Patent ID: 7644845
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: F41C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A security holster for use with a handgun having an attached utility device, said handgun having an ejection port, slide, barrel, handle, trigger, and trigger guard, wherein the holster comprises: a holster body comprising inner and outer spaced substantially rigid sidewalls formed to define an inner cavity, with an open top portion for receiving said handgun therein and for removing said handgun therefrom, said inner cavity configured to receive said handgun, with said holster body comprising a stabilizing device configured to bound a handgun trigger guard, and a barrel region configured to hold said barrel of said handgun, and a central plane which passes through a top center of said handgun barrel region and through a center of said stabilizing device; said holster body further comprising a utility chamber attached to and depending from said barrel region of said holster body, said utility chamber comprising a hollow chamber, said hollow chamber in said central plane of said holster body and parallel with said barrel region of said holster body and above said stabilizing device of said holster body, with said utility chamber configured to receive said utility device attached to said handgun; a locking tab movably attached to said holster body, said locking tab configured to admit said handgun into said security holster body, and upon insertion of said handgun into said holster body, to engage a feature of said handgun until released, thereby preventing the withdrawal of said handgun prior to release of said locking tab; a release tab positioned on said holster body generally over a position consistent with the position occupied by said trigger guard of said handgun when said handgun is inserted in said holster body, with said release tab configured to release said locking tab from said hand gun feature by moving said locking tab in relation to said holster body, with said release tab operationally connected to said locking tab, so that when said release tab is activated it causes said locking tab to be disengaged from said handgun feature by moving said locking tab away from said handgun feature; and said stabilizing device mounted in said holster below said barrel region, configured for sliding engagement with said handgun trigger guard, said stabilizing device operatively connected to said holster body and configured to prevent rotation of said handgun within said holster body, and configured to admit said utility device attached to said handgun; wherein said security holster is configured to allow insertion of said handgun into said security holster, with said locking tab configured to admit said handgun with attached utility device into said holster during insertion and wherein said locking tab is configured to move into engagement with a feature of said handgun to retain said handgun within said holster until said locking tab is moved out of engagement by activation of said release tab, thereby providing said security holster with locking engagement of said handgun feature until said release tab is pressed for moving said locking tab from engagement with said handgun feature.