moment by rotationally displacing the cylindrical holster member from a vertical to a lateral attitude.
Description
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TITLE OF THE INVENTION
Shoulder Suspended Rotational Holster BACKCROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Inventlon The present invention concerns a shoulder suspended rotational holster capable o-f carrying about a guard baton with crosshandle or a handgun contained therein and sus-pending lt from a shoulder and capable of quickly drawing it momentarily upon emergency.
Description of the Prior Art An existent holster comprises a cylindrical holster member -for inserting a guard baton with crosshandle or a handgun, a cover or a retalning strap for closing an inser-tion port at an upper portion o-f the cylindrical holster member for preventing slip off. The cover ls extended as a stripe from the end on one side of' the cylindrical holster member, bridged over the upper opening, overlald at its top end to the outer surface on the opposite side and engaged by means of a male~female engaging means such as a button.
The holster i9 carried about being suspended by a belt from a waste or suspended from a shoulder under one's arm.
However, in the existent holster, the cylindrical 2~7~
holster member is suspended from the waste or under the arm being fixed substantially in a vertical state. ~ccordin~ly, -for drawing a guard baton with crosshandle or a handgun from the suspended holster, the male/female engagement o-f the engaging means is detached by putting a finger on the top end of the cover and, subsequently, it further requires two step operations of (1) at first pulling up a guard baton main body or a barrel of the gun substantially vertically by gripping a crosshandle or a butt till it comes out o~ the cylindrical holster member and then (2) turning the movlng dlrection of the arm to level the top end o-f the baton or the gun at an opponent.
That is, the guard baton main body or the barrel has always to be drawn upward and taken out of the cylindrical holster member irrespective of the opponent's attitude or position. Accordingly, if the opponent attacks suddenly by swinging a weapon such as a knit`e or a club, it may be a worry that a momentous delay may be caused in an emergent countermeasure, which brings about a problem of resulting in a danger even if this is a loss time as short as about 1/10 seconds, that is, a problem o-f giving a disadvantage in conducting quick draw.
For the convenience of quick draw, U.S. Patent Speci-fications Nos. 3915361, 4504001 and 4874118 teach structures in which the angle between a cylindrical member and a gun 2@~
belt can be changed.
However, each of the above-mentioned ~isclosures concerns a waste-suspended holster but not for a shoulder suspended holster and, accordingly, can not dissolve the problem inherent to the shoulder suspended holster.
The problem inherent to the shoulder suspended holster is that a weapon contained in the holster has to be settled under one's arm with no sway.
The present inventor has already invented a contrac-tion and expansion type guard baton with crosshandle and put it to practical use, and the guard baton wîth cross-handle of this type can be carried about while being con-tained in a shoulder suspended holster. In this case, since the guard baton with crosshandle is held in such a suspended state easy to be drawn by a hand, a hilt dis-posed to the end of the baton main body or a crossharldle protruding perpendicular to the baton body protrudes in front o-f a body making the appearance of a business suite unnatural and, after all, it is disclosed that a weapon is carr :d about in secret under the suite.
; ln view of the ~oregoings, it is a subject o~ the present invention to overcome the foregoing problems in the prior art and provide a shoulder suspended rotational holster whlch enables to draw a guard baton or a handgun in a moment to an opponent by optionally rotating a cylin-,.
TITLE OF THE INVENTION
Shoulder Suspended Rotational Holster BACKCROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Inventlon The present invention concerns a shoulder suspended rotational holster capable o-f carrying about a guard baton with crosshandle or a handgun contained therein and sus-pending lt from a shoulder and capable of quickly drawing it momentarily upon emergency.
Description of the Prior Art An existent holster comprises a cylindrical holster member -for inserting a guard baton with crosshandle or a handgun, a cover or a retalning strap for closing an inser-tion port at an upper portion o-f the cylindrical holster member for preventing slip off. The cover ls extended as a stripe from the end on one side of' the cylindrical holster member, bridged over the upper opening, overlald at its top end to the outer surface on the opposite side and engaged by means of a male~female engaging means such as a button.
The holster i9 carried about being suspended by a belt from a waste or suspended from a shoulder under one's arm.
However, in the existent holster, the cylindrical 2~7~
holster member is suspended from the waste or under the arm being fixed substantially in a vertical state. ~ccordin~ly, -for drawing a guard baton with crosshandle or a handgun from the suspended holster, the male/female engagement o-f the engaging means is detached by putting a finger on the top end of the cover and, subsequently, it further requires two step operations of (1) at first pulling up a guard baton main body or a barrel of the gun substantially vertically by gripping a crosshandle or a butt till it comes out o~ the cylindrical holster member and then (2) turning the movlng dlrection of the arm to level the top end o-f the baton or the gun at an opponent.
That is, the guard baton main body or the barrel has always to be drawn upward and taken out of the cylindrical holster member irrespective of the opponent's attitude or position. Accordingly, if the opponent attacks suddenly by swinging a weapon such as a knit`e or a club, it may be a worry that a momentous delay may be caused in an emergent countermeasure, which brings about a problem of resulting in a danger even if this is a loss time as short as about 1/10 seconds, that is, a problem o-f giving a disadvantage in conducting quick draw.
For the convenience of quick draw, U.S. Patent Speci-fications Nos. 3915361, 4504001 and 4874118 teach structures in which the angle between a cylindrical member and a gun 2@~
belt can be changed.
However, each of the above-mentioned ~isclosures concerns a waste-suspended holster but not for a shoulder suspended holster and, accordingly, can not dissolve the problem inherent to the shoulder suspended holster.
The problem inherent to the shoulder suspended holster is that a weapon contained in the holster has to be settled under one's arm with no sway.
The present inventor has already invented a contrac-tion and expansion type guard baton with crosshandle and put it to practical use, and the guard baton wîth cross-handle of this type can be carried about while being con-tained in a shoulder suspended holster. In this case, since the guard baton with crosshandle is held in such a suspended state easy to be drawn by a hand, a hilt dis-posed to the end of the baton main body or a crossharldle protruding perpendicular to the baton body protrudes in front o-f a body making the appearance of a business suite unnatural and, after all, it is disclosed that a weapon is carr :d about in secret under the suite.
; ln view of the ~oregoings, it is a subject o~ the present invention to overcome the foregoing problems in the prior art and provide a shoulder suspended rotational holster whlch enables to draw a guard baton or a handgun in a moment to an opponent by optionally rotating a cylin-,.
drical holster member while gripping a crosshandle or a butt, so as to cope with an imminent danger, can be put firmly under one's arm and can be held being hidden under the suite so as not to protrude out of the profile of' a body and so as not to be discovered from the outside tha-t the user carries about a guard baton with crosshandle or a handgun.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The foregoing obJect of the present invention can be attained by a holster comprisin~ a holster substrate, a cy]indrical holster member rotatably pivoted along the surface of the holster substrate and an engaging means -for retaining the cylindrical holster member in a state to be carried about.
In a preferred embodiment, the engaging means may comprise a clipping means bent substantially in a U-shaped configuration and attached on the holster substrate in an elastically openable manner.
In another preferred embodiment> the engagin~ means may comprise one of engaging members disposed to the cylin-drical holster member and the other of engaging members disposed to the holster substrate so as to be elastically engageable wlth one o-f the engaging members.
In a further preferred embodiment, the engaging means `
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may comprise a rest member, attached on a holster substrate, and having a corrugated shape comprising a recess on which the cylindrical holster member is placed and protrusions disposed in contiguous with the both sldes of the recess.
In a further pref'erred embodiment, the engaging mearls may comprise a pair of permanent magnets or a pair of` a permanent magnet and an iron piece disposed respecti~ely to opposed surfaces in the holster substrate and the cylindrical holster member.
In a ~urther preferred embodiment, the engaging means may comprise a stud of such a transversal cross sectional shape as having different length for the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis and an opening through which the stud is inserted and which has a long hole with a width somewhat greater than that of the shorter axis of the stud and a circular hole of a diameter somewhat longer than the length of the longer axis of the stud and formed in COI~
guous with one end of the long hole.
In a further preferred embodiment, the engaging means may comprise a through hole formed in the holster substrate at a distance from the attaching position for the rotatio-nal shaft and a stud engaging the through hole.
In a further preferred embodiment, the through hole may be an arcuate groove with the rotational shaft as the center or a plurality of holes formed independent of each 7~
other at a circumferential distance on a circle with the rotational sha~t as the center.
In a -further preferred embodiment, the cylindrical holster member may be a rin~ and the en~aging means may be in the shape o-f a receiving pot. Upon use, a guard baton with crosshandle or a handgun is carr.ied about being inserted into the cylindrical holster member suspended under a user's arm. When the user draws the guard baton with crosshandle or the handgun -from the cylindrical holster member, he (or she) grips the crosshandle or the butt of the gun, rotates ~he cylindrical holster member around the sha~t, directs the insertion port to an opponent and, simultaneously, draws the guard baton main body or the barrel -from the cylindrical holster member to level the top o~ the baton or the gun at the opponent. That is, there is no require-ment ~or drawin~ the guard baton main body or the gun barrel.
by pulling it vertically upward and it is possible to draw it from a position rotated in accordance with the opponent's attitude or position and direct it instantaneously to the opponent. Accordingly, the user can cope with imminent danger rapidly without any loss o-f time.
The cylindrical holster member is usually pivoted on the holster substrate such that the insertion port usually opens downward and, ~re-ferably, the cylindrical holster member is pivoted on the holster substrate such that the ~3~
insertion port thereo-f usually opens downward and forward.
In this way, when the cylindrical hol.ster member is pivoted on the holster substrate such that the insertion port thereo-f usually opens downward and forward, since the crosshandle and the hilt at the end o-~ the baton n~ain body, even if somewhat longer, are held in such an angular at-titu~e that both of them are included within the thickness o-f the user's body, the ~uard baton can be carried about without being noticed at all and, in particular, maintained in a state convenient to draw it by gripping the crosshandle~
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWIN~S
Fig. 1 is an entire perspective view of an expansion and contraction type guard baton wlth crosshandle;
Fig. 2 is a perspective view o-f a rotational holster for carrying about a guard baton with crosshandle shown in Fi~. 1 while being suspended from a shoulder under user's le-ft arm;
Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view -for the rotational supporting structure of a cylindrical holster member taken along lines 3-3 in Fig. ~;
Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating an example of an engaging means for.retaining the cylindrical holster member in a state to carry about;
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a cylindrical holster member;
Fig. 6 is side elevational view illustrating a state of containing a guard baton with crosshandle in a rotatio-nal holster, with a suspending strap being not shown;
Fig. 7 is a side elevational view for illustrating the operation of the holster shown in Fig. 6;
Fig. 8 shows a side elevational view of another embodi-ment of the rotational hols-ter;
Fig. 9 is a perspective view illustrating a further embodiment o-f the engaging means;
Fig. 10 is a perspective view illustrating a further embodiment o~ the engaging means;
Fig. 11 is a perspective view illustrating a further embodiment of the engaging means;
Fig. 12 is a perspective view illustrating a further embodiment of the engaging means;
Fi~. 13 is a perspective view illustrating a further embodiment of the engaging means;
Fig. 14 is a perspective view illustrating a ~urther embodiment of the engaging means;
Fig. 15 is a plan view partially in cross section illustrating a further embodiment of the engagement means;
Fig. 16 is a perspective view illustrating a further embodiment of the engaging means;
Fig. 17 is a cross sectional view illustrating a further embodiment of the engaglng means;
Fig. 18 is a view illustrating a portion of a fur-ther embodiment of the engaging means;
Fig. 19 is a perspective view of a rotational holster illustrating a further embodiment of the engaging means;
Fig. 20 is an enlarged exploded perspective view illustrating a portion of the enga~ing means in Fig. 19;
Fig. 21 is a perspective view for explaining the operation of the shoulder suspended rotational holster shown in Fig. 20;
Fig. 22 is an entire perspective view for the embodi-ment of a shoulder suspended rotational double holster according to the present invention;
Fig. 23 is an enlarged cross sectional view for the engaging means taken along lines 21-21 in Fig. 22;
Fig. 24 is a view for explaining the operation of the shoulder suspended rotational holster according to the present invention;
Fig. 25 is a perspective view for another embodiment of the holster substrate in the shoulder suspended rota-tional holster;
; Fig. 26 is a perspective view for a portion of a further embodiment of the shoulder suspended rotational holster;
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further embodiment of the shoulder suspended rotational holster; and Fig. 28 is a perspective view for a portion of a further embodiment of the shoulder suspended rotational holster.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
In Fig. 1, a baton main body lA of a guard baton 1 with crosshandle comprises a plurality (three) of cylin-drical members each of different diameter, that is, an outer cylinde:r 5, an intermediate cylinder 6 and an inner cylinder 7 combined in an expansible and contractible fashion. A solid line indicates a contracted state, which is extended as shown by a dotted chain into a length L.
The baton main body lA has a crosshandle 3 o* such a length that can be gripped by one hand, ~ranched in perpendicular from the baton main body lA at a position displaced from the longitudinal center to one sicle of the baton main body lA, that is, at a position nearer to a gripping hilt 2 disposed to one end of the baton main body 1.
A user grips the crosshandle 3 and can conduct power-ful striking by rotating the baton main body lA around the crosshandle as an axis by the operation of an arm or wrist or thrusting the baton main body straight forward to sweep off opponent's attack.
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The rotational holster H of the embodlment shown in Fig. 2 comprises a holster substrate 10 made of a leather synthetic leather or the like, a cylindrical holster Illemt)er (hereinafter sometimes referred to simply as a cylindricaL
member) 12 pivoted rotatably by means of a shaft 11 along a substrate surface lOa of the holster substrate 10 and an engaging means 13 for retaining the cylindrical member 12 o-f the guard baton with crosshandle in a state to be carried about shown in Fig. 6.
As shown in Fig. 2, the holster substrate 10 has a substantlally Y-shaped configuration, which has attaching holes 14 disposed in an upper portion for attaching U-shaped suspending shoulder passage 15i an attaching hole 16 dis-posed in a middle portion for attaching a supporting crossing cord 17 and an attachin~ hole 18 disposed in a lower portion for attaching and a waist engaging cord 19 respectively, so that the holster can be secured in a close contact with the side of a user's body under his left arm.
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As shown in Fi~. 3, the shaft 11 comprises a bolt 22 inserted from the rear side of the holster substrate 10 through a shaft hole 21 per-forated therein, protruded from the substrate surface lOa, inserted by way of a spacer 23 made of plastlc or metal into a shaft hole 24 perforated through a stitched portion of the cylindrical member 12 and :
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screw-coupled wi-th a nut 25. The nut 25 may be replaced wlth a retainer ring -for antislip off or a caulking struc-ture may be disposed to the top end of the bolt 22. Further, washers 26 made of plastic or metal may be mounted -for reinforcement in the shaft holes 21, 24 as shown in the figure. The spacer 23 is not always necessary.
Fig. 5 shows the cylindrical member 12 which contains the guard baton 1 with cross handle in a contracted state as can be seen from Fig. 6. For instance, it is made of leather or synthetic leather cut into a predetermined shape, folded and then stitched at a bottom and side edges. An insertion port 12a is defined at one end ~upper end in Fig. 5) and a retaining strap 12b is disposed ~or retaining the inserted guard baton l with cross handle from slipping off.
The retaining strap 12b is formed by obliquely exten-ding the surface of the cylindrical member 12 in a shape of a tongue above the insertion port 12a and bending it into a U-shaped con~iguration in Fig. 5. A male side 12d of a retaining button as an engaging means 12c is attached to the outer surface at the top end thereof. On the other hand, an engagement releasing portion 12f is formed in the shape o~ a tongue on the rear side of the cylindrical member 12 (the surface opposed to the holster substrate 10) by obliquely extending a portion from the insertion port 12a ~@`~7~
while being opposed to the retaining strap l2b. A -female side 12e of the button is attached to the lnner surface at the base end of the en~agement releasing portion 12f.
In this way, the retaining strap 12b bridges over tlle insertion port 12a of the cylindrical member 12, so that the male side 12b of the button at the end and the female side 12e at the inner surface on the other side are engaged detachably.
As shown in Fig. 2, the cylindrical member 12 of this embodiment is attached being turned upside down to the holster substrate 10. As shown in Fig. 2, the insertion port 12a o-~ the cylindrical member 12 is supported by the engaging means 13 such that it opens downward while slightly dlrecting forward (leftward in the drawing).
In this embodiment, the engaging means 13 comprises, as shown in Fig. 4, an elastically openable leaf spring which is bent into a substantially U-shaped configuration, restricted at an opening 13a and somewhat warped at free ends 13b, in which an attaching holes 13c are disposed to a flat attaching surface. As shown in Fig. 2, the leaf spring 13 is screw-set on the substrate surface lOa of the holster substrate at a posi*ion spaced apart below the shaft 11 such that the opening 13a is directed forw rd and formed as a clipping member ~or resiliently clipping to fix a body portion of the cylindrical member 12 relative .
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to the substrate surface lOa of the holster substrate.
Description will then be made to the operation of the holster.
When ~he holster is carried about, the cylindrical member 12 of the holster in this embodimen-t is pivoted to the substrate surface lOa of the holster substrate by means o~ the shaft 11 rota-tably forward and backward with the insertion portion 12a bein~ downward and secured at its body portion by being clipped with the leaf spring 13 as the engaging means. The guard baton 1 with cross l~al~d:le is carried about as shown in Fig. 6, while being inserted with a hilt 2 downward and a crosshandle 3 forward as shown in Fig. 6 (in the case of a handgun, it may be inserted with the butt being forward into the cylindrical member 12 which is pivoted with the insertion port 12a being upward). The cylindrical member 12 is resiliently urged to the substrats lOa by the leaf spring 13 and, accordingly, the crosshandle 3 of the guard baton 1 is put into close contact stably on the side of a body under a left arm.
Further, since the insertion port 12a of the cylin-drical member 12 is held obliquely by the engaging means 13 so that it always opens downward and -forward in the carried state, the length o-f the cross handle, even if it is large, is contained within the thickness of a user's `
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body and does not cause a profile of a Jacket to protrude.
Accordingly, the holster can be carried about under the jacket without being noticed and the user can run at full speed with no requirement for retaining sway by his hand.
When the guard baton 1 is drawn. the user moves his right hand below the crosshandle 3 and exerts a force in the direction shown by an arrow Y1 in Fig. 6 to the cross-.. handle 3. Then, the cylindrical member 12 starts to rotate forward by the moment around the shaft 11, urges to open the opening 13a of the leaf spring 13 and leaves.the retained carried. Further, the user keeps the upward movement of his right hand and, while rotating the cylin-drical member 12 forward as shown by an arrow Y2 in Fig. 7, urges an engagement releasing portion 12f of the cylindr-ical member 12 b~ a palm toward the side of the body by turnin~
his wrist inward and réleases the engagement of the button as the engaging means 12c for the retain~ng ~rap 12b.
After appropriate rotat~on, he draws out the baton main body lA from the cylindrical member 12 and thrusts to extend the intermediate cylinder 6 and the inner cylinder 7 from the outer cylinder 5 while directing the baton to an opponent b~ the centrifugal -.~orce caused by the rotation of the baton main body lA around the gripped cross handle 3 as the axis. The æ~eed control and the sudden stop for the rotation of the baton main body lA can be made depen-ding on the degree of the gr~pping -force applied to the crosshandle 3. The drawing can be conducted in a moment as a series of operations. Since there is no requirement of two step operations as in the usual case of drawing the guard baton main bod~ upward of the cylindrical member by gripping the crosshandle and, subsequently, thrusting it to the opponent, the user can cop with eminent danger at a good timing rapidly.
Fig. 8 shows another embodiment in which the cylin-drical member 12 is attached to a holster substrate 1~ with the insertion port 12a being upward (reversed suspension).
In this case, the leaf spring 13 is attached such that the opening 13a direct backward (toward the back). Further, the shaft 11 supports the cylindrical member 12 at a position nearer to the insertion port 12a than the lea-f spring 13. The guard baton 1 is inserted from above the cylindrical member 12 such that the crosshandle 3 is direcked backward.
When the guard baton 1 is drawn, the user moves his right hand of beneath the left arm, grips the crosshandle 3 so as to cover from the outside (rearside of the upper arm), exerts a forcs in the direction of an arrow Y3 to make the crosshandle into a vertical status and then rotates the cylindrical member 12 around the shaf't 11 as 37~L
shown by a an arrow Y4 into a horizontal state.
Fig. 9 shows a further embodiment of the engaging means 13 comprising a lea-f spring bent into a U-shaped configuration. The lea~ spring comprises a rotatable roller 32 at a free end 13 of an opening 13a. This embo-diment has a merit that the cylindrical member 12 can be inserted and detached smoothly even i-~ the resiliency o~
the leaf spring is strong.
Fig. 10 shows a further embodiment of the engaging means 13.
In this embodiment, a leaf spring as a clipped member 33 is attached as one o~ engaging members to a side edge o-f a cylindrical member 12a, and a resilient clipping tool 34, for example, known as a paper clip is attached by being fixed with a screw B2 as the other o~ engaging members on the side of the holster substrate 10.
Fig. 10 shows a further embodiment of the engaging means 13.
When the cylindrical member 12 is held in a carried state, the resilient clipper 34 is opened by a hand to put the clipped member 33 therebetween. When the guard baton 1 is drawn, engagement between the members 33 and 34 is auto-matically released by the moment acting on the cylindrical member 12. This embodiment has a merit capable o~ providing the engaging means at a reduced cost by utilizing a commer-2~7a~
cially available article for the resilient clipper 34.
Fig. 11 also shows a -~urther embodiment of the enga-ging means 13.
In this embodiment, an engaged member 36 comprising a lea~ spring having an upturned end is disposed and an engaging member 37 comprising a lea~ spring having a downturned end is disposed as the other of the engaging members to the holster substrate 10, in which ends of both of them hook to each other to attain engagement.
Fig. 12 shows a further embodiment of the engaging means 13 comprising an elastically openable lea-f spring 38 formed by bending into a substantially U-shaped configura-tion like that shown in Fig. 4 as a clipper and a short bar member 39 having a bulged head as a clipped member.
The bar member 39 is secured by means of an attaching metal 39a to the cylindrical member 12. The position ~or attaching the member 39 is not restricted only to the illustrated top end of the cylinclrical member 12.
The engaging means 13 shown in Fig. 13 can be made at a reduced cost by merely bending a wire material, in which two stems and two holdin~ pieces are opposed to each other, which are entirely attached to the substrate surface lOa o-f the holster substrate by screw-setting two attaching rings formed at the top end of the stems and the cylindri-cal member 12 is elastically put between the stems and the 2~
holding pieces.
The engaging means 13 shown in Fig. 14 is also formed at a reduced cost also by bending a wire material in which the stems are not opposed to the holding pieces. Accordingly, the cylindrical member of the holster is put between the holster substrate and the holding pieces.
The engaging means 13 shown in Fig. 15 comprises a rest member in which a leaf spring is formed into a corru-gated shape and attached to a holster substrate lOa by way of screws B3. The rest member comprises a recess 40 -for placing a cylindrical member 12 and protrusions 41 in contiguous with both sides of the recess 40. When the holster is carried, the cylindrical member 12 is held by being urged to the recess 40 by the pressing force o~ the sha-et 11 against the resiliency o~ the engaging means 13.
When the guard baton 1 is drawn, a user rotates the cross handle around a shaft that pivotally sports the cylin-drical member 12. Then, the end of the cylindrical member 12 urges the engaging means 13 downward and moves in the directlon of an arrow Y5 ~backward direction) while over-riding the protrusions 41 to be released ~rom the retain-ment. With this engaging means 13 9 the end of the cylin-drical member 12 can move overriding the protrusions 41 in the dlrection of an arrow Y6 (~orward direction) and, accordingly, the cylindrical member 12 can be rotated ~7~
around the shaft 11 in the direction opposite -to tha~
described above.
The engaging means shown in Fig. 16 comprises a corrugated res-t made o-f a wire material, which has substan-tially the same constitution as that shown in Fig. 15.
That is, the corrugated rest member shown in Fig. 15 can be ~ormed at a reduced cost by a wire member and one or both ends thereof may be secured by means of screws B3 to the holster substrate 10.
The engaging means shown in Fig. 17 comprises a corrugated rest member made of a plastic material, in which the protrusion 41 A on one side is made higher to constitute a stopper.
Fig. 18 shows a further embodiment using magnets as the engaging means 13.
A permanent magnet 52 is attached by way of an atta-chlng plate 51 to a holster substrate lO, while a permanent magnet 54 is attached on the side o~ a cylindrical member 12 by way of an attaching plate 53 at a corresponding posi-tion opposing thereto. One of the magnets 52 and 54 may be replaced with an iron piece. The cylindrical member 12 is held at a carried state by the attraction force of the magnet. Also ln this embodiment, the cylindrical member 12 can be rotated both in the forward and the backward directions of a user's body.
The engaging means 13 shown in Fig. 19 through Fig. 21 is, different from the embodiments described previously, in which a sha-ft pivotally supporting a cylindrical member constitutes a portion of the engaging means. As shown in Fig. 20, a stud llA has a transverse cross section of not a circular but a rectangular shape in which opposing sides thereof are chamfered into a lateral width W1 (length for a shorter axis~ and a longitudinal width L1 greater than that llength ~or a longer axis).
The stud llA has a threaded aperture 42 and is secured to an attaching plate 43 and then attached by means of bolts B4 to a holster substrate 14 (refer to Fig. 21). On the contrary, a long hole 44 with a width W2 somewhat greater than the lateral width W1 of the stud 11 A and a circular hole 45 in contiguous with the lower end of the hole 44 are formed to a side edge of a cylindrical member 1~. The diameter W3 for the circular hole 45 is somewhat longer than the longitudinal length L1 o-f the shaft stud llA. The peripheral edge of an opening 46 comprising the long hole 44 and the circular hole 45 is reinforced by attaching a reinforcing plate 47 having a similar opening 46 to the side edge o~' the cylindrical member 12. The cylindrical member 12 may be mounted to the holster sub-strate 10 by inserting the stud llA through the openin~ 46 o-f the cylindrical member 12 and, subsequently, a disk-. .
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shaped anti-slip off head 48 by means of a screw 49 to the head of the stud llA.
In this embodiment, the cylindrical member 12 is attached to the holster substrate 10 with the insertion port 12A being downward, and the guard baton 1 i9 carried about being inserted from below.
When it is carried, the cylindrical member 12 lowers downward by its own weight, and the stud llA engages the long hole 44 of the opening 46 in the cylindrical member 12 to prevent the cylindrical member 12 from swaying forward and backward, thereby causing the guard baton 1 to be in close contact with the side of the user's body.
When the guard baton is drawn, a user moves his rlght hand from below the crosshandle 3 and applies an upward force.
This rises the cylindrical member :L2 somewhat as shown by an arrow Y8 in Fig. 19, by which the stud llA situates at the circular hole 45 of the opening 46, enabling the rota-tion of the cylindrical member 12. When the cylindrical member 12 rotates around the stud ll.A into a s~ate shown in Fig. 21, the user turns his gripping hand on the cross-handle 3 and thrusts out the guard baton 1 forward while drawing it from the cylindrical member 12. The foregoing rotating and drawing operations can be conducted in a moment and he can easil~ cope with eminent danger. Also with the engaging means 13, the cylindrical member 12 can 7~
be rotated both in the forward and backward directions.
Alternatively, the stud llA may be attached on the side of the cylindrical member 12, whlle the opening 46 may be disposed on the side o~ the holster substrate 10.
Descriptions have been made to each of the -foregoing embodiments with respect to a rotational holster for a guard baton with cross handle but the present invention can be applied also to a handgun holster in the same manner.
As has been described above, since the shoulder sus-pended rotational holster according to the presen-t inven-tion comprises a holster substrate 10, a cylindrical member 12 of a holster pivoted rotatably along the surface of the holster substrate and an engaging means 13 for retaining the cylindrical member 12 of the holster at a carried position, when a user draws a Kuard baton with cross handle or a handgun from the cylindrical member 12 suspended under his arm, he can rotate the cylindrical member 12 around a shaft by gripping the crosshandle or a butt o~ the gun and levels the insertion port at an opponent and can draw the baton main body or a gun barrel from the cYlindrical member 12 and, as a result, he can cope with opponent's attack rapidly in accordance with the opponent's attitude or position without momentary loss time.
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the handgun to be carried about can be held stably under an arm -firmly and, among all, in a case Or carrying about a guard baton with cross handle, it can be held advan~a-geously at such an attitude that a portion of the cross handle or the rod member does not cause a jacket to pro-trude outward. In a shoulder suspended rotational holster H shown in Fig. 22, two right and left holsters are carried by a crossing shoulder cord 17 having a structure also serving as a shoulder passage for a double suspending holster.
The holster substrate 10 ls formed with the same material as that in the embodiment described above and a bullet proof function can be pro~ided by using a composite material, for example, prepared by mixing aramide fibers with polycarbonate as required.
In this embodiment, a shoulder strap 17 connecting right and left holsters connects both of the holsters by crossing them by way of a center belt passage 17a to con-stitute a set of rotational holsters H. Each of holster substrates 10 is secured while being in close contact with the side of a body on right or left arm respectively by putting a center belt passage 17a at the back, passing a shoulder into a ring constituted with a right or left shoulder strap 17, and hooking a hooking cord 19 to a belt of a trousers. In Fig. 22, a recessed groove lOd in the - 2~ -2C~'7~L~
upper portion of a left side holster substrate 10 (right holster upon putting) is utilized -for hooking and holding a handcu~f or like other article to be carried. Further, a plurality o-f small holes lOh formed in the le-ft hols~er substrate 10 are air bent holes for improving the close contact to a side of the body or heat dissipation.
The shoulder strap 17 may be made of usual material such as leather, cloth or synthetic resin and, when a shrinkable material such as a rubber belt is used, it becomes more convenient to use such as the rotating holster H can be put more closely with the body and gives less wear even after putting over a long period of time. The easy of use can be further improved by attaching a shoulder pat of soi't material. Further, the shoulder strap 17 or the engaging cord 19 may be attached not only by stitching or riveting but also in a detachable manner, ~or example, by usin~ a so-called magic fa~tener having a structure of engagement using a plurality o~ elastic hooks, a one-touch plug-in type engaging part or the like. Further, engage-ment between the lower portion o~ the holster substrate 10 and the belt of a trousers is not restricted only to t~le illustrated hook but insertion of a belt through a suspen-ding cord in the form of a ring or various other systems may be used.
The engaging means 13 in this embodiment, comprises a 2~7~
through hole 13a formed in a holster substrate 10 spaced apart from a position for a shaft hole 21 of a rotating shaft 11 and a shaft 13b engaging the through hole 13a.
In this embodiment, the through hole 13a is formed as an arcuate guide groove with the shaft hole 21 as the center, and the state in which the shaft 13b is engaged to the lower end of the guide groove is defined as a carrying position of the cylindrical member 12 cf the holster.
Fig. 23 shows an embodiment of a structure for an engaging means wholly indicated by 13.
In this embodiment, a nut 13b1of a shaft 13b is inserted from the rear side of a holster substrate 10 through a through hole 13a and slightly protrudes from a substrate sur-~ace lOa, while a cylindrical holster 12 is placed by way of a spacer 28 made of plastic or metal, and a male thread 13b2 inserted through a shaft hole 29 per-forated ir~ a stitched portion of the cylindrical holster member 12 is screwed into the nut 13b1. The nut 13b1 may be replaced with a retainer ring structure or a caulking structure. Further, although not illustrated, a short pipe made of metal or plastic may be engaged loosely to either of the nu* 13b1 or the male thread 13b2 to constitute a rotational roller, by which rotation of the cylindrical member 12 is made extremely smooth.
Description will be made to the operation of the enga-2~7~37~
ging means 13 having the structure.
The cylindrical member 12 of this embodiment, like that the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 2, is pivoted rotatab:Ly by the rotational shaft 11 along a subs~rate surface lOa o~ the holster substrate with the insertion port 12a being downward upon carriage and, usually, it is held at an inclined attitude by the engaging means 13. As shown in Fig. 24, a guard baton 1 with cross handle is carried about with the hilt 2 being downward and the cross handle 3 being inserted forward. The cylindrical mernber 12 is pulled to the substrate sur~ace lOa of the holster substrate by way of the sha~t 13b o~ the engaging means 13 and, accordingly, the crosshandle 3 of the guard baton 1 contalned in the holster is put into a close contact with the side of a body under a left arm. Accordingly, when the guard baton is put under a jac!ket, it can be carried about without being noticed and a user can run at a full speed with no requirement of preventing sway by a hand.
For easy drawing, the cylindrical holster mem~er 12 may be attached to the holster substrate 10 under the left arm in a case of a right-handed user and, on the contrary, under the right arm in the case of a left-handed user.
When holster substrates 10 are provided on both right and left sides as in this embodiment, the user can optionally select them depending on the way o-f use, the holsters may ;~7~
be disposed to the holster substrates on both sides as a double-holster type, or the cylindrical member 12 is attached to one of the holster substrates 10, while a handcuff, a wireless equipment or a pocket light may be attached to the other of the holster substrates 10 and, furth~r, both sides can be protected by the holster sub-strates against the opponent's attack.
It has been described for the engaging means 13 of the embodiments described above in which the circular through hole 13a is ~ormed as the guide groove, and the sha~t 13b is movably engaged thereto, so that the cylin-drical member 12 is rotated being guided by the engaging means 13 upon drawing a guard baton. However, the present invention is not restricted only thereto but usual bolt and nut may be used for the shaft 13b, passed through an arcuate through hole 13a and secured by clamping at a position that the cylindrical member 12 has an appropriate angle and drawing is also conducted from the angular position.
Fig. 25 illustrates a further embodiment of the holster substrate 10.
The holster substrate 10 is made more compact and reduced in the weight as compared with the previous embo-diment, in which the outer shape is made smaller and two circular through holes 13a as the guide groove are disposed - , in a left-to-right symmetry and, further, a plurality of independent circular through holes 13b are disposed. The holster substrate 10 of the reduced weight can be optionally attached either to the le-ft or the right side depending on the user's convenience and can be used selectively either as the rotational type or as the fixed type described above.
Further, through hole 13a may be used in either of an arcuate or circulate shape.
Fig. 26 shows an embodiment in which a cylindrical member 12 for a handgun is attached to a holster substrate 10 having an arcuate guide groove as a through hole 13a Oe an engaging means 13.
A rotational shaft 11 is attached to the rear side of a cylindrical member 12 and engaged to a shaft hole 21 (not illustrated) disposed to the holster substrate 10 like that shown in Fig. 4. Further, a shaft 13b of the engaging means 13 is also attached to the rear face of the cylindrical member 12 and movably engaged to an arcuate through hole 13a like that shown in Fig. 5. This embodi-ment is identical with the case of the cylindrical member 12 for the guard baton shown in Fig. 24, in which a butt 102 is carried about being held in the cylindrical member 12 with the butt 102 being downwarded obliquely and the gun is drawn by upwardly rotating the butt 102.
On the contrary, Fig. 27 shows an embodiment in which .
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a cylindrical member 12 for a handgun is attached to a holster substrate 10 with the opening lOa thereof` being directed upward. In this embodiment, the positional rela-tionship between the rotational shaft 11 and the arcuate through hole 13a in the engaging means 13 is different from that described above. The handgun is carried about being contained such that the butt 102 being upwarded.
For suspending the rotational holster of this type, for example, from a left side and drawing the handgun by the right hand, the cylindrical member 12 is rotated counter-clockwise (the butt 102 is downwarded) in Fig. 27 opposite to the case described above.
Also for the rotational holster o-f a guard baton, the holster can be attached to the holster substrate 10 by directing the openin~ 12a of the cylindrical member 12 upward by properly changing the position between the arcuate through hole 13a and the rotational shaft 11 in the engaging means 13. In this case, the guide baton 1 with crosshand]e is contained iIl the cylindrical member 12 and carried about such that the crosshandle 3 is directed toward the back.
When it is drawn, the cylindrical member 12 is rotated counterclockwise around the rotational shaft 11 as the center (~hat is, the crosshandle at the back is rotated forward3.
Fig. 28 shows a convenient type rotational holster 2 C!7~7~
for a guard baton. A cylindrical member 12 is made in the -form of a ring (not restricted only to a closed ring shown in the drawing but may be an open-ring having a slit-like opening), which is attached rotatablJ by way o-~ a rotational sha~t 11 inserted through a holster substrate lO. Further, an engaging means 13 is attached at a position below the cylindrical member 12. In this case, the engaging means 13 is constltuted as a receiving pot for receiving the elld of the hilt o-f the guard baton and holding it at a position to be carried about, in which the front part is made less deep than the rear part for easier drawing. In each of the foregoing embodiments, the lower portion o~ the holster substrate lO is fixed by engaging the cord 19 to a belt of trousers. However, this embodiment shows an example in which a belt passage l9a is attached to the rear face at the lower portion of the holster substrate lO, through which a belt of trousers is passecl and fixed.
Usually, a guard baton 1 (a straight expansion and contraction type guard baton without cross handle is illustrated in the drawing but-it may be a guard baton wi~h cross handle) i5 held at a carry position while turned upside down with the top end of the guard main body being passed through a ring-shaped cylindrical member 12 and with the hilt being supported by the receiving pot-like engaging means 13 (shown by the solid line) In a case of :i z~
drawing the guard baton 1, a user displaces the engagement between the end of the hilt 2 and the engaging means 13 by slightly displacing the guard baton upward by gripping the hilt 2 and pulls up the hilt 2. This rotates the ring-shaped cylindrical member 12, b~ which the guard baton 1 approache~ its horizontal state as shown by the dotted chain and can be drawn easily.
This convenient rotational holster is extremely simple in the structure, reduced in the cost and has a merit that is can be used in common with the expansion and contraction type guard baton or no-expansion and the contraction type guard baton. The cylindrical hols-ter member 12 used in the present invention is not restricted only to the fore-going embodiments but various modifications are possible, for example, by providing a belt p,assage on.the rear face, retaining the a retaining strap at the outer sur~ace of the cylindrical holster member 12, attaching a retainer ?
that covers the handgun or the guard baton entirely, or covering only a portion of the guard baton or handgun while leaving the grip or the top end being exposed as it is.
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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The foregoing obJect of the present invention can be attained by a holster comprisin~ a holster substrate, a cy]indrical holster member rotatably pivoted along the surface of the holster substrate and an engaging means -for retaining the cylindrical holster member in a state to be carried about.
In a preferred embodiment, the engaging means may comprise a clipping means bent substantially in a U-shaped configuration and attached on the holster substrate in an elastically openable manner.
In another preferred embodiment> the engagin~ means may comprise one of engaging members disposed to the cylin-drical holster member and the other of engaging members disposed to the holster substrate so as to be elastically engageable wlth one o-f the engaging members.
In a further preferred embodiment, the engaging means `
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may comprise a rest member, attached on a holster substrate, and having a corrugated shape comprising a recess on which the cylindrical holster member is placed and protrusions disposed in contiguous with the both sldes of the recess.
In a further pref'erred embodiment, the engaging mearls may comprise a pair of permanent magnets or a pair of` a permanent magnet and an iron piece disposed respecti~ely to opposed surfaces in the holster substrate and the cylindrical holster member.
In a ~urther preferred embodiment, the engaging means may comprise a stud of such a transversal cross sectional shape as having different length for the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis and an opening through which the stud is inserted and which has a long hole with a width somewhat greater than that of the shorter axis of the stud and a circular hole of a diameter somewhat longer than the length of the longer axis of the stud and formed in COI~
guous with one end of the long hole.
In a further preferred embodiment, the engaging means may comprise a through hole formed in the holster substrate at a distance from the attaching position for the rotatio-nal shaft and a stud engaging the through hole.
In a further preferred embodiment, the through hole may be an arcuate groove with the rotational shaft as the center or a plurality of holes formed independent of each 7~
other at a circumferential distance on a circle with the rotational sha~t as the center.
In a -further preferred embodiment, the cylindrical holster member may be a rin~ and the en~aging means may be in the shape o-f a receiving pot. Upon use, a guard baton with crosshandle or a handgun is carr.ied about being inserted into the cylindrical holster member suspended under a user's arm. When the user draws the guard baton with crosshandle or the handgun -from the cylindrical holster member, he (or she) grips the crosshandle or the butt of the gun, rotates ~he cylindrical holster member around the sha~t, directs the insertion port to an opponent and, simultaneously, draws the guard baton main body or the barrel -from the cylindrical holster member to level the top o~ the baton or the gun at the opponent. That is, there is no require-ment ~or drawin~ the guard baton main body or the gun barrel.
by pulling it vertically upward and it is possible to draw it from a position rotated in accordance with the opponent's attitude or position and direct it instantaneously to the opponent. Accordingly, the user can cope with imminent danger rapidly without any loss o-f time.
The cylindrical holster member is usually pivoted on the holster substrate such that the insertion port usually opens downward and, ~re-ferably, the cylindrical holster member is pivoted on the holster substrate such that the ~3~
insertion port thereo-f usually opens downward and forward.
In this way, when the cylindrical hol.ster member is pivoted on the holster substrate such that the insertion port thereo-f usually opens downward and forward, since the crosshandle and the hilt at the end o-~ the baton n~ain body, even if somewhat longer, are held in such an angular at-titu~e that both of them are included within the thickness o-f the user's body, the ~uard baton can be carried about without being noticed at all and, in particular, maintained in a state convenient to draw it by gripping the crosshandle~
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWIN~S
Fig. 1 is an entire perspective view of an expansion and contraction type guard baton wlth crosshandle;
Fig. 2 is a perspective view o-f a rotational holster for carrying about a guard baton with crosshandle shown in Fi~. 1 while being suspended from a shoulder under user's le-ft arm;
Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view -for the rotational supporting structure of a cylindrical holster member taken along lines 3-3 in Fig. ~;
Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating an example of an engaging means for.retaining the cylindrical holster member in a state to carry about;
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a cylindrical holster member;
Fig. 6 is side elevational view illustrating a state of containing a guard baton with crosshandle in a rotatio-nal holster, with a suspending strap being not shown;
Fig. 7 is a side elevational view for illustrating the operation of the holster shown in Fig. 6;
Fig. 8 shows a side elevational view of another embodi-ment of the rotational hols-ter;
Fig. 9 is a perspective view illustrating a further embodiment o-f the engaging means;
Fig. 10 is a perspective view illustrating a further embodiment o~ the engaging means;
Fig. 11 is a perspective view illustrating a further embodiment of the engaging means;
Fig. 12 is a perspective view illustrating a further embodiment of the engaging means;
Fi~. 13 is a perspective view illustrating a further embodiment of the engaging means;
Fig. 14 is a perspective view illustrating a ~urther embodiment of the engaging means;
Fig. 15 is a plan view partially in cross section illustrating a further embodiment of the engagement means;
Fig. 16 is a perspective view illustrating a further embodiment of the engaging means;
Fig. 17 is a cross sectional view illustrating a further embodiment of the engaglng means;
Fig. 18 is a view illustrating a portion of a fur-ther embodiment of the engaging means;
Fig. 19 is a perspective view of a rotational holster illustrating a further embodiment of the engaging means;
Fig. 20 is an enlarged exploded perspective view illustrating a portion of the enga~ing means in Fig. 19;
Fig. 21 is a perspective view for explaining the operation of the shoulder suspended rotational holster shown in Fig. 20;
Fig. 22 is an entire perspective view for the embodi-ment of a shoulder suspended rotational double holster according to the present invention;
Fig. 23 is an enlarged cross sectional view for the engaging means taken along lines 21-21 in Fig. 22;
Fig. 24 is a view for explaining the operation of the shoulder suspended rotational holster according to the present invention;
Fig. 25 is a perspective view for another embodiment of the holster substrate in the shoulder suspended rota-tional holster;
; Fig. 26 is a perspective view for a portion of a further embodiment of the shoulder suspended rotational holster;
Fig. 27 is a perspective view for a portion of a : .,, ~ . . , :
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further embodiment of the shoulder suspended rotational holster; and Fig. 28 is a perspective view for a portion of a further embodiment of the shoulder suspended rotational holster.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
In Fig. 1, a baton main body lA of a guard baton 1 with crosshandle comprises a plurality (three) of cylin-drical members each of different diameter, that is, an outer cylinde:r 5, an intermediate cylinder 6 and an inner cylinder 7 combined in an expansible and contractible fashion. A solid line indicates a contracted state, which is extended as shown by a dotted chain into a length L.
The baton main body lA has a crosshandle 3 o* such a length that can be gripped by one hand, ~ranched in perpendicular from the baton main body lA at a position displaced from the longitudinal center to one sicle of the baton main body lA, that is, at a position nearer to a gripping hilt 2 disposed to one end of the baton main body 1.
A user grips the crosshandle 3 and can conduct power-ful striking by rotating the baton main body lA around the crosshandle as an axis by the operation of an arm or wrist or thrusting the baton main body straight forward to sweep off opponent's attack.
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The rotational holster H of the embodlment shown in Fig. 2 comprises a holster substrate 10 made of a leather synthetic leather or the like, a cylindrical holster Illemt)er (hereinafter sometimes referred to simply as a cylindricaL
member) 12 pivoted rotatably by means of a shaft 11 along a substrate surface lOa of the holster substrate 10 and an engaging means 13 for retaining the cylindrical member 12 o-f the guard baton with crosshandle in a state to be carried about shown in Fig. 6.
As shown in Fig. 2, the holster substrate 10 has a substantlally Y-shaped configuration, which has attaching holes 14 disposed in an upper portion for attaching U-shaped suspending shoulder passage 15i an attaching hole 16 dis-posed in a middle portion for attaching a supporting crossing cord 17 and an attachin~ hole 18 disposed in a lower portion for attaching and a waist engaging cord 19 respectively, so that the holster can be secured in a close contact with the side of a user's body under his left arm.
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As shown in Fi~. 3, the shaft 11 comprises a bolt 22 inserted from the rear side of the holster substrate 10 through a shaft hole 21 per-forated therein, protruded from the substrate surface lOa, inserted by way of a spacer 23 made of plastlc or metal into a shaft hole 24 perforated through a stitched portion of the cylindrical member 12 and :
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screw-coupled wi-th a nut 25. The nut 25 may be replaced wlth a retainer ring -for antislip off or a caulking struc-ture may be disposed to the top end of the bolt 22. Further, washers 26 made of plastic or metal may be mounted -for reinforcement in the shaft holes 21, 24 as shown in the figure. The spacer 23 is not always necessary.
Fig. 5 shows the cylindrical member 12 which contains the guard baton 1 with cross handle in a contracted state as can be seen from Fig. 6. For instance, it is made of leather or synthetic leather cut into a predetermined shape, folded and then stitched at a bottom and side edges. An insertion port 12a is defined at one end ~upper end in Fig. 5) and a retaining strap 12b is disposed ~or retaining the inserted guard baton l with cross handle from slipping off.
The retaining strap 12b is formed by obliquely exten-ding the surface of the cylindrical member 12 in a shape of a tongue above the insertion port 12a and bending it into a U-shaped con~iguration in Fig. 5. A male side 12d of a retaining button as an engaging means 12c is attached to the outer surface at the top end thereof. On the other hand, an engagement releasing portion 12f is formed in the shape o~ a tongue on the rear side of the cylindrical member 12 (the surface opposed to the holster substrate 10) by obliquely extending a portion from the insertion port 12a ~@`~7~
while being opposed to the retaining strap l2b. A -female side 12e of the button is attached to the lnner surface at the base end of the en~agement releasing portion 12f.
In this way, the retaining strap 12b bridges over tlle insertion port 12a of the cylindrical member 12, so that the male side 12b of the button at the end and the female side 12e at the inner surface on the other side are engaged detachably.
As shown in Fig. 2, the cylindrical member 12 of this embodiment is attached being turned upside down to the holster substrate 10. As shown in Fig. 2, the insertion port 12a o-~ the cylindrical member 12 is supported by the engaging means 13 such that it opens downward while slightly dlrecting forward (leftward in the drawing).
In this embodiment, the engaging means 13 comprises, as shown in Fig. 4, an elastically openable leaf spring which is bent into a substantially U-shaped configuration, restricted at an opening 13a and somewhat warped at free ends 13b, in which an attaching holes 13c are disposed to a flat attaching surface. As shown in Fig. 2, the leaf spring 13 is screw-set on the substrate surface lOa of the holster substrate at a posi*ion spaced apart below the shaft 11 such that the opening 13a is directed forw rd and formed as a clipping member ~or resiliently clipping to fix a body portion of the cylindrical member 12 relative .
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Description will then be made to the operation of the holster.
When ~he holster is carried about, the cylindrical member 12 of the holster in this embodimen-t is pivoted to the substrate surface lOa of the holster substrate by means o~ the shaft 11 rota-tably forward and backward with the insertion portion 12a bein~ downward and secured at its body portion by being clipped with the leaf spring 13 as the engaging means. The guard baton 1 with cross l~al~d:le is carried about as shown in Fig. 6, while being inserted with a hilt 2 downward and a crosshandle 3 forward as shown in Fig. 6 (in the case of a handgun, it may be inserted with the butt being forward into the cylindrical member 12 which is pivoted with the insertion port 12a being upward). The cylindrical member 12 is resiliently urged to the substrats lOa by the leaf spring 13 and, accordingly, the crosshandle 3 of the guard baton 1 is put into close contact stably on the side of a body under a left arm.
Further, since the insertion port 12a of the cylin-drical member 12 is held obliquely by the engaging means 13 so that it always opens downward and -forward in the carried state, the length o-f the cross handle, even if it is large, is contained within the thickness of a user's `
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body and does not cause a profile of a Jacket to protrude.
Accordingly, the holster can be carried about under the jacket without being noticed and the user can run at full speed with no requirement for retaining sway by his hand.
When the guard baton 1 is drawn. the user moves his right hand below the crosshandle 3 and exerts a force in the direction shown by an arrow Y1 in Fig. 6 to the cross-.. handle 3. Then, the cylindrical member 12 starts to rotate forward by the moment around the shaft 11, urges to open the opening 13a of the leaf spring 13 and leaves.the retained carried. Further, the user keeps the upward movement of his right hand and, while rotating the cylin-drical member 12 forward as shown by an arrow Y2 in Fig. 7, urges an engagement releasing portion 12f of the cylindr-ical member 12 b~ a palm toward the side of the body by turnin~
his wrist inward and réleases the engagement of the button as the engaging means 12c for the retain~ng ~rap 12b.
After appropriate rotat~on, he draws out the baton main body lA from the cylindrical member 12 and thrusts to extend the intermediate cylinder 6 and the inner cylinder 7 from the outer cylinder 5 while directing the baton to an opponent b~ the centrifugal -.~orce caused by the rotation of the baton main body lA around the gripped cross handle 3 as the axis. The æ~eed control and the sudden stop for the rotation of the baton main body lA can be made depen-ding on the degree of the gr~pping -force applied to the crosshandle 3. The drawing can be conducted in a moment as a series of operations. Since there is no requirement of two step operations as in the usual case of drawing the guard baton main bod~ upward of the cylindrical member by gripping the crosshandle and, subsequently, thrusting it to the opponent, the user can cop with eminent danger at a good timing rapidly.
Fig. 8 shows another embodiment in which the cylin-drical member 12 is attached to a holster substrate 1~ with the insertion port 12a being upward (reversed suspension).
In this case, the leaf spring 13 is attached such that the opening 13a direct backward (toward the back). Further, the shaft 11 supports the cylindrical member 12 at a position nearer to the insertion port 12a than the lea-f spring 13. The guard baton 1 is inserted from above the cylindrical member 12 such that the crosshandle 3 is direcked backward.
When the guard baton 1 is drawn, the user moves his right hand of beneath the left arm, grips the crosshandle 3 so as to cover from the outside (rearside of the upper arm), exerts a forcs in the direction of an arrow Y3 to make the crosshandle into a vertical status and then rotates the cylindrical member 12 around the shaf't 11 as 37~L
shown by a an arrow Y4 into a horizontal state.
Fig. 9 shows a further embodiment of the engaging means 13 comprising a lea-f spring bent into a U-shaped configuration. The lea~ spring comprises a rotatable roller 32 at a free end 13 of an opening 13a. This embo-diment has a merit that the cylindrical member 12 can be inserted and detached smoothly even i-~ the resiliency o~
the leaf spring is strong.
Fig. 10 shows a further embodiment of the engaging means 13.
In this embodiment, a leaf spring as a clipped member 33 is attached as one o~ engaging members to a side edge o-f a cylindrical member 12a, and a resilient clipping tool 34, for example, known as a paper clip is attached by being fixed with a screw B2 as the other o~ engaging members on the side of the holster substrate 10.
Fig. 10 shows a further embodiment of the engaging means 13.
When the cylindrical member 12 is held in a carried state, the resilient clipper 34 is opened by a hand to put the clipped member 33 therebetween. When the guard baton 1 is drawn, engagement between the members 33 and 34 is auto-matically released by the moment acting on the cylindrical member 12. This embodiment has a merit capable o~ providing the engaging means at a reduced cost by utilizing a commer-2~7a~
cially available article for the resilient clipper 34.
Fig. 11 also shows a -~urther embodiment of the enga-ging means 13.
In this embodiment, an engaged member 36 comprising a lea~ spring having an upturned end is disposed and an engaging member 37 comprising a lea~ spring having a downturned end is disposed as the other of the engaging members to the holster substrate 10, in which ends of both of them hook to each other to attain engagement.
Fig. 12 shows a further embodiment of the engaging means 13 comprising an elastically openable lea-f spring 38 formed by bending into a substantially U-shaped configura-tion like that shown in Fig. 4 as a clipper and a short bar member 39 having a bulged head as a clipped member.
The bar member 39 is secured by means of an attaching metal 39a to the cylindrical member 12. The position ~or attaching the member 39 is not restricted only to the illustrated top end of the cylinclrical member 12.
The engaging means 13 shown in Fig. 13 can be made at a reduced cost by merely bending a wire material, in which two stems and two holdin~ pieces are opposed to each other, which are entirely attached to the substrate surface lOa o-f the holster substrate by screw-setting two attaching rings formed at the top end of the stems and the cylindri-cal member 12 is elastically put between the stems and the 2~
holding pieces.
The engaging means 13 shown in Fig. 14 is also formed at a reduced cost also by bending a wire material in which the stems are not opposed to the holding pieces. Accordingly, the cylindrical member of the holster is put between the holster substrate and the holding pieces.
The engaging means 13 shown in Fig. 15 comprises a rest member in which a leaf spring is formed into a corru-gated shape and attached to a holster substrate lOa by way of screws B3. The rest member comprises a recess 40 -for placing a cylindrical member 12 and protrusions 41 in contiguous with both sides of the recess 40. When the holster is carried, the cylindrical member 12 is held by being urged to the recess 40 by the pressing force o~ the sha-et 11 against the resiliency o~ the engaging means 13.
When the guard baton 1 is drawn, a user rotates the cross handle around a shaft that pivotally sports the cylin-drical member 12. Then, the end of the cylindrical member 12 urges the engaging means 13 downward and moves in the directlon of an arrow Y5 ~backward direction) while over-riding the protrusions 41 to be released ~rom the retain-ment. With this engaging means 13 9 the end of the cylin-drical member 12 can move overriding the protrusions 41 in the dlrection of an arrow Y6 (~orward direction) and, accordingly, the cylindrical member 12 can be rotated ~7~
around the shaft 11 in the direction opposite -to tha~
described above.
The engaging means shown in Fig. 16 comprises a corrugated res-t made o-f a wire material, which has substan-tially the same constitution as that shown in Fig. 15.
That is, the corrugated rest member shown in Fig. 15 can be ~ormed at a reduced cost by a wire member and one or both ends thereof may be secured by means of screws B3 to the holster substrate 10.
The engaging means shown in Fig. 17 comprises a corrugated rest member made of a plastic material, in which the protrusion 41 A on one side is made higher to constitute a stopper.
Fig. 18 shows a further embodiment using magnets as the engaging means 13.
A permanent magnet 52 is attached by way of an atta-chlng plate 51 to a holster substrate lO, while a permanent magnet 54 is attached on the side o~ a cylindrical member 12 by way of an attaching plate 53 at a corresponding posi-tion opposing thereto. One of the magnets 52 and 54 may be replaced with an iron piece. The cylindrical member 12 is held at a carried state by the attraction force of the magnet. Also ln this embodiment, the cylindrical member 12 can be rotated both in the forward and the backward directions of a user's body.
The engaging means 13 shown in Fig. 19 through Fig. 21 is, different from the embodiments described previously, in which a sha-ft pivotally supporting a cylindrical member constitutes a portion of the engaging means. As shown in Fig. 20, a stud llA has a transverse cross section of not a circular but a rectangular shape in which opposing sides thereof are chamfered into a lateral width W1 (length for a shorter axis~ and a longitudinal width L1 greater than that llength ~or a longer axis).
The stud llA has a threaded aperture 42 and is secured to an attaching plate 43 and then attached by means of bolts B4 to a holster substrate 14 (refer to Fig. 21). On the contrary, a long hole 44 with a width W2 somewhat greater than the lateral width W1 of the stud 11 A and a circular hole 45 in contiguous with the lower end of the hole 44 are formed to a side edge of a cylindrical member 1~. The diameter W3 for the circular hole 45 is somewhat longer than the longitudinal length L1 o-f the shaft stud llA. The peripheral edge of an opening 46 comprising the long hole 44 and the circular hole 45 is reinforced by attaching a reinforcing plate 47 having a similar opening 46 to the side edge o~' the cylindrical member 12. The cylindrical member 12 may be mounted to the holster sub-strate 10 by inserting the stud llA through the openin~ 46 o-f the cylindrical member 12 and, subsequently, a disk-. .
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shaped anti-slip off head 48 by means of a screw 49 to the head of the stud llA.
In this embodiment, the cylindrical member 12 is attached to the holster substrate 10 with the insertion port 12A being downward, and the guard baton 1 i9 carried about being inserted from below.
When it is carried, the cylindrical member 12 lowers downward by its own weight, and the stud llA engages the long hole 44 of the opening 46 in the cylindrical member 12 to prevent the cylindrical member 12 from swaying forward and backward, thereby causing the guard baton 1 to be in close contact with the side of the user's body.
When the guard baton is drawn, a user moves his rlght hand from below the crosshandle 3 and applies an upward force.
This rises the cylindrical member :L2 somewhat as shown by an arrow Y8 in Fig. 19, by which the stud llA situates at the circular hole 45 of the opening 46, enabling the rota-tion of the cylindrical member 12. When the cylindrical member 12 rotates around the stud ll.A into a s~ate shown in Fig. 21, the user turns his gripping hand on the cross-handle 3 and thrusts out the guard baton 1 forward while drawing it from the cylindrical member 12. The foregoing rotating and drawing operations can be conducted in a moment and he can easil~ cope with eminent danger. Also with the engaging means 13, the cylindrical member 12 can 7~
be rotated both in the forward and backward directions.
Alternatively, the stud llA may be attached on the side of the cylindrical member 12, whlle the opening 46 may be disposed on the side o~ the holster substrate 10.
Descriptions have been made to each of the -foregoing embodiments with respect to a rotational holster for a guard baton with cross handle but the present invention can be applied also to a handgun holster in the same manner.
As has been described above, since the shoulder sus-pended rotational holster according to the presen-t inven-tion comprises a holster substrate 10, a cylindrical member 12 of a holster pivoted rotatably along the surface of the holster substrate and an engaging means 13 for retaining the cylindrical member 12 of the holster at a carried position, when a user draws a Kuard baton with cross handle or a handgun from the cylindrical member 12 suspended under his arm, he can rotate the cylindrical member 12 around a shaft by gripping the crosshandle or a butt o~ the gun and levels the insertion port at an opponent and can draw the baton main body or a gun barrel from the cYlindrical member 12 and, as a result, he can cope with opponent's attack rapidly in accordance with the opponent's attitude or position without momentary loss time.
Particularly, the guard baton with cross handle or ~2~'7~
the handgun to be carried about can be held stably under an arm -firmly and, among all, in a case Or carrying about a guard baton with cross handle, it can be held advan~a-geously at such an attitude that a portion of the cross handle or the rod member does not cause a jacket to pro-trude outward. In a shoulder suspended rotational holster H shown in Fig. 22, two right and left holsters are carried by a crossing shoulder cord 17 having a structure also serving as a shoulder passage for a double suspending holster.
The holster substrate 10 ls formed with the same material as that in the embodiment described above and a bullet proof function can be pro~ided by using a composite material, for example, prepared by mixing aramide fibers with polycarbonate as required.
In this embodiment, a shoulder strap 17 connecting right and left holsters connects both of the holsters by crossing them by way of a center belt passage 17a to con-stitute a set of rotational holsters H. Each of holster substrates 10 is secured while being in close contact with the side of a body on right or left arm respectively by putting a center belt passage 17a at the back, passing a shoulder into a ring constituted with a right or left shoulder strap 17, and hooking a hooking cord 19 to a belt of a trousers. In Fig. 22, a recessed groove lOd in the - 2~ -2C~'7~L~
upper portion of a left side holster substrate 10 (right holster upon putting) is utilized -for hooking and holding a handcu~f or like other article to be carried. Further, a plurality o-f small holes lOh formed in the le-ft hols~er substrate 10 are air bent holes for improving the close contact to a side of the body or heat dissipation.
The shoulder strap 17 may be made of usual material such as leather, cloth or synthetic resin and, when a shrinkable material such as a rubber belt is used, it becomes more convenient to use such as the rotating holster H can be put more closely with the body and gives less wear even after putting over a long period of time. The easy of use can be further improved by attaching a shoulder pat of soi't material. Further, the shoulder strap 17 or the engaging cord 19 may be attached not only by stitching or riveting but also in a detachable manner, ~or example, by usin~ a so-called magic fa~tener having a structure of engagement using a plurality o~ elastic hooks, a one-touch plug-in type engaging part or the like. Further, engage-ment between the lower portion o~ the holster substrate 10 and the belt of a trousers is not restricted only to t~le illustrated hook but insertion of a belt through a suspen-ding cord in the form of a ring or various other systems may be used.
The engaging means 13 in this embodiment, comprises a 2~7~
through hole 13a formed in a holster substrate 10 spaced apart from a position for a shaft hole 21 of a rotating shaft 11 and a shaft 13b engaging the through hole 13a.
In this embodiment, the through hole 13a is formed as an arcuate guide groove with the shaft hole 21 as the center, and the state in which the shaft 13b is engaged to the lower end of the guide groove is defined as a carrying position of the cylindrical member 12 cf the holster.
Fig. 23 shows an embodiment of a structure for an engaging means wholly indicated by 13.
In this embodiment, a nut 13b1of a shaft 13b is inserted from the rear side of a holster substrate 10 through a through hole 13a and slightly protrudes from a substrate sur-~ace lOa, while a cylindrical holster 12 is placed by way of a spacer 28 made of plastic or metal, and a male thread 13b2 inserted through a shaft hole 29 per-forated ir~ a stitched portion of the cylindrical holster member 12 is screwed into the nut 13b1. The nut 13b1 may be replaced with a retainer ring structure or a caulking structure. Further, although not illustrated, a short pipe made of metal or plastic may be engaged loosely to either of the nu* 13b1 or the male thread 13b2 to constitute a rotational roller, by which rotation of the cylindrical member 12 is made extremely smooth.
Description will be made to the operation of the enga-2~7~37~
ging means 13 having the structure.
The cylindrical member 12 of this embodiment, like that the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 2, is pivoted rotatab:Ly by the rotational shaft 11 along a subs~rate surface lOa o~ the holster substrate with the insertion port 12a being downward upon carriage and, usually, it is held at an inclined attitude by the engaging means 13. As shown in Fig. 24, a guard baton 1 with cross handle is carried about with the hilt 2 being downward and the cross handle 3 being inserted forward. The cylindrical mernber 12 is pulled to the substrate sur~ace lOa of the holster substrate by way of the sha~t 13b o~ the engaging means 13 and, accordingly, the crosshandle 3 of the guard baton 1 contalned in the holster is put into a close contact with the side of a body under a left arm. Accordingly, when the guard baton is put under a jac!ket, it can be carried about without being noticed and a user can run at a full speed with no requirement of preventing sway by a hand.
For easy drawing, the cylindrical holster mem~er 12 may be attached to the holster substrate 10 under the left arm in a case of a right-handed user and, on the contrary, under the right arm in the case of a left-handed user.
When holster substrates 10 are provided on both right and left sides as in this embodiment, the user can optionally select them depending on the way o-f use, the holsters may ;~7~
be disposed to the holster substrates on both sides as a double-holster type, or the cylindrical member 12 is attached to one of the holster substrates 10, while a handcuff, a wireless equipment or a pocket light may be attached to the other of the holster substrates 10 and, furth~r, both sides can be protected by the holster sub-strates against the opponent's attack.
It has been described for the engaging means 13 of the embodiments described above in which the circular through hole 13a is ~ormed as the guide groove, and the sha~t 13b is movably engaged thereto, so that the cylin-drical member 12 is rotated being guided by the engaging means 13 upon drawing a guard baton. However, the present invention is not restricted only thereto but usual bolt and nut may be used for the shaft 13b, passed through an arcuate through hole 13a and secured by clamping at a position that the cylindrical member 12 has an appropriate angle and drawing is also conducted from the angular position.
Fig. 25 illustrates a further embodiment of the holster substrate 10.
The holster substrate 10 is made more compact and reduced in the weight as compared with the previous embo-diment, in which the outer shape is made smaller and two circular through holes 13a as the guide groove are disposed - , in a left-to-right symmetry and, further, a plurality of independent circular through holes 13b are disposed. The holster substrate 10 of the reduced weight can be optionally attached either to the le-ft or the right side depending on the user's convenience and can be used selectively either as the rotational type or as the fixed type described above.
Further, through hole 13a may be used in either of an arcuate or circulate shape.
Fig. 26 shows an embodiment in which a cylindrical member 12 for a handgun is attached to a holster substrate 10 having an arcuate guide groove as a through hole 13a Oe an engaging means 13.
A rotational shaft 11 is attached to the rear side of a cylindrical member 12 and engaged to a shaft hole 21 (not illustrated) disposed to the holster substrate 10 like that shown in Fig. 4. Further, a shaft 13b of the engaging means 13 is also attached to the rear face of the cylindrical member 12 and movably engaged to an arcuate through hole 13a like that shown in Fig. 5. This embodi-ment is identical with the case of the cylindrical member 12 for the guard baton shown in Fig. 24, in which a butt 102 is carried about being held in the cylindrical member 12 with the butt 102 being downwarded obliquely and the gun is drawn by upwardly rotating the butt 102.
On the contrary, Fig. 27 shows an embodiment in which .
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a cylindrical member 12 for a handgun is attached to a holster substrate 10 with the opening lOa thereof` being directed upward. In this embodiment, the positional rela-tionship between the rotational shaft 11 and the arcuate through hole 13a in the engaging means 13 is different from that described above. The handgun is carried about being contained such that the butt 102 being upwarded.
For suspending the rotational holster of this type, for example, from a left side and drawing the handgun by the right hand, the cylindrical member 12 is rotated counter-clockwise (the butt 102 is downwarded) in Fig. 27 opposite to the case described above.
Also for the rotational holster o-f a guard baton, the holster can be attached to the holster substrate 10 by directing the openin~ 12a of the cylindrical member 12 upward by properly changing the position between the arcuate through hole 13a and the rotational shaft 11 in the engaging means 13. In this case, the guide baton 1 with crosshand]e is contained iIl the cylindrical member 12 and carried about such that the crosshandle 3 is directed toward the back.
When it is drawn, the cylindrical member 12 is rotated counterclockwise around the rotational shaft 11 as the center (~hat is, the crosshandle at the back is rotated forward3.
Fig. 28 shows a convenient type rotational holster 2 C!7~7~
for a guard baton. A cylindrical member 12 is made in the -form of a ring (not restricted only to a closed ring shown in the drawing but may be an open-ring having a slit-like opening), which is attached rotatablJ by way o-~ a rotational sha~t 11 inserted through a holster substrate lO. Further, an engaging means 13 is attached at a position below the cylindrical member 12. In this case, the engaging means 13 is constltuted as a receiving pot for receiving the elld of the hilt o-f the guard baton and holding it at a position to be carried about, in which the front part is made less deep than the rear part for easier drawing. In each of the foregoing embodiments, the lower portion o~ the holster substrate lO is fixed by engaging the cord 19 to a belt of trousers. However, this embodiment shows an example in which a belt passage l9a is attached to the rear face at the lower portion of the holster substrate lO, through which a belt of trousers is passecl and fixed.
Usually, a guard baton 1 (a straight expansion and contraction type guard baton without cross handle is illustrated in the drawing but-it may be a guard baton wi~h cross handle) i5 held at a carry position while turned upside down with the top end of the guard main body being passed through a ring-shaped cylindrical member 12 and with the hilt being supported by the receiving pot-like engaging means 13 (shown by the solid line) In a case of :i z~
drawing the guard baton 1, a user displaces the engagement between the end of the hilt 2 and the engaging means 13 by slightly displacing the guard baton upward by gripping the hilt 2 and pulls up the hilt 2. This rotates the ring-shaped cylindrical member 12, b~ which the guard baton 1 approache~ its horizontal state as shown by the dotted chain and can be drawn easily.
This convenient rotational holster is extremely simple in the structure, reduced in the cost and has a merit that is can be used in common with the expansion and contraction type guard baton or no-expansion and the contraction type guard baton. The cylindrical hols-ter member 12 used in the present invention is not restricted only to the fore-going embodiments but various modifications are possible, for example, by providing a belt p,assage on.the rear face, retaining the a retaining strap at the outer sur~ace of the cylindrical holster member 12, attaching a retainer ?
that covers the handgun or the guard baton entirely, or covering only a portion of the guard baton or handgun while leaving the grip or the top end being exposed as it is.
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Claims (10)
1. A rotational holster comprising a holster substrate, a cylindrical holster member rotatably pivoted along a surface of the holster substrate and an engaging means for retaining said cylindrical holster member at a position to be carried about.
2. A rotational holster as defined in claim 1, wherein the engaging means comprises a clipping member which is bent substantially into a U-shaped configuration and attached on the holster substrate in an elastically openable manner.
3. A rotational holster as defined in claim 1, wherein the engaging means comprises a first engaging member dis-posed to the cylindrical holster member and a second engaging member disposed on the holster substrate so as to be elastically engageable with said first engaging member.
4. A rotational holster as defined in claim 1, wherein the engaging means comprises a rest member attached on a holster substrate and having a corrugated shape comprising a recess on which a cylindrical holster member is placed and protrusions in contiguous with both said of the recess.
5. A rotational holster as defined in claim 1, wherein the engaging means comprises a pair of permanent magnets or a pair of a permanent magnet and an iron piece attached respectively to the surfaces opposed to each other upon carriage of the holster substrate and the cylindrical holster member.
6. A rotational holster as defined in claim 1, wherein the engaging means comprises a stud member having such a cross sectional shape that the length of a vertical axis is different from that of a lateral axis and an opening through which said stud member is inserted, said opening having a long hole with a width somewhat greater than the length of the short axis of said stud member and a circular hole in contiguous with one end of the long hole and having a diameter somewhat greater than the length of the longer axis of said stud member.
7. A rotational holster as defined in claim 1, wherein the engaging means comprises a through hole formed to the holster substrate at a distance from the attaching position for the rotational shaft and a stud engaging said through hole.
8. A rotational holster as defined in claim 1, wherein the engaging means comprises a through hole formed to the holster substrate at a distance from the attaching position for the rotational shaft and a stud engaging said through hole, in which said through hole is an arcuate groove with the rotational shaft being as the center.
9. A rotational holster as defined in claim 2, wherein the engaging means comprises a through hole formed to the holster substrate at a distance from the attaching position for the rotational shaft and a stud engaging said through hole, in which said through hole comprises a plurality of holes formed independent of each other at a circumferential interval on a circle with the rotational shaft being as the center.
10. A rotational holster as defined in claim 1, wherein the cylindrical holster member has a ring-shaped configura-tion and the engaging means is in the form of a receiving pot.
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