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Locking holster with thumb drive

  • US 20110011904A1
  • Filed: 07/17/2009
  • Published: 01/20/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A holster with a gun retention lock, comprising:

  • a rigid holster having an interior conforming to a particular handgun configuration to receive and cover substantially a gun barrel, trigger and trigger guard of a handgun, leaving the gun handgrip exposed for gripping,a retention lever pivotally mounted on one side of the holster, on a pivot axis at an intermediate position on the lever and generally parallel to a gun barrel when contained in the holster, the retention lever having one end with a locking pin positioned to extend into an area generally circumscribed by the trigger guard of the gun when contained in the holster so as to prevent removal of the handgun, when the lever is pivotally rocked to a gun retention position, and having an opposite end with a cam surface,a spring biasing the retention lever toward the gun retention position, anda slide piece slidably mounted on the holster for a sliding path such that a remote end of the slide piece engages with the cam surface of the retaining lever when pushed in a forward direction toward the gun barrel, and the slide piece having a back end with a thumb pad positioned to be near a user'"'"'s thumb when a user grips the handgrip of a gun contained in the holster,whereby a user can grip the gun handgrip while engaging his thumb against the thumb pad in the same motion and pushing the slide piece forward to engage the cam to pivot and rock the retention lever to a release position in which the locking pin is retracted out laterally from the trigger guard of the handgun, allowing the handgun to be pulled out of the holster.

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