Patent ID: 6616020
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: F41C,Y10S

Abstract:
A holster for handguns having a barrel and a trigger guard in which the handguns are held by the barrel and the trigger guard comprising:at least one elongated vertically oriented middle plate having a front end rear end, a left side, a right side, a top surface and a first length; an elongated vertically oriented inner exterior plate having a front end, a rear end, a left side, a right side, a top surface and a second length; said second length being greater than said first length; an elongated vertically oriented outer exterior plate having a front end, a rear end, a left side, a right side, a top surface and a third length; said third length being greater than said first length; said right side of said inner exterior plate being positioned adjacent said left side of said middle plate; said left side of said outer exterior plate being positioned adjacent said right side of said middle plate; said rear end of said inner exterior plate and said outer exterior plate extending rearwardly from said rear end of said middle plate to form a recess into which a trigger guard of a handgun can be removably inserted; said top surfaces of said inner exterior plate, said middle plate and said outer exterior plate being oriented substantially at the same height so that a gun barrel of a handgun can rest upon said respective top surfaces and be supported thereon; means for releasably securing said inner exterior plate, said middle plate and said outer exterior plate together; an elongated retention pin having an inner end, an outer end, surrounding side walls extending from said inner end to said outer end and a longitudinally extending axis; a retention pin aperture extending transversely through said inner exterior plate at a position where said retention pin aperture communicates with said recess for receiving a trigger guard; and means for supporting said retention pin and reciprocally moving said retention pin into said recess for capturing a trigger guard of a handgun therein and preventing removal therefrom.