Patent ID: 8684242

Claim:
A holster comprising: a frame member forming a first portion of a holster pocket; a cowling member cooperatively associated with the frame member and forming a second portion of the holster pocket; at least one slide member including a first slide member on one of the frame member and cowling member; at least one groove including a first groove in the other of the frame member and cowling member, said first groove being adapted to receive said first slide member for selective longitudinal movement therealong; a first latch device having a first portion associated with the at least one first slide member and cooperating with one of the frame member and cowling member and a second portion associated with the other of the frame member and cowling member and cooperating with the at least one first slide member, said first portion being resiliently movable in a transverse direction to the longitudinal movement of said at least one first slide member to selectively prevent movement of said first slide member in said first groove, said first groove, said first slide member and said first latch device toollessly releasably mounting the cowling member to the frame member; and a first tab extending from a distal end of said at least one first slide member, said first tab being movable in a transverse direction relative to the longitudinal movement of said at least one first slide member, wherein when said first tab moves in a transverse direction relative to the longitudinal movement of said at least one first slide member, a portion of said first latch device also moves in the transverse direction.