An outer garment such as a suit jacket that includes a holster paddle which contains a concealed weapon. The wearer of the garment can remove the weapon quickly which allows the wearer the ability to better defend himself from an attacker. The garment contains an interliner which is made of a strong yet lightweight material which secures the holster paddle and weapon to the pocket of the interliner. The holster paddle and weapon can accommodate a wearer who is either right-handed or left-handed. Additionally, the holster paddle can be curved to the wearer's abdomen so that concealment of the weapon is greatly improved. The garment also has a further pocket to contain an ammunition paddle capable of holding additional clips of ammunition.

A holster for a handgun, having at least some of an at least partial cavity; a lever having a finger button portion and an engagement portion, wherein the lever includes a locking projection extending from at least a portion of the engagement portion, wherein the lever is pivotally attached or coupled to at least a portion of the holster, approximately between the finger button portion and the engagement portion; and a lockout element, wherein at least a portion of the lockout element is positionable within at least a portion of the holster such that if at least a portion of the lockout element is positioned within at least a portion of the holster, at least a portion of the lockout element is positioned below at least a portion of the finger button portion to keep the lever from being pivoted to a disengaged position.

A holster for a handgun, including at least some of an at least partial cavity; a lever having a finger button portion and an engagement portion, wherein the lever includes a locking projection extending from at least a portion of the engagement portion, wherein the lever is pivotally attached or coupled to at least a portion of the holster, approximately between the finger button portion and the engagement portion; and a locking slider, slidable attached or coupled to at least a portion of the holster such that the locking slider is repeatably slidable between a locked position and an unlocked position, and wherein at least a portion of a body portion of the locking slider is positioned above at least a portion of the engagement portion of the lever when the locking slider is in the locked position.

A trigger guard sheath for a pistol and is configured to be disposed within a holster. The sheath includes an integral body that includes a top section having a first width and configured to receive a barrel or slide of the pistol and a bottom section having a second width and configured to receive a trigger and trigger guard of the pistol. The integral body includes a first protrusion that extends radially outward from a first end of the top section and a first protrusion that extends radially outward from a first end and an inner wall of the top section in a first direction and a second protrusion that extends radially outward from a second end and outer wall of the bottom section in a second direction that is opposite the first direction.

An apparatus, method and communication system are provided for acoustically detecting the deployment of equipment. The equipment may comprise portable objects (104), such as a gun, taser or baton, used by law enforcement. The apparatus comprises plurality of acoustical ridges (108) integrated within a body worn accessory (102). A predetermined sound pattern (130, 140) is generated from the acoustical ridges in response to sliding the portable object across the plurality of acoustical ridges integrated within a body worn accessory. Information pertaining to the portable object, such as dynamic information pertaining to the removal and insertion of the portable object to and from the body worn accessory (102) is determined. A communication system (300) including a portable communication device (112) can store the information and/or transmit alert signals to a base station (302) for tracking deployment of the portable object.

A holster for a handgun, having at least some of an at least partial cavity; a lever having a finger button portion and an engagement portion, wherein the lever includes a locking projection extending from at least a portion of the engagement portion, and wherein the lever is pivotally attached or coupled to at least a portion of the holster, approximately between the finger button portion and the engagement portion; and a lockout element rotatably attached or coupled to at least a portion of the holster such that the lockout element is rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position, and wherein at least a portion of a locking portion of the lockout element is positioned above at least a portion of the engagement portion of the lever when the lockout element is in the locked position.

A handgun holster for use by a wearer comprising a base plate having an outside plate face, a body plate face, and outer edge, a detachable firearm pocket on the plate for receiving a handgun, the pocket further comprising a front side and a back side, a top side wherein the top side has a notch having a radius such that when the handgun having a trigger and a trigger guard is placed in the firearm pocket, the trigger guard is uncovered by the firearm pocket and the trigger is covered by the firearm pocket, at least one accessory holder, wherein the rail is separately detachable from the pocket through a latch connection, and at least one latch connection, the latch connections comprising a rail and latch system, a layer of intermediate foam behind the plate, a layer of elastic foam behind the layer of intermediate foam wherein the layer of elastic foam overlaps the outer edge of the plate.

A bag for undercover carrying of a gun that has an internal pocket, several external pockets and fast opening system. The internal pocket is designed to contain the gun. The external pockets cover the internal pocket that has an opening part that has a substantially narrow like-tab structure. The opening part is closed by a bidirectional zipper and a quick release closing means.

A method for forming a molded article includes the steps of providing one of vacuum molding and press molding. A sheet of thermoformable material which is heated to a temperature at which the material is moldable is provided and the thermoformable sheet is placed over split mold die and vacuum pressure applied or placed between male and female molds on a press mold and pressure is applied. The molded sheet is removed from the dies, and the two halves of the molded sheet are joined together to form a molded article.

A holster for a handgun includes a holster body having a chamber for receiving the handgun. An adjustable and resilient tensioner is mounted on the holster body in a position to be engaged by a handgun in the chamber, the tensioner being operable to apply a resilient biasing force to the handgun in the chamber.