Leg strap adapter

Abstract

A leg strap adapter may include a leg strap adapter plate, an attachment member, and at least two slots configured to receive a strap. The leg strap adapter is configured to be rotatably attached to a belt engaging member by the attachment member and the belt engaging member is configured to mount a holster. The attachment member may include a central post projecting distally from the user distal face of the leg strap adapter plate, and at least one radial protrusion projecting radially from the central post. The attachment member may be configured to engage with a corresponding at least one opening comprised on the belt engaging member.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A leg strap adapter, comprising:
 a leg strap adapter plate comprising a user proximal face, a user distal face, a central, vertical axis, a first horizontal axis and a second horizontal axis;   an attachment member disposed at the central, vertical axis of the leg strap adapter plate and at the first horizontal axis of the leg strap adapter plate; and   at least two slots disposed along the second horizontal axis of the leg strap adapter plate and configured to receive a strap;   wherein the leg strap adapter is configured to be rotatably attached to a belt engaging member by the attachment member, the belt engaging member configured to mount a holster;   wherein the attachment member comprises a central post projecting distally from the user distal face of the leg strap adapter plate, and at least one radial protrusion projecting radially from the central post, the central post comprising an axis of rotation about which the leg strap adapter is configured to rotate, the attachment member configured to engage with a corresponding at least one opening comprised on the belt engaging member.   
     
     
         2 . The leg strap adapter of  claim 1 , wherein each at least one radial protrusion comprises at least one projection extending from the radial protrusion in a circumferential direction with respect to the central post. 
     
     
         3 . The leg strap adapter of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one radial protrusion comprises exactly one radial protrusion, and the least one projection comprises two projections, each projection extending in an opposite circumferential direction than the other projection. 
     
     
         4 . The leg strap adapter of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one radial protrusion comprises a first radial protrusion and a second radial protrusion, and wherein the least one projection on the first radial protrusion extends in an opposite circumferential direction than the least one projection on the second radial protrusion. 
     
     
         5 . The leg strap adapter of  claim 4 , wherein the first radial protrusion and the second radial protrusion comprise asymmetrical shapes with respect to a central radial axis of each of the first radial protrusion and the second radial protrusion. 
     
     
         6 . The leg strap adapter of  claim 4 , wherein the first radial protrusion and the second radial protrusion comprise a circumferential angle from each other at an angle in the range of 85°-95°. 
     
     
         7 . The leg strap adapter of  claim 6 , wherein each of the first radial protrusion and the second radial protrusion extend from the first horizontal axis towards the second horizontal axis, symmetrically with respect to the central, vertical axis of the leg strap adapter plate. 
     
     
         8 . A leg strap adapter and belt engaging member assembly comprising:
 a belt engaging member; and   a leg strap adapter, comprising:
 a leg strap adapter plate comprising a user proximal face, a user distal face, a central, vertical axis, a first horizontal axis and a second horizontal axis; 
 an attachment member disposed at the central, vertical axis of the leg strap adapter plate and at the first horizontal axis of the leg strap adapter plate; and 
 at least two slots disposed along the second horizontal axis of the leg strap adapter plate and configured to receive a strap; 
 wherein the leg strap adapter is configured to be rotatably attached to the belt engaging member by the attachment member, the belt engaging member configured to mount a holster; 
 wherein the attachment member comprises a central post projecting distally from the user distal face of the leg strap adapter plate, and at least one radial protrusion projecting radially from the central post, the central post comprising an axis of rotation about which the leg strap adapter is configured to rotate, the attachment member configured to engage with a corresponding at least one opening comprised on the belt engaging member; 
 wherein the belt engaging member is rotatably connected to the leg strap adapter, wherein the belt engaging member comprises at least one opening disposed at a central, vertical axis of the belt engaging member, wherein the central post and the at least one radial protrusion is configured to pass through the at least one opening disposed along the central, vertical axis of the belt engaging member in a connect and disconnect position of the leg strap adapter, and wherein rotation of the leg strap adapter from the connect and disconnect position locks the leg strap adapter to the belt engaging member. 
   
     
     
         9 . The leg strap adapter and belt engaging member assembly of  claim 8 , wherein the connect and disconnect position of the leg strap adapter comprises the leg strap adapter disposed 180° with respect to a vertically aligned, in-use, position of the leg strap adapter and the belt engaging member, wherein the central, vertical axes of the leg strap adapter and the belt engaging member are aligned in both the connect and disconnect position and the vertically aligned, in-use, position. 
     
     
         10 . The leg strap adapter and belt engaging member assembly of  claim 9 , wherein the at least one opening comprises a central hole and at least one slot extension extending radially from the central hole, wherein the at least one slot extension corresponds to each of the at least one radial protrusions in the connect and disconnect position. 
     
     
         11 . The leg strap adapter and belt engaging member assembly of  claim 10 , wherein the asymmetrical shapes of each the first radial protrusion and the second radial protrusion are configured to prevent passage of a respective first radial protrusion and the second radial protrusion through a non-corresponding one of the at least one slot extension. 
     
     
         12 . The leg strap adapter and belt engaging member assembly of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one projection is configured to prevent disconnection of the leg strap adapter from the belt engaging member by blocking disconnection of the at least one protrusion through one of the at least one slot extensions unless the leg strap adapter is in the connect and disconnect position. 
     
     
         13 . The leg strap adapter and belt engaging member assembly of  claim 12 , wherein the at least one slot extension comprises one slot extension extending radially from the central hole along the central, vertical axis of the belt engaging member. 
     
     
         14 . The leg strap adapter and belt engaging member assembly of  claim 12 , wherein the at least one slot extension comprises two slot extensions each extending radially and upwardly from the central hole at an angle of 85°-95° with respect to the central, vertical axis of the belt engaging member. 
     
     
         15 . The leg strap adapter and belt engaging member assembly of  claim 10 , wherein the belt engaging member comprises a vertically adjustable belt engaging member assembly comprising a backing plate attached to a proximal face of a vertically adjustable belt engaging member, wherein the at least one opening is disposed through the backing plate. 
     
     
         16 . The leg strap adapter and belt engaging member assembly of  claim 10 , wherein the connect and disconnect position is configured to not be reachable when the leg strap adapter is strapped to the leg of a user. 
     
     
         17 . The leg strap adapter and belt engaging member assembly of  claim 16 , wherein the leg strap adapter comprises about 355 degrees of movement outside of the connect and disconnect position. 
     
     
         18 . The leg strap adapter and belt engaging member assembly of  claim 8 , further comprising a strap configured to pass through the two slots disposed along the second horizontal axis of the leg strap adapter plate. 
     
     
         19 . The leg strap adapter and belt engaging member assembly of  claim 8 , further comprising a holster operatively mounted to the belt engaging member and not mounted to the leg strap adapter.