Camera holster

Claim 2

A holster arrangement for carrying a hand-held device of the type provided with a pistol grip comprising: a holster having an upper and lower end, said lower end having front and back portions defining a closed pocket to support the hand-held device therein, said upper end being open so that the device may be inserted in said holster, the upper portion of one side edge of said holster being recessed to facilitate insertion and removal of the device into and from said holster, said back portion extending upwardly beyond said upper end of the closed pocket and having means at the upper end of said back portion for attaching the holster to an individual''s body; a flap secured on said holster adjacent its upper end; first fastener means on said front portion for detachably securing said flap over the upper end of said holster to retain the device in said holster; and second fastener means near the upper end of said back portion for detachably securing said flap along said back portion and away from the opening at the upper end of said holster so that the device may be readily withdrawn from said holster.

Claim 3

The invention recited in claim 1, wherein said means for attaching said holster to an individual''s body includes a belt and a belt loop formed on the back portion of said holster.

Claim 4

The invention recited in claim 1, wherein each said first and second fastener means for securing said flap are each snap fasteners.

Claim 5

The invention recited in claim 2, wherein said first and second fastener means for securing said flap are each snap fasteners, the male and female portions of said snap fasteners being appropriately secured on said holster, flap and belt loop.

Claim 6

The invention recited in claim 4, including a shoulder safety strap for securing to the device carried by said holster whereby the device may be attached to an individual''s body by said strap to prevent loss and breakage of the device when withdrawn from said holster.

Claim 7

The invention recited in claim 1, including a shoulder safety strap for securing the device carried by said holster whereby the device may be attached to an individual''s body by said strap to prevent loss and breakage of the device when withdrawn from said holster.

Claim 8

A carrying arrangement for a camera having a pistol type handle grip, comprising: a holster made of a substantially flat backing piece with a front portion secured to said backing piece to form an upward opening pocket for holding a camera, the upper edge of said front portion extending substantially perpendicularly to the plane of said backing piece, said flat backing piece being bent Over at its upper end to form a belt loop which lies substantially in the plane of said backing piece, the upper portion of one side edge of said front holster portion being cut away so that a camera having a pistol grip may be inserted in said holster by positioning the pistol grip handle at least in part in the recess formed by said cutaway portion; a flap pivotally secured on the outer side of said backing piece along a line substantially parallel to the plane of the upper edge of said front holster portion and adjacent to the upper end of the pocket formed by said front holster portion; a first snap fastener having its snap fastening portions secured on the outer upper end of said front holster portion and its associated side of said flap so that said flap may be snap fastened over the upper end of the pocket formed in said holster to extend from said backing piece substantially perpendicularly to its plane whereby to enclose and retain a camera in the pocket formed in said holster; and a second snap fastener having its snap fastening portions secured on the other end of the belt loop formed by said backing piece and its associated side of said flap so that said flap may be snap fastened against the backing piece substantially in line with the plane of said backing piece whereby a camera may be withdrawn from said holster.

Claim 9

A carrying arrangement for a camera having a pistol type handle grip, comprising: a holster made of a substantially flat backing piece with a front portion secured to said backing piece to form an upward opening pocket for holding a camera, the upper edge of said front portion extending substantially perpendicularly to the plane of said backing piece, said flat backing piece being bent Over at its upper end to form a belt loop which lies substantially in the plane of said backing piece, the upper portion of one side edge of said front holster portion being cut away so that a camera having a pistol grip may be inserted in said holster by positioning the pistol grip handle at least in part in the recess formed by said cutaway portion; a flap pivotally secured on the outer side of said backing piece along a line substantially parallel to the plane of the upper edge of said front holster portion and adjacent to the upper end of the pocket formed by said front holster portion; a first snap fastener having its snap fastening portions secured on the outer upper end of said front holster portion and its associated side of said flap so that said flap may be snap fastened over the upper end of the pocket formed in said holster to extend from said backing piece substantially perpendicularly to its plane whereby to enclose and retain a camera in the pocket formed in said holster; and a second snap fastener having its snap fastening portions secured on the other end of the belt loop formed by said backing piece and its associated side of said flap so that said flap may be snap fastened against the backing piece substantially in line with the plane of said backing piece whereby a camera may be withdrawn from said holster.

Claim 10

The invention recited in claim 7, including: a belt for passage through said belt loop so that said holster may be secured to an individual''s body at the waist; and a shoulder safety strap for securing to the camera carried by said holster whereby the camera may be attached to an individual''s body by said strap to prevent loss and breakage of the camera when withdrawn from said holster.