Handgun holster with trigger guard restraint
First Claim
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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Abstract
Handgun holster having a restraining device inside the holster for retaining the handgun in the holster and inhibiting inadvertent removal from the holster, the restraining device comprising a rigid body with two parallel spaced flexible fins extending upward from the body, each fin having a pyramidal boss projecting outwardly toward the other fin and boss, the bosses being spaced apart from each other and the fins being adapted to be pushed apart by the trigger guard of a handgun bieng inserted into the holster and thereafter returning to the unflexed position with the bosses inside the trigger guard and being shaped to resist flexing outwardly when the handgun is pulled upwardly.
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22 Claims
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- 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;
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14. A restraining clip for attachment within a cavity of a holster for a handgun adjacent its trigger guard permitting a trigger guard to be snapped thereunto and to be restrained from inadvertent withdrawal of a handgun from a holster by a vertical force or a forward force and only permitting withdrawal by a forward movement of a handgun followed by a vertical upward movement of a handgun, said clip comprising an elongated solid rectangular prismatic member having two vertical generally parallel side walls, a vertical back wall, a vertical front wall, and having a pair of flexible fins extending upwardly from each said side wall beyond said top wall;
- each said fin having an inside surface facing toward each other and an outside surface lying against respective said side wall;
each said fin having on said inside surface a pyramidal boss projecting toward the other said fin with the apexes of said bosses being spaced apart less than the width of a trigger guard;
said bosses having a gently sloping surface from said apex to said inside surface on the sides facing upward and toward said back wall and having a wall perpendicular to said inside surface on the sides of said boss facing said bottom wall and said front wall;
said fins being flexible in directions toward and away from each other. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
- each said fin having an inside surface facing toward each other and an outside surface lying against respective said side wall;
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17. In a handgun holster adapted to permit withdrawal of a handgun from the holster by a forward movement followed by a vertical upward movement of a handgun, said holster having a cavity for a handgun and with respect to a wearer an uninterrupted inner wall, and uninterrupted outer wall, at least a partially closed and 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 attached to said back of said holster and extending from adjacent said top to adjacent said bottom, said device being 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 and along respective said walls, one said fin adjacent said to p having a portion movable outwardly and away from a corresponding portion of said other fin by a trigger guard of a handgun and flexing back after movement of a trigger guard to a confining space less than the width of a trigger guard of a handgun;
- said fins forming a releasable lock on a trigger guard against any substantially vertical movement of a handgun after a handgun is fully seated in said cavity of said holster, said fins permitting withdrawal of a handgun by a vertical upward movement only upon a prior movement of a handgun toward said front to cause a trigger guard to sufficiently clear and become unlocked and thence to be upwardly withdrawn.
- View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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