Patent ID: 7591402

Claim:
A holster for stowing a portable handheld firearm the holster comprising: a shroud at least partially receiving the firearm therein, the shroud having a front end and a back end, the shroud defining a muzzle receiving space at the front end thereof and a firearm holding member spaced from the muzzle receiving space; a bias activating assembly mounted in the front end of the shroud for biasing the firearm into a stowed position against the holding member; and a hood enclosure moveable between an open position that allows for insertion and withdrawal of the firearm from the shroud, and a closed position which substantially encapsulates the firearm within the shroud when the firearm is in the stowed position, the hood enclosure pivotable about an axis substantially perpendicular to an axis of the muzzle of the firearm with the firearm in the stowed position, wherein the hood enclosure pivots about a point in the front end of the shroud, wherein the shroud includes a spring biased detent receivable in a detent recess in the hood enclosure when the hood enclosure is in the closed position.