Band Holster Clasp Layout for Single-Motion Quick Draw
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional belt holsters require multiple actions to retrieve a handgun, delaying access in emergency situations, and often fail to ensure handgun stability and adapt to individual preferences, with accommodating holsters risking detachment during draws.
Innovation Solution
A band holster design featuring a clasp mechanism that allows single-hand operation for quick draw, ensuring handgun stability by spacing it from magazines and allowing customizable pouches for secure storage and easy access to items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional belt holster uses a button clip with perpendicular clipping direction, then the holster provides secure retention, but the retrieval operation becomes complex and time-consuming requiring multiple hand actions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional button clip design by positioning the clasp means at the bottom of the holster pocket rather than the top, and orienting the clipping direction horizontally along the bottom edge rather than vertically. This inversion allows the handgun to be drawn upward while simultaneously disengaging the clasp, transforming a complex multi-step retrieval into a single fluid motion that maintains secure retention during normal use while enabling rapid access during emergencies
2Ease of operation
If the clasp means is positioned at the bottom of the holster pocket, then the handgun can be drawn in a single motion, but the clasp mechanism becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the clasp mechanism components (clasp body, clasp arm, and release mechanism) into an integrated assembly positioned at the bottom of the holster pocket. This merged design allows the upward drawing motion of the handgun to directly engage the release mechanism, eliminating the need for separate manual manipulation of clasp components and enabling single-hand retrieval while keeping the overall mechanism compact and manageable
3Stability of the object's composition
If the holster pocket is designed for secure handgun storage, then stability is maintained, but access time increases during emergency situations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs preliminary action by pre-positioning the clasp means at the bottom of the holster pocket and designing the pocket opening to facilitate upward drawing motion. This preliminary configuration ensures that when the user needs rapid access, the handgun can be drawn in a single natural motion without requiring preliminary manual manipulation of fasteners or repositioning of components, thus maintaining storage stability during normal conditions while minimizing retrieval time during emergencies
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AI summary
A band holster includes a band body and a holding assembly connected to the band body for holding an accommodating holster, wherein the holding assembly includes a holding piece which is capable of retaining a hook element for preventing a holster body to be detached from the holding assembly when the user is retrieving the handgun while having a degree of flexibility to allow the holding piece to conform to the contour of the holster body of the accommodating holster.