Case for the safe transport of guns with associated holster

Abstract

A case for the safe transport of guns with associated holster, comprising a box-like body constituted by a bottom element and by a lid connected to the bottom element by means of hinge elements for moving the box-like body from an open configuration to a closed configuration and vice versa. The bottom element and the lid are provided with closure elements which can engage each other to keep the box-like body in the closed configuration; in the bottom element there is a housing compartment intended to contain a gun inserted in a respective holster; elements are further provided for the removable engagement of the holster with the box-like body so as to retain the holster in the housing compartment, the holster allowing, in association with the case, completely safe transport of the weapon in a closed compartment.

1 - 13 . (canceled) 
     
     
         14 . A case for the safe transport of guns with associated holster, comprising:
 a box-like body constituted by a bottom element and by a lid connected to said bottom element by means of hinge elements for moving said box-like body from an open configuration to a closed configuration and vice versa;   said bottom element and said lid being provided with closure means which can engage each other to keep said box-like body in said closed configuration, wherein in said bottom element there is a housing compartment adapted to contain a gun inserted in a respective holster, means being provided for the removable engagement of said holster with said box-like body to retain said holster in said housing compartment.   
     
     
         15 . The case according to  claim 14 , wherein said removable engagement means comprise means for mutual coupling of said holster with said bottom element and means for locking said holster with respect to said bottom element, said locking means being able to be deactivated for the extraction of said holster from said box-like body. 
     
     
         16 . The case according to  claim 15 , wherein said mutual coupling means comprise a sliding guide which is formed in said bottom element and can be engaged by said holster. 
     
     
         17 . The case according to  claim 15 , wherein said locking means comprise a locking tooth, which is connected to said bottom element and can engage by snap action a locking seat formed correspondingly in said holster, said locking seat being aligned with said locking tooth in the position that corresponds to the stroke limit condition, in the sliding of said holster with respect to said bottom element along said sliding guide, at the end of its insertion in said housing compartment. 
     
     
         18 . The case according to  claim 14 , wherein said holster comprises a holster body in which there is an insertion seat for the gun, said holster body having, laterally to said insertion seat, means for fastening to a belt. 
     
     
         19 . The case according to  claim 18 , wherein said fastening means comprise a portion of said holster body which is U-shaped and can be fitted on a belt, on the inner side of said U-shaped portion at least one retention tooth being provided which contrasts the disengagement of said U-shaped portion from the belt. 
     
     
         20 . The case according to  claim 18 , wherein said holster is provided with retention means for retaining the gun inside said insertion seat, said retention means being able to be deactivated on command to allow the extraction of the gun from said insertion seat. 
     
     
         21 . The case according to  claim 20 , wherein said retention means comprise a locking element associated with said holster body in the region of said insertion seat that is designed to be occupied by the protective bridge of the trigger of the gun, said locking element being movable on command from a retention position, in which it faces with at least one retention shoulder the inner side of said protective bridge of the trigger, to a release position, in which said retention shoulder is moved with respect to the inner side of said protective bridge of the trigger, and vice versa. 
     
     
         22 . The case according to  claim 21 , wherein said retention means comprise a raised protrusion which is associated with said holster body and protrudes inside said insertion seat in a region designed to be occupied by the protective bridge of the trigger of the gun, said raised protrusion being able to be engaged inside the protective bridge of the trigger of the gun so as to retain the gun in said insertion seat and being elastically yielding for the insertion of the gun in said insertion seat and for the extraction of the gun from said insertion seat. 
     
     
         23 . The case according to  claim 21 , wherein said raised protrusion has at least one first lateral portion and one second lateral portion, which are inclined and mutually opposite and extend from a base thereof in direct contact with said holster body, at its top, said holster body being elastically flexible outward for the elastic yielding of said raised protrusion when said gun is inserted in said holster and is extracted from said holster due to the thrust of said safety bridge respectively against said second portion and against said first portion with subsequent movement beyond said top. 
     
     
         24 . The case according to  claim 21 , wherein said locking element is connected to an actuation lever that is arranged on the side of said holster body that is designed to be directed toward the body of the user, said locking element being rotatable, by the action of said actuation lever ( 26 ), with respect to said holster body about an axis that is substantially perpendicular to a direction of insertion of the gun in said insertion seat for moving from said retention position to said release position and vice versa. 
     
     
         25 . The case according to  claim 14 , wherein said box-like body is constituted by a body made of synthetic material molded monolithically with said hinge elements and with said closure means. 
     
     
         26 . The case according to  claim 14 , wherein said housing compartment is delimited by raised ribs adapted to keep the gun in said housing compartment even in the absence of said holster.