A trigger guard stabilizer for a holster provides trigger guard side-to-side support. Because the trigger guard stabilizer is spring-loaded, and can be depressed into a receiving pocket, it automatically moves downward out of the way if a taller light passes over the stabilizer top during a holstering action. Once the light has passed over the stabilizer, the stabilizer springs back into a position with portions that extend on either side of the trigger guard. This helps to hold the trigger guard centered laterally in the holster, thus impeding unwanted access to the trigger.
A ballistic vest includes a carrier and at least two ballistic panels supported in the carrier, including a front ballistic panel and a back ballistic panel. The carrier is made from at least two layers of material including an outer layer and an inner layer that are joined to each other at the top and bottom of the vest and that are substantially open at the sides. The two carrier layers define between them a panel space in the carrier. The front panel has a lower section that is substantially free to move laterally in the panel space. The back panel has a lower section that is substantially free to move laterally in the panel space.
F41H 1/02 - Armoured or projectile- or missile-resistant garments; Composite protection fabrics
A41D 13/05 - Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches protecting only a particular body part
A holster, for a pistol that has a top portion and that has a bottom portion including a trigger guard, includes a holster body having a top portion and a bottom portion fixed in position relative to the top portion. The holster body defines a chamber in the holster body for receiving a portion of the pistol. The holster body is made of two holster body pieces that are joined together to form the holster body defining the chamber. The holster also includes a plurality of different pistol retention devices each of which is configured to be mounted inside the chamber of the holster body between the at least two holster body pieces. Each one of the plurality of devices has a mounting portion for securing the device in the chamber of the holster body and having a trigger guard engagement portion for releasably engaging the trigger guard of the pistol. The mounting portions of the plurality of devices are substantially identical to each other whereby any selected one of the plurality of devices can be similarly mounted in a working position inside the chamber of the holster body. The trigger guard engagement portions of the plurality of devices are substantially different from each other thereby to properly releasably engage different pistols having different trigger guards. As a result, the one holster body can accommodate and retain a number of different pistols having different sizes and configurations by mounting an appropriate pistol retention device that is configured for that pistol.
A multi-configurable headset support apparatus is provided, having at least one earcup having front-facing and rear-facing posts. First and second suspension wires and a helmet mount are each provided with loops at opposite ends that are attachable to the earcup posts. A support band is securable to the suspension wires. When the first suspension wire is attached to the posts and the support band is secured to the first suspension wire, the support band is attached in an upward configuration atop a wearer's head. When the second suspension wire is attached to the posts and the support band is secured to the second suspension wire, the support band is attached in a rearward configuration on the back of the wearer's head. The posts are preferably retractably spring-biased into the earcup; the spring force secures the loop disposed on the post shaft against the earcup via the post head.
A ballistic shield has a strike face and a body side and includes a ballistic panel and a viewport. Plies of ballistic material are formed together as the ballistic panel. A pocket in the ballistic panel is recessed into the strike face of the panel, and is at least partially defined by a pocket wail that is offset from a main body portion of the ballistic panel in a direction away from the strike face. The pocket wall has an opening forming a viewing area that is circumscribed by a frame section of the pocket wall. A viewport is secured in the pocket with a first section of the viewport overlying the frame section of the pocket wall and a second section of the viewport overlying the viewing area.
A handgun for insertion in a holster has a grip and a top edge and a trigger guard, A control element is removably mounted on the handgun trigger guard. The control element includes a control arm that extends from the trigger guard in a direction away from the top edge of the handgun and that has an outer end portion farthest from the top edge of the handgun. The dimensions of an associated holster are selected so that when the handgun Is holstered, the outer end portion of the control arm engages a wall of the holster.
A quick disconnect coupling (10) for releasably connecting first and second garment parts includes a tubular outer coupling part (20) having a central opening (26) and a garment portion (38) that is configured to be connected with the first garment part. An inner coupling part (40) has a garment portion (52) that is configured to be connected with the second garment part. The inner coupling part is selectively movable into and out of the central opening of the outer coupling part to releasably connect the first and second garment parts. The coupling further includes a release pin (70) that is movable along a pin passage (64) in the inner coupling part to change the configuration of the inner coupling part from a locking configuration in which the inner coupling part is locked to the outer coupling part, to an unlocked configuration in which the inner coupling part can be pulled out of the central opening of the outer coupling part thereby to disconnect the coupling.
A projectile launcher has a drive mechanism for rotating a rotary magazine. The drive mechanism including a drive shaft fixed for rotation with the magazine about the axis. The drive shaft has a plurality of grooves. A detent member Is in engagement with the drive shaft. Relative axial movement between the detent member and the drive shaft causes rotation of the drive shaft and thus the magazine about the axis* without movement of the drive shaft in an axial direction.
A munition includes a projectile and a propellant unit 20. The propellant unit includes a shell 22 having a cylindrical configuration centered on a longitudinal central axis of the munition. The shell has a cylinder opening 30 that receives a cylinder 40. The cylinder is selectively rotatable in the cylinder opening about a cylinder axis 34, offset from the munition axis 24, between a plurality of firing positions. The cylinder has a plurality of propellant chambers 42 each with a respective propellant charge. The propellant chambers are located in the cylinder so that when the cylinder is in a firing position one of the propellant chambers is on munition axis 34.
F42B 5/16 - Cartridges, i.e. cases with propellant charge and missile characterised by composition or physical dimensions or form of propellant charge or powder
F41A 1/06 - Adjusting the range without varying elevation angle or propellant charge data, e.g. by venting a part of the propulsive charge gases, or by adjusting the capacity of the cartridge or combustion chamber
A. munition includes a projectile and a propellant unit A propellant insert in the propellant unit has at least two propellant chambers each receiving a respective propellant charge, A primer mechanism is actuatable to Ignite all of the propellant charges in the propellant insert. The combustion products of a selected one of the propellant charges are directed to the projectile and the combustion products of the non-selected propellant charges are vented.
F41A 1/06 - Adjusting the range without varying elevation angle or propellant charge data, e.g. by venting a part of the propulsive charge gases, or by adjusting the capacity of the cartridge or combustion chamber
F42B 5/02 - Cartridges, i.e. cases with propellant charge and missile
A pyrotechnic composition includes a fuel, an oxidizer, flow and rate control agents and oleoresin capsicum as an irritant. The composition is useful in crowd control products. The composition contains rate control ingredients to maintain combustion at a temperature below the point of degradation of the oleoresin capsicum, balanced with a booster material to maintain combustion.
C06B 33/00 - Compositions containing particulate metal, alloy, boron, silicon, selenium or tellurium with at least one oxygen supplying material which is either a metal oxide or a salt, organic or inorganic, capable of yielding a metal oxide
C06B 33/04 - Compositions containing particulate metal, alloy, boron, silicon, selenium or tellurium with at least one oxygen supplying material which is either a metal oxide or a salt, organic or inorganic, capable of yielding a metal oxide the material being an inorganic nitrogen-oxygen salt
C06B 21/00 - Apparatus or methods for working-up explosives, e.g. forming, cutting, drying
A foldable ladder has multiple ladder segments that fold and unfold relative to each other. Each ladder segment includes one rung element and multiple side rail sections that unfold for deployment to form box-shaped side rails of the ladder. Adjacent ladder segments are connected to each other by hinge joints. The ladder includes locking features at the hinge joints for preventing relative pivoting movement of adjacent ladder segments by more than about 180 degrees.
A ballistic vest does not include or require a carrier. The vest includes a front ballistic panel permanently enclosed in a front waterproof cover, the front waterproof cover having, on its outer surface, portions of an adjustable body-attachment system; a front body side liner that is detachabiy secured to a body side portion of the front waterproof cover and that is machine washable; a back ballistic panel permanently enclosed in a back waterproof cover, the back waterproof cover having, on its outer surface, portions of an adjustable body-attachment system; and a back, body side liner that is detachabiy secured to a body side portion of the back waterproof cover and that is machine washable.
A multi-section locking baton (10) includes a manually actuatable release rod (22) extending axially through outer, middle and inner tubes (12,14,16) for unlocking first and second cam joints (18,20) between the tubes. The release rod includes a tip (50) having three sections (52,54,56), including an outermost or distal section (52) that increases in diameter as measured in a direction moving away from the distal end of the tip (50); an intermediate section (54)that is the widest section of the tip and that has a plurality of relief openings (58) formed in its outer surface; and a proximal section (56) that tapers from the intermediate section (54) to a narrower diameter at the proximal tip end where it is secured onto the release rod (22). A portion of the release rod tip is located in one of the cams (18) when the baton is in the extended condition. The baton also includes bushings (30) on the inner diameters of the outer and middle tubes, and wear rings (40) on the outer diameters of the middle and inner tubes.
A cooling unit (10) that can be used with or without a garment, such as a ballistic vest (16), that covers a user's torso when worn by the user. The cooling unit (10) includes a fan (14) for blowing ambient air; a manifold (30)for distributing to the torso the air that is blown by the fan (14); and a hose (28) for connecting the fan (14) to the manifold (30). The manifold (30) may be formed of three overlying panels that are secured together, including an outer panel (32), a central panel 34), and an inner panel (36) that is closest to the user's torso when the cooling unit (10) is being worn. No modification of the vest (16) is necessary to accommodate the cooling unit (10).
A41D 13/002 - Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches with controlled internal environment
A body armor panel includes a subpack having at least one reinforcing strip sewn on ballistic material at a location to overlie a specific vulnerable area of the wearer's torso when the panel is worn by the wearer.
A soft body armor panel includes a subpack that is formed by overlapping sections of ballistic material and sewing them at one or more seams to form discontinuous layers in the subpack.
A firearm holster assembly includes a holster pocket having an interior volume for accommodating a firearm within, a locking device mounted within the interior volume for selectively impeding the withdrawal of the firearm therefrom, the locking device including an operating lever extending outwardly from the holster pocket and operable to disengage the locking device from the firearm, and a locking device safety mechanism mounted to the holster pocket and including an operating arm operable to selectively inhibit operation of the operating lever.
A non-lethal projectile used to immobilize, impair, disorient, or distract a live target. The non-lethal projectile can also be used as a signaling device. In one embodiment, a non-lethal payload carrying projectile that is detonated at a set distance determined and set by the operator. The distance is electronically controlled and can be set in the field seconds before the projectile is fired.
A ballistic panel for use in ballistic apparel having a plurality of layers of ballistic material and a vacuum sealed covering layer surrounding the plurality of layers of ballistic material.
A portable shield (10) for use by a peace officer can be carried on an officer's arm and has a curved outer surface (24) and a relatively small overall shape, to provide better enforcement abilities. The shield (10) supports a canister (90) of sprayable protection material, such as pepper spray. The shield (10) has a baton port (52) for supporting an officer's baton during use of the baton.
A reloadable training munition having a reusable shell base having a propulsion system reload inserted into a hollow cavity of the shell base and a reusable single piece projectile inserted into the shell base, the projectile having a hollow body portion, a driving band adjacent the body portion, and a nose portion adjacent the driving band having void spaces for controlling both density and mass properties of the nose portion.
A selectable delay mechanism for a pyrotechnic munition having an indexing sleeve and a fuze core containing delay composition positioned within the indexing sleeve and a plurality of ports each located in the indexing sleeve and the fuze core wherein a port in the indexing sleeve is aligned with a port in the fuze core to vary the initiation of the delay composition.
A ballistic performance and trauma reduction system for soft body armor including a solid plastic sheet cut into multiple sections of geometric designs which overlap and are stitched to one or more layers of woven or non-woven ballistic fabric contained within a ballistic package of the soft body armor. Energy is transmitted through the ballistic sheets to the plastic sheet improving ballistic performance and reducing trauma to the wearer's body, resulting in safer, thinner and lighter armor.
A ranging and sighting system for a lethal and non-lethal projectile launcher having an housing and a eyepiece positioned on an end of the housing and one or more reticles in the eyepiece having separate indicia for sighting a target and ranging a target and a switch for selecting between the indicia for sighting and the indicia for ranging the target. GSL/vsj
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