US 12,078,450 B2
Holster tensioner device
Matthew E. McKendrick, Jacksonville, FL (US); and Robert DeRenzo, Saint Johns, FL (US)
Assigned to Safariland, LLC, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed by Safariland, LLC, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/104,901.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/357,324, filed on Jun. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/354,127, filed on Jun. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/320,424, filed on Mar. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0296350 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. F41C 33/02 (2006.01)
CPC F41C 33/0263 (2013.01) [F41C 33/0236 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A holster for a handgun assembly, the holster including:
a holster body having a chamber for receiving the handgun assembly; and
a tensioner mounted on the holster body in a position to be engaged by the handgun assembly in the chamber, the tensioner being operable to apply a resilient biasing force to the handgun assembly in the chamber;
the tensioner including a tensioner body that is engaged and deformed by the handgun assembly, and a spring for resisting and controlling deformation of the tensioner body.