US 11,747,107 B2
Overmolded / through-molded holster
Eric M. Yeates, Virginia Beach, VA (US)
Assigned to Sentry Solutions Products Group LLC, Virginia Beach, VA (US)
Appl. No. 16/462,308
Filed by Sentry Solutions Products Group LLC, Virginia Beach, VA (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 26, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/024320
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 20, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/183183, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 4, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/476,836, filed on Mar. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0011637 A1, Jan. 9, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F41C 33/02 (2006.01)
CPC F41C 33/0245 (2013.01) [F41C 33/0236 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An overmolded/through-molded holster, comprising:
a holster body, wherein said holster body extends from an open top portion to a bottom portion, and wherein one or more wall portions define an at least partial holster cavity of said holster body;
a plurality of overmold apertures formed through one or more of said one or more wall portions; and
an overmolding material molded atop at least a portion of an exterior surface of said holster body as an additional layer of material molded atop said portion of said exterior surface of said holster body, wherein an integrally formed portion of said overmolding material extends through at least a portion of each of said plurality of overmold apertures, such that a portion of said overmolding material extends through at least a portion of each of said plurality of overmold apertures to form a plurality of respective through-body protrusions to anchor or tether a portion of said overmolding material to said holster body, and wherein said through-body protrusion extends beyond at least a portion of a respective one of said plurality of overmold apertures and into said at least partial holster cavity.