Patent ID: 8215525

Claim:
A holster for a handgun comprising: a shroud having a first end and an opposite second end, a wall between the first and second ends to provide the shroud with a cavity, the wall having a first edge and a second edge spaced from the first edge to define an elongated opening between the first and second ends, the opening providing access to the cavity to receive a portion of the handgun with a portion of the grip of the handgun extending outside the opening; a first biasing member in the cavity at the first end of the shroud, the first biasing member when compressed applying a bias force toward the second end of the shroud; a locking arrangement in the cavity at the second end of the shroud, wherein when the handgun is inserted in the cavity, the first biasing member applies a biasing force on a firing end of the handgun to bias an opposite end of the handgun into engagement with the locking arrangement to secure the handgun in the shroud; wherein the locking arrangement comprises: a cam lock having a first end pivotally mounted to the wall of the cavity adjacent the second end of the shroud with an open end of the cam lock facing the first end of the shroud; an elongated lever having a first end and an opposite second end with the first end of the lever secured to the cam lock; a second biasing member acting on the cam lock to bias a second end of the cam lock toward the first end of the shroud and move the lever to a first position, wherein moving the lever toward a second position moves the cam lock against the biasing action of the second biasing member to move the second end of the cam lock toward the second end of the shroud against the biasing action of the second biasing member.