Patent attributes
A pocket for an article having oppositely facing sides, comprising a front component cooperating in a nested relationship with a back component to define a chamber having an open upper end sized to receive the article. The front and back components, when in their nested relationship, having confronting front and back walls and overlapping bottom walls closing the lower end of the chamber. The bottom walls are interconnected in a manner accommodating movement of the front component relative to the back component between a closed position at which the sides of an article received in the chamber via the open upper end are tightly confined between the front and back walls, and a release position at which the front wall is deflected away from the back wall to accommodate removal of the article from the chamber via the open upper end. A back mounting bar extends across and cooperates in spaced relationship with the exterior of the back wall to define parallel back channels. A pair of flexible mounting straps have lower ends and upper ends joined by a transverse web. The mounting straps extend downwardly through the back channels along the exterior of the back wall. The lower ends of the mounting straps are detachably connected to one of the bottom walls. The mounting straps cooperate with the exterior of the back wall to define a belt receiving slot.
