Patent ID: 7922050

Claim:
A handgun holster including a security system comprising: a shaped holster body including two side walls and a cavity therebetween for inserting and withdrawing a gun, wherein each side wall includes a facingly arranged socket, each socket having a through opening having a first bearing surface and a second bearing surface; a trigger catch formed by a twin-arm lever and including a control part and an operational part which secures the gun's trigger guard, the through opening housing the operational part of the lever; and a spring; wherein the spring biases the trigger catch into a secured position in which the operational part abuts the first bearing surface of the through opening of one socket in order to secure the gun's trigger guard, the control part of the trigger catch being biased in a direction opposite that of the operational part; wherein upon activation of the control part the operational part of the trigger catch abuts the second bearing surface of the one socket in a released operating position; and wherein the trigger catch is transferable from one socket to the other to allow activation of the control part from an opposite side of the holster.