Patent ID: 8011544

Claim:
A pocket for an article having oppositely facing sides, said pocket comprising: a back component comprising a back wall with parallel first side walls and a first bottom wall projecting therefrom; a front component comprising a front wall with parallel second side walls and a second bottom wall projecting rearwardly therefrom, said back and front components cooperating in a nested relationship to define a chamber having an open upper end sized to receive said article, with said front and back walls in a confronting relationship, with said first side walls confined between said second side walls, and with said first bottom wall overlapping and supported on said second bottom wall; first connecting means projecting through and cooperating with said bottom walls to accommodate movement of said front component relative to said back component between a closed position at which an article received in said chamber has an externally accessible portion thereof projecting through said open upper end and in which resistance to removal of said article from said chamber is provided by a tight confinement of the sides of said article between and in contact with said front and back walls, and a release position at which said front wall is deflected away from said back wall to relieve said resistance and to accommodate removal of said article from said chamber via said open upper end; a back mounting bar extending across and cooperating in spaced relationship with the exterior of said back wall to define parallel back channels; a pair of flexible mounting straps having lower ends and upper ends joined by a transverse web, said mounting straps extending downwardly through said back channels along the exterior of said back wall; and second connecting means for detachably connecting the lower ends of said mounting straps to one of said bottom walls, said mounting straps cooperating with the exterior of said back wall to define a belt receiving slot.