Patent ID: 8602275

Claim:
A quick release device for preventing unwanted withdrawal of a hand gun from a holster, said holster having an opening through which the hand gun is inserted into and removed from the holster, said device comprising: a generally U-shaped hood having mutually spaced legs spanned by a bridge, said legs being arranged to straddle said holster, with said hood being translatably fixed with respect to and rotatable about a fixed axis between a rearward position at which said bridge overlies said opening to prevent withdrawal of the hand gun from said holster, and a forward position at which said bridge is removed from said opening to permit withdrawal of the hand gun from said holster; at least one plate fixed with respect to said holster at a location adjacent to one of said legs, said plate defining a slot bordered by an edge leading from a locking notch to a stop; a shaft projecting from the said one leg into said slot, said shaft being shiftable with respect to the said one leg and within said slot in a direction transverse to said edge; means for resiliently urging said shaft into said locking notch when said hood is in said rearward position, the interengagement of said shaft with said notch serving to lock said hood in said rearward position; and thumb actuated means for shifting said shaft out of said locking notch and forwardly along said edge to said stop to thereby effect rotation of said hood from said rearward position to said forward position.