Patent ID: 8302827
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: F41C

Abstract:
1. A holster apparatus for holding a handgun in a user's pocket, comprising: an outside panel having a first height, a width, an inside surface and first and second lateral edges, wherein the first height and the width are greater than a corresponding height and width of the handgun; an inside panel having a second height less than the first height of the outside panel, the inside and outside panels being joined together adjacent the first lateral edge of the outside panel and along a lower edge of the holster to form a pocket adjacent the first lateral edge, wherein said pocket formed adjacent the first lateral edge is operable to receive a muzzle of the handgun, wherein the inside panel is between the outside panel and the user if the holster apparatus is holding the handgun in the user's pocket; and a retention device attached to the inside surface of the outside panel above the second height of the inside panel and spaced laterally from the first lateral edge, wherein the retention device is a retention block having an abutment surface for engaging an inside surface of a trigger guard of the handgun and a channel configured to receive a trigger of the handgun when the handgun is located in the holster in an upright position with a muzzle of the handgun received in the pocket.