US 12,624,919 B1 · Front-opening handgun holster

Abstract

A handgun holster is provided herein which permits the removal of the handgun through the front of the holster as opposed to the traditional vertical removal of the handgun from the holster. The handgun holster comprises a housing having an internal cavity. The housing is defined by two parallel sidewalls which are a fixed distance apart, a fixed rear spacer wall and a front hinged spacer wall. The handgun can be removed from the holster when a person is in a seated position and/or in a more natural motion. This allows the handgun to be more readily produced for use in situations where a user may be in a vehicle, a tight space, or when the holster is mounted horizontally. The hinge is kept closed with sufficient pressure being provided by torsion springs in a hinge mechanism. However, the front hinged spacer wall can be moved to an open position by lifting the gun into a frontal position.

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Dependent claims

A front-opening handgun holster comprising:

a housing having an internal cavity with a rectangular cross section and which is planar and which is defined by:
two parallel side walls having rear sidewall edges, and opposing front edges, one of the front edges being a spring hinge front edge which is configured for reception of a spring mechanism,
a fixed rear spacer wall located between the side walls, and which is flush with the rear sidewall edges, the fixed rear spacer wall having a width that comports with fixed spacing of the parallel side walls, and
a front spacer wall having a spring hinge end which mates with the spring hinge front edge and an opposing closure end which overlies the other front edge;
and,
wherein the spring mechanism comprises a rod and at least two torsion springs, which are configured to fasten the spring hinge end of the front spacer wall to the spring hinge front edge.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Front-opening handgun holster

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