Patent ID: 7819294

Claim:
A security holster for use with a semiautomatic handgun, comprising: a holster body comprising inner and outer spaced substantially rigid sidewalls joined along a top edge and a bottom edge and formed to define a generally handgun shaped inner cavity, with said handgun shaped inner cavity having a barrel end region, and an ejection port region adjacent to said outer sidewall, and a trigger guard region and an open top portion, with said holster body comprising a barrel end region opposite said open top portion, an ejection port region adjacent to said top edge, and a trigger guard region adjacent to said bottom edge, which correspond to said barrel end region, ejection port region and said trigger guard region of said handgun shaped inner cavity, said holster body further comprising a locking tab hingedly attached to said holster body adjacent said ejection port region and configured to be movable toward an interior of said handgun shaped inner cavity in said ejection port region of said handgun shaped inner space; a release tab on an exterior surface of said holster body and functionally connected to said locking tab with said release tab attached to said holster body in the trigger guard region of said holster body and configured to move said locking tab away from said interior of said handgun shaped inner cavity in said ejection port region of said handgun shaped inner cavity; a second ridge positioned on said holster body in the trigger guard region of said holster body adjacent to and partially surrounding said release tab, said second ridge having at least one planar side surface, said second ridge being completely bounded by a perimeter edge along which the second ridge is connected to and extends away from said holster body, said second ridge having a distal edge distal from said holster body, wherein the entire said perimeter edge is located between a lower end of said release tab and said bottom edge of said holster body, and wherein the second ridge extends away from said holster body sufficiently to protect said release tab of said holster from impact and subsequent accidental or inadvertent release when a user is in various bodily positions or being assaulted by an attacker, by presenting said distal edge of said second ridge to receive impact or pressure rather than said release tab.