Front opening holster
OwnerLoren R. Shoemakerinventor
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Abstract
A front-opening holster for handguns such as pistols, has an inner liner and an outer facing which encase the barrel, body and trigger portions of the gun, the facing and liner portions extending along the sides of the barrel and being biased together by a spring therebetween to enclose the gun from its muzzle to its trigger. A pivot on the holster fits between the trigger guard and the handle of the gun, so that with the gun in a normal hip position, it may be drawn by grasping the exposed handle and rotating it about the pivot to open the holster front by separating the liner and the facing until the heretofore protected trigger and barrel clear the holster, whereupon the gun is ready for firing.
Claims12
A front opening holster for a handgun having a handle, a muzzle and a trigger guard, including:
- means for connection with the user,
- an outer portion for retaining the handgun,
- an inner portion for retaining the handgun connected with said means for connection to the user,
- a loop connecting said inner portion to said outer portion at their upper rear locations, said loop forming a pivot for the handgun to engage the handgun between the handle thereof and the trigger guard thereof, and
- a spring member shaped and stressed to extend along front edge sections of said outer and inner portions of the holster and to lightly bias said outer and inner portions together to permit spread of said front edge sections by the handgun under light outward rotative force, said spring member including an arcuate pivot portion extending through said loop to stiffen the pivot thereby formed whereby said pivot forms a firm fulcrum for rotation of the handgun thereabout so that the handgun may be removed from said holster by rotating the handle downwardly about said fulcrum to force the muzzle end out of the holster.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.