Holster with adaptable pocket

Abstract

A holster with adaptable pockets for hands-free use and carrying of electronic devices. The pocket configuration may be adapted according to need. A first pocket is “sleeve like” and is defined by a front and back panel, a tongue on the bottom, and may include an elastic restraining cord on top. The tongue is pendant from the front wall and is looped as a “stirrup” under the pocket space and brought up inside the pocket, where it is adjustably attached to an inside surface of the back wall. To mount a second pocket on front of the first pocket, the tongue is reversibly disengaged from the back wall of the holster, the coverflap of the second pocket is inserted upside down and backwards into the first pocket, and the tongue is inserted through a slit from front to back of the second pocket coverflap before being returned to its attachment on the back wall of the first pocket. The second pocket is then folded forward over the front upper lip of the first pocket and rests at the front. An elastic cord may be fastened superiorly on the back wall and is secured to the front wall of either the first pocket or the second pocket near the top lip with a snap or clasp so that any electronic device in the pocket is immobilized, while permitting access to device controls. The first pocket is general trapezoidal and the upper lips of the side walls are downwardly and inwardly angulated so as to form a “guide slot” or “rails” for self-centering and guiding an electronic device into the stirrup. The holster and adaptable pockets may be integrated into complex wearable combinations that are comfortable, durable and multifunctional.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A stitchwork holster for an electronic device, which comprises:
 a) a front panel and a rear panel that cooperatively define a holster pocket space therebetween, the pocket space having a trapezoidal open top, a trapezoidal open bottom, and contralateral parallel outside edges;   b) wherein,
 i) the rear panel is hemmed by rear panel edge trim tape along the contralateral parallel outside edges of the pocket, and the front panel defines two side ends, a front upper lip and a bottom lower lip; 
 ii) the side ends of the front panel insert under and are stitched through the rear panel edge trim tape so as to define an acute inside angle ( 02 ) of the pocket space, the pocket space having a back inside wall defined by the rear panel, a front inside wall and side walls defined by the front panel, and the acute inside angle tapers the pocket from rear inside wall to front inside wall so as to define the trapezoidal open top and trapezoidal open bottom of the pocket space; 
   c) the front upper lip defines a descendant angle ( 01 ) at each side wall, the descendant angle in combination with the acute inside angle ( 02 ) defining a guide slot in the front upper lip, the guide slot for guiding a parallelepiped electronic device body into the pocket; and,   d) a stirrup webbing pendant from the bottom lower lip of the front wall, wherein the stirrup webbing defines an adjustable depth and bottom of the pocket space; the stirrup webbing having a width, lateral edges, a free end and a length configured to loop as a stirrup from the front wall to the back wall under the pocket space, the free end of the stirrup webbing having a contact patch disposed thereon, the inside back wall of the pocket space having a mating contact patch disposed thereon, wherein the contact patch and the mating contact patch are configured to adjustably adhere at a contact position, the stirrup having a length adjustable to a size of a paralleliped body of a portable electronic device in the holster pocket space.   
     
     
         2 . The holster of  claim 1 , wherein the stirrup webbing defines a cinch strap configured to be insertable into a side-to-side slit in a flap of an accessory pouch when securing an accessory pouch to an outside pocket surface of the front wall of the holster. 
     
     
         3 . The holster of  claim 1 , wherein the contact patch is dimensioned with a length from top to bottom greater than the height of the holster pocket space, and the contact position is adjustable on the length thereof. 
     
     
         4 . The holster of  claim 3 , wherein the angulation of the trim line of the side walls downward to the front lip is configured to expose a window for a control surface or a display panel of a portable electronic device when the device is seated in the holster pocket space. 
     
     
         5 . The holster of  claim 1 , wherein the holster pocket space is adjustable to holster a portable electronic device selected from two-way radio, cellular telephone, satellite phone, camera, PDA, notebook computer, smart device, compact laptop, voltmeter, multimeter, barcode reader, label maker, inventory scanner, gas detector, or meter reader. 
     
     
         6 . The holster of  claim 5 , wherein the lateral edges of the stirrup webbing define each a cleanout port at the open bottom of the holster pocket space. 
     
     
         7 . The holster of  claim 1 , wherein the pocket space is configured to receive the body of a gas sensor device and to discharge a gas sensor tube through an airflow port at the open bottom on either side of the stirrup webbing. 
     
     
         8 . The holster of  claim 1 , wherein the holster comprises a shoulder harness, a strap, a vest, a belt, a belt clip, a fanny pack, a tool loop, or a D-ring. 
     
     
         9 . The holster of  claim 8 , comprising a shoulder strap. 
     
     
         10 . The holster of  claim 8 , comprising a neck yoke. 
     
     
         11 . The holster of  claim 8 , comprising a left shoulder strap with left holster pocket with left shoulder strap and a right shoulder pocket with right holster strap. 
     
     
         12 . The holster of  claim 1 , wherein the holster is hemmed with trim tape. 
     
     
         13 . The holster of  claim 1 , wherein an elastic cord is stitched under the mating contact patch on the back wall of the holster pocket and is configured to detachably attach to an outside pocket surface of the front wall of the holster. 
     
     
         14 . The holster of  claim 1 , wherein the holster is supplied with an instruction card having a width and length adapted to be inserted into the pocket space as a tool or shoe horn for adjusting the holster pocket depth. 
     
     
         15 . A holster combination, which comprises the holster of  claim 1  and an attachable accessory pouch, wherein the accessory pouch comprises a stitchwork pouch subsection with pouch joined to a saddleflap subsection (“coverflap”) with end length, wherein:
 a) the coverflap is configured to insert into the pocket space of the holster and to hang from the front lip inside the pocket space and 
 b) the pouch subsection is configured to hang from the top front lip anterior to the front wall outside the holster pocket space; 
 c) the coverflap subsection includes in its end length a side-to-side slit; 
 d) the free end of the stirrup webbing of the holster is configured to pass through the side-to-side slit; and 
 e) the contact patch is configured to be detachably attached to the mating contact patch on the back wall of the holster pocket space at an adjustable contact position, thereby enabling the accessory pouch to be cinchably secured to the holster and the stirrup webbing to be adjustably secured inside the pocket space. 
 
     
     
         16 . The holster combination of  claim 15 , wherein the accessory pouch comprises a double-pocketed pouch. 
     
     
         17 . The holster combination of  claim 15 , wherein an elastic cord is disposed on the back wall of the pocket space and is configured to detachably attach to an outside front surface of the accessory pouch. 
     
     
         18 . The holster combination of  claim 15 , further comprising an instruction card having a width and length adapted to be inserted into the pocket space as a tool for adjusting the holster pocket depth. 
     
     
         19 . A method for combining a holster pocket and accessory pouch, which comprises:
 providing a holster combination of  claim 15 , wherein the holster pocket and accessory pouch are provided separately;   providing an instruction to insert the saddleflap subsection of the accessory pouch into the pocket space in an inverted position;   providing an instruction to feed the free end of the stirrup webbing through the side-to-side slit of the saddleflap subsection and fold the pouch subsection over the front upper lip of the holster pocket;   providing an instruction to loop the free end of the stirrup webbing under the pocket and into the pocket space; and,   providing an instruction to attach the contact fastener on the free end to the mating contact fastener on the inside back wall so as to form a stirrup loop that adjustably supports a portable electronic device in the holster pocket.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , which comprises:
 providing an instruction card having a width and length adapted to be inserted into the pocket space; and,   guiding the free end of the tongue webbing over the instruction card when fitting the stirrup loop to a desired depth.