Twist Lock Pistol Retention Device

Abstract

A method and device for interlocking with a surface of a firearm to retain the firearm in a holster. The device is a housing having an outer component and an inner component wherein the inner component and outer component are rotationally secured to one another; and a sliding plate that slidably connected to the inner component and the sliding plate comprising a firearm catch element configured to engage with a surface of the firearm when the sliding plate is in a second position and disengage with the surface of the firearm when the sliding plate is in a first position, wherein in the second position the sliding plate is linearly displaced with respect to the inner component and rotationally displaced with respect to the outer component.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.