Trigger Access Guard
AssigneeSafariland, LLC
InventorsMatthew McKendrick, Robert DeRenzo
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Abstract
A holster for a weapon such as a handgun that has a trigger guard and a trigger, includes a holster body for receiving the holstered weapon. The holster body defines a chamber that includes a trigger area that receives the trigger guard and the trigger. The trigger area has a bottom opening though which the trigger guard of a holstered weapon can be accessed. An access guard is secured to the holster body adjacent to the trigger area. The access guard has a flexible portion extending across and covering the bottom opening of the trigger area.
Claims15
A holster for a user's weapon such as a handgun that has a trigger guard and a trigger, comprising:
- a holster body for receiving the weapon when it is holstered by the user, the holster body defining a chamber that includes a trigger area that receives the trigger guard and the trigger when the weapon is holstered, the trigger area having a bottom opening though which the trigger guard of a holstered weapon can be accessed;
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- an access guard secured to the holster body adjacent to the trigger area, the access guard having a flexible portion extending across and covering the bottom opening of the trigger area.
An access guard for a holster body that has side walls on opposite sides of a trigger space that receives the trigger guard and trigger of a holstered weapon, the access guard comprising:
- a generally U-shaped body including first and second legs and a flexible bottom wall, the first and second legs for connection with the side walls of the holster body on opposite sides of the trigger space, the flexible bottom wall extending between the first and second legs across a bottom opening of the trigger space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.