Patent ID: 8052018

Claim:
In combination with a gun including a handle, barrel, and an ejection port, a holster including (a) a spine; (b) a first side; (c) a second side opposed to said first side, said first and second sides (i) collectively forming a pocket with a front, a top, and a rear and receiving the barrel with the handle extending outside said top of said pocket, (ii) connected together along said rear of said pocket, (iii) connected to said spine at said front of said pocket, said spine including (iv) a fixed upper section ( 12 A), (v) a fixed lower section ( 12 ), (vi) an intermediate section ( 23 ) bridging said upper section and said lower section, pivotally attached to said upper section, including a pair of opposed, spaced apart wings ( 24 , 240 ), and including a locking rib ( 30 ) attached to one of said wings and extending toward the other of said wings, (vii) a vertically oriented leading edge outside said pocket, said upper section, said lower section and said intermediate section each including a portion of said leading edge, said intermediate section movable between (viii), a first operative position generally in alignment with said upper section and said lower section in which said locking rib extends from said one of said wings into the ejection port to prevent the gun from being withdrawn from the holster, and (ix) a second operative position in which said intermediate section is pivoted about said upper section, is moved away from said lower section, and is moved out of alignment with said upper and lower sections and said locking rib is moved free of the ejection port to permit the gun to be withdrawn from the holster; and (d) a finger rest (i) connected to said intermediate section to manually pivotally displace with the finger of a hand, while grasping the handle of the gun with said hand, said intermediate section from said first operative position to said second operative position to permit the gun to be withdrawn from the holster; and, (ii) extending outwardly away from said top of said pocket.