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Holster

  • US 10,436,550 B2
  • Filed: 03/22/2017
  • Issued: 10/08/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A holster, handgun, and accessory combination, the accessory attached to a rail of the handgun, the rail positioned below the barrel of the handgun, the holster comprising a pair of side wall portions formed of a polymer and being unitary with one another and joined at a top and bottom of the side wall portions, the side wall portions defining a slot configured for capturing and engaging the accessory when the handgun with accessory is inserted into the holster, the holster and accessory engagement constraining all freedom of motion of the accessory except freedom of motion in the insertion and withdrawal direction along a forward rearward axis of the handgun, the holster further providing a stop portion whereby the accessory seats in the slot as the accessory abuts the stop portion, wherein when the accessory is seated in the slot abutting the stop portion, the only freedom of motion of the accessory with respect to the slot is a linear withdrawal motion, the holster further comprising a spring member configured as a leaf spring, the leaf spring movable between an accessory blocking position and an accessory non-blocking position, the leaf spring deflectable to the non-blocking position by engagement with the accessory upon insertion of the handgun and accessory into the holster, as the handgun and accessory are seated in the holster the spring member returns to the blocking position with a blocking portion of the spring member blocking the handgun from withdrawal thereby restricting movement of the seated handgun and accessory with respect to the holster.

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