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Handgun holster with trigger guard restraint

  • US 5,018,654 A
  • Filed: 06/12/1989
  • Issued: 05/28/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a handgun holster adapted to permit withdrawal of a handgun from a cavity of a holster by a forward movement followed by a vertical upward movement of a handgun, said holster having with respect to a wearer an uninterrupted inner wall, an uninterrupted outer wall at least a partially closed an unopening front, a back, a top, a bottom, and a loop for suspending said holster from a belt worn by a wearer, the improvement which comprises a handgun restraining device entirely within said holster cavity and attached to the inside of said back of said holster and extending from adjacent said top to adjacent said bottom, said device including an elongated member having a body generally prismatic in shape and having two parallel flexible fins extending from said body to adjacent said top within said cavity along respective said walls, each said fin adjacent said top having a pyramidal boss projecting outwardly toward the other said fin and boss and terminating with a space between the respective apexes spaced apart from each other less than the width of a trigger guard of a handgun;

  • each said boss having gently sloping sides from said top to said apex and from said back to said apex and having sides facing said front and said bottom that are substantially perpendicular to said fins;

    said boss being adapted to fit inside a trigger guard and to prevent removal of a handgun by a vertical upward movement until a handgun has been move toward said front to push said bosses apart sufficiently to clear a trigger guard.

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