One sided holster
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1. A holster apparatus for holding a handgun in a user'"'"'s pocket, comprising:
- an outside panel having a first height, a width, an inside surface and first and second lateral edges, wherein the first height and the width are greater than a corresponding height and width of the handgun;
an inside panel having a second height less than the first height of the outside panel, the inside and outside panels being joined together adjacent the first lateral edge of the outside panel and along a lower edge of the holster to form a pocket adjacent the first lateral edge, wherein said pocket formed adjacent the first lateral edge is operable to receive a muzzle of the handgun, wherein the inside panel is between the outside panel and the user if the holster apparatus is holding the handgun in the user'"'"'s pocket; and
a retention device attached to the inside surface of the outside panel above the second height of the inside panel and spaced laterally from the first lateral edge, wherein the retention device is a retention block having an abutment surface for engaging an inside surface of a trigger guard of the handgun and a channel configured to receive a trigger of the handgun when the handgun is located in the holster in an upright position with a muzzle of the handgun received in the pocket.
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Abstract
A holster apparatus includes a taller outside and a shorter inside panel joined together to form a shallow bottom pocket. The holster apparatus is generally open to the inside. The outside of the holster apparatus substantially completely covers the handgun so that the holster apparatus and handgun may be carried in a user'"'"'s pocket and give the general appearance of a wallet carried within the pocket. The handgun is not discernible to a viewer when the handgun and holster are carried in the user'"'"'s pocket.
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21 Claims
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1. A holster apparatus for holding a handgun in a user'"'"'s pocket, comprising:
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an outside panel having a first height, a width, an inside surface and first and second lateral edges, wherein the first height and the width are greater than a corresponding height and width of the handgun; an inside panel having a second height less than the first height of the outside panel, the inside and outside panels being joined together adjacent the first lateral edge of the outside panel and along a lower edge of the holster to form a pocket adjacent the first lateral edge, wherein said pocket formed adjacent the first lateral edge is operable to receive a muzzle of the handgun, wherein the inside panel is between the outside panel and the user if the holster apparatus is holding the handgun in the user'"'"'s pocket; and a retention device attached to the inside surface of the outside panel above the second height of the inside panel and spaced laterally from the first lateral edge, wherein the retention device is a retention block having an abutment surface for engaging an inside surface of a trigger guard of the handgun and a channel configured to receive a trigger of the handgun when the handgun is located in the holster in an upright position with a muzzle of the handgun received in the pocket. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A holster apparatus for holding a handgun in a user'"'"'s pocket, comprising:
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an outside panel having a first height, a width, and an inside surface; an inside panel having a second height less than the first height, the inside panel being attached to the outside panel along at least a lower edge of each and a first lateral edge of each to form a pocket for receiving a muzzle of a handgun, wherein the inside panel is between the outside panel and the user when the holster is holding the handgun in the user'"'"'s pocket; a retention device comprising a resilient block attached to the inside surface of the outside panel above the inside panel and laterally spaced from the first lateral edge, wherein an abutment surface of the resilient block abuts and frictionally engages an inside surface of an inner circumference of a trigger guard of the handgun and a posterior surface of a trigger of the handgun when the handgun is located in the holster in an upright position with the muzzle of the handgun received in the pocket; wherein the outside panel is formed of a material rigid enough to substantially prevent the profile of the handgun from showing through the outside panel when the holster is holding the handgun.
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16. A holster apparatus for holding a handgun, comprising:
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an outside panel having a first height, the outside panel having an inside surface, first and second lateral edges, and a lower edge; an inside panel having a second height less than the first height of the outside panel, the inside and outside panels being joined together adjacent the first lateral edge of the outside panel and along the lower edge of the outside panel to form a pocket adjacent the first lateral edge, between the inside panel and the outside panel; a retention device attached to the inside surface of the outside panel above the second height of the inside panel and spaced laterally from the first lateral edge, the retention device having an abutment surface for engaging a trigger guard of the handgun when the handgun is located in the holster in an upright position with a muzzle of the handgun received in the pocket; and an elastic cover located at least partially above an upper edge of the inside panel and attached to the outside panel adjacent the first and second lateral edges of the outside panel.
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17. A holster apparatus for retaining a handgun, the handgun having a trigger guard defining a trigger guard interior space, the handgun having a trigger extending into the trigger guard interior space, the holster apparatus comprising:
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an outer panel having a first height, an outer panel upper edge and an outer panel lateral edge; an inner panel having a second height less than the first height of the outer panel, an inner panel upper edge, and an inner panel lateral edge, wherein the inner panel lateral edge is substantially co-extensive with the outer panel lateral edge; a pocket defined between the inner and outer panels, wherein the pocket is shaped to at least partially receive a muzzle of the handgun; a resilient retention block protruding from the outer panel generally toward the inner panel, wherein the retention block is attached to the outer panel at a location above the inner panel upper edge and below the outer panel upper edge and spaced from the outer panel lateral edge; and a channel defined in the retention block, the channel shaped to at least partially receive the trigger when the handgun is received in the pocket and the retention block is in the trigger guard interior space. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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