Patent ID: 8096453

Claim:
A security holster for use with a semi-automatic handgun, of the type having a trigger guard and trigger, an ejection port, a barrel, a slide and a grip said holster comprising; a holster body comprising a substantially rigid holster sidewall formed to define an inner cavity and an open upper portion for receiving said handgun therein and for removing said handgun therefrom, said holster body further comprising a barrel end opposite said open upper portion, and a long axis extending from said open upper portion toward said barrel end; a locking tab attached to a lever, with said lever pivotably attached to said holster body at a fulcrum, configured to admit said semi-automatic handgun into said holster body, and upon insertion of said handgun into said holster body, with said locking tab configured to engage an ejection port feature of said semi-automatic handgun, thereby preventing the withdrawal of said handgun prior to release of said locking tab; a release tab operationally connected to said locking tab, and configured to disengage said locking tab from said handgun ejection port feature so that when said release tab is pressed toward said inner cavity, said locking tab moves in an opposite direction, away from engagement with said ejection port feature; a finger tube formed by a region between said handgun and said holster body, said finger tube with an axis generally parallel to said long axis of said holster body, and configured to cover said release tab, to restrict access to said release tab to a user's finger approaching said release tab from one direction only, in which a user inserts a finger in order to activate said release tab to release said locking tab from said handgun feature.