Patent ID: 8196792
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: A45F,F41C

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for securing holsterable items to a leg of a wearer, the apparatus comprising: a mounting plate having an inner surface, oriented generally toward the leg, and an outer surface, oriented generally away from the leg, and including a central panel having a central portion and two generally parallel sloping edge portions and two curved side panels each extending outwardly from a respective one of the sloping edge portions, the central and side panels and sloping edge portions all being vertically elongated, the sloping edge portions sloping inwardly from the central portion then outwardly toward the side panels, and the side panels curving inwardly from the edge portions, each side panel including a first pair of slots with a first slot adjacent an outside edge of the side panel and a second slot adjacent the sloping edge portion of the central panel, each side panel also including an upper portion extending above the sloping edge portion of the central panel, the upper portions of the side panels forming a passageway above the central portion of the central panel; an elongated vertical strap extending upwardly from the mounting plate and having a belt loop medially thereof, the vertical strap being secured inside the central portion of the central panel between the sloping edge portions and routed outside through the passageway; a first horizontal strap extendable around the leg to releasable secure the mounting plate thereto and urge the side panels into conformance therewith, the first horizontal strap being routed inside the central panel behind the vertical strap, outside through the second slots outside the side panels and inside the first slots; and a first end of the vertical strap being secured to the central portion of the central panel, the vertical strap being looped over to form the belt loop and a second end of the vertical strap being routed inside through the passageway and behind the central panel and between the curved edge portions, the first horizontal strap running behind the first and second ends of the vertical strap ends.