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HOLSTER SAFETY CLASP

  • US 3,866,811 A
  • Filed: 04/16/1973
  • Issued: 02/18/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/16/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In combination with a handgun holster including a pair of side-by-side upstanding panels having spaced apart upper edges and pairs of corresponding upstanding side edges joined together to form an upwardly opening recess defining receptacle for receiving all but the butt and trigger guard portions of a downwardly directed handgun inserted barrel first into said recess, latch means including an elongated generally horizontally directed portion extending and having a longitudinal axis generally transverse of said panels and supported from said holster for axial back and forth shifting between operative and inoperative positions, means yieldingly biasing said latch means to a position with said horizontally directed portion in said inoperative position, and readily releasable latch retaining means operatively associated with said holster and latch means for retaining said latch means in the operative position thereof, said horizontally directed portion being disposed slightly above one pair of corresponding ends of said upper edges inwardly of the terminal ends thereof and extending through the planes of said panels adjacent the intersection of the upper ends of one pair of upstanding edge portions of said panels and the adjacent ends of the upper edges of said panels when in said operative position for preventing withdrawal of the handgun from the holster and being horizontally retracted to said planes when in the inoperative position.

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