Holster for handheld device
View Patent ↗The holster securely locks the handheld device, such as a radio within the holster body and allows the radio or device to be readily inserted or removed with a single hand. The holster has a resilient polymer body molded to have an integral pair of retention ears, which hinge to securely lock the device in place and a projection member, which applies an outward force on the device to urge it outward from the holster when the retention ears are manually disengaged.
1. A holster for a handheld device, where the handheld device has a rectangular device body having adjacent upper corners, a peripheral edge thereof, and a groove formed in the peripheral edge at adjacent upper corners of the device body, the holster comprising:
a holster body defining an open interior thereof for receiving the handheld device therein, the holster body having a flat holster back, a cradle part integrally formed at one end of the holster back for receiving the bottom of the device, a projection member extending from the holster back opposite the cradle part for providing an outward force on the handheld device urging the handheld device away from the holster back when the handheld device is received within the holster body interior, and a pair of retention ears integrally ending from the holster back opposite the cradle part and spaced apart on opposite sides of the projection member for restrictively receiving opposite corners of the device
the pair of retention ears each have a rib extending into the holster body interior for restrictively seating within the grooves of the handheld device to secure the handheld device within the holster body interior.
2. The holster of claim 1 wherein the pair of retention ears each includes a rounded corner wall configured to overlie the adjacent upper corners of the device body when the handheld device is received in the holster body open interior.
3. The holster of claim 1 wherein the rib of each of the pair of retention ears protrudes inwardly from the adjacent upper corners of the handheld device.
4. The holster of claim 1 wherein the pair of retention ears each includes a back lob adapted to overlie and support the handheld device.
5. The holster of claim 1 wherein the pair of retention ears each includes an integral lever arm overlying and spaced from the corner wall such that manual force exerted on the lever arms displaces the corner walls from the adjacent upper corners of the handheld device and retracts the ribs from the grooves of the handheld device.
6. The holster of claim 1 wherein the pair of retention ears each have a slot formed therein between back lob and corner wall, such that the corner wall acts as a living hinge.