ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,564, issued on Feb. 10.
"Locking belt slide" was invented by Jacob Shearer (Moses Lake, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking belt slide assembly is used to mount and to support an implement (such as a handgun, for example) or an implement holster (such as a handgun holster, for example), or the like (e.g., various pouches, holders, accessories, etc.), in a variety of configurations. The locking belt slide assembly includes at least two pivotally coupled hard mount components with features that form a locking receiver when pivoted into a parallel arrangement. A mounting adapter may be inserted into the receiver."
The patent...