Patent ID: 7562797
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: F41A,F41C

Abstract:
1. A security holster configured for use with a handgun, said handgun having an ejection port, slide, handle, trigger, a barrel, and trigger guard, said holster configured for use by left handed individuals; said holster comprising: a holster body, said holster body including inner and outer spaced substantially rigid sidewalls formed to define an inner cavity and an open top portion for receiving said handgun therein and for removing said handgun there-from, with the outer sidewall forming a left side of said holster inner shell, and said inner sidewall forming a right side of said holster inner shell, and said inner shell having a holster crown adjacent to a handgun barrel when said handgun is secured in said holster: a locking tab movably attached to a right side of 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 said eiection port of said handgun until released, thereby preventing the withdrawal of said handgun prior to release of said locking tab; and a release tab on the left side of said holster body, configured to release said locking tab from said hand gun feature by moving said locking tab in relation to said holster, said release tab operationally connected to said locking tab through a linkage, with said linkage configured to disengages said locking tab from said eiection port by moving said locking tab away from said handgun feature in which said linkage further comprises a generally U-shaped rigid release tube configured to move laterally over the top of a holster crown, from the right side of the holster to the left side of the holster, hingedly attached on a first end to said release tab on said left side of said holster body, and hingedly attached on a second end to said locking tab, and configured to extend from said left side of said holster body, to said right side of said holster body, with said tube positioned and configured so that rotational movement of said release tab causes said attached U-shaped release tube to move laterally over said holster crown and to cause said locking tab to rotate away from said ejection port, thus releasing said handgun for removal from said holster; said security holster configured to allow one handed insertion of said handgun into said security holster, wherein said locking tab admits said handgun into said holster during insertion and wherein said locking tab moves 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 one handed insertion, one finger release of said handgun, and one handed withdrawal of said handgun after pressing said release tab and moving said locking tab from engagement with said handgun feature.