Chest Pack Holster Strap Fasteners for Gun Security
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a chest pack holster apparatus that securely fastens a handgun to a chest pack while allowing easy access and versatility in fitting different chest pack designs and sizes, ensuring the handgun is positioned between the pack and the wearer's torso for comfort and convenience.
Innovation Solution
The chest pack holster apparatus includes a pocket for the handgun with strap fasteners that attach to the chest pack's securing straps, allowing removability and adjustable positioning, ensuring the handgun is accessible from the side and securely positioned between the pack and the wearer's torso.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the chest pack holster uses multiple strap fasteners to attach to different parts of the chest pack, then the security and stability of the handgun are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The chest pack holster is divided into multiple independent fastening points (first side strap fastener, second side strap fastener, and shoulder strap fastener) that can be attached to different parts of the chest pack. This segmentation allows the holster to securely attach to various chest pack configurations while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The fasteners are designed with universal attachment capability to work with different chest pack types and configurations. The same fastener design can attach to side straps or shoulder straps, reducing the need for multiple specialized fastener types and simplifying the overall device while maintaining reliability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the chest pack holster is designed to fit various chest pack designs and sizes, then the adaptability is improved, but the manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The fasteners are designed with universal attachment capability to work with different chest pack types and configurations. The same fastener design can attach to side straps or shoulder straps, reducing the need for multiple specialized fastener types and simplifying the overall device while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The holster incorporates adjustable positioning capabilities that allow it to adapt to different chest pack sizes and configurations. This dynamic adjustability compensates for variations in chest pack dimensions without requiring high manufacturing precision for each specific size.
3Ease of operation
If the handgun is positioned between the chest pack and the wearer's torso, then the accessibility and comfort are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of having the handgun protrude outward from the chest pack, the holster is designed to position the handgun between the chest pack and the wearer's torso. This inverted configuration improves accessibility and comfort while maintaining a relatively simple holster structure by utilizing the space already created by the chest pack-wearer interface.
Data Source
AI summary
A chest pack holster can include a pocket designed to receive at least part of a handgun body of a handgun. The chest pack holster can include strap fasteners that are designed to fasten the chest pack holster to securing straps of a chest pack (such as side straps and/or shoulder straps). At least part of the chest pack holster can be positioned between a pack body of the chest pack and a wearer of the chest pack. The securing straps of the chest pack can be designed to extend around a torso of the wearer of the chest pack to assist in securing the chest pack to the wearer of the chest pack.