Holster security device

A holster security device for a holster body having a pocket for the insertion and removal of a firearm, and a safety strap attached to the holster body for secure retention of a firearm in the pocket, said device comprising:

• fastener means having a shank portion and being mounted on the safety strap;
• a matching receptacle fastener means mounted on the holster body;
• a cylinder lock mechanism mounted on an end cap and retained in the holster body;
• a sliding flange provided with a latch hook engageable with said male fastener, and
• a ball-shaped protrusion formed on said flange which aligns with a hole formed in said end cap, to provide a tactile sensation when said latch hook is in the locked position,
• such that when said fastener means and receptacle fastener means are engaged, said latch hook engages said fastener shank portion, to restrain said safety strap from disengagement from the holster body.

A holster security device for a holster body having a pocket for the insertion and removal of a firearm, and a safety strap attached to the holster body for secure retention of a firearm in the pocket, said device comprising:

• fastener means having a shank portion and being mounted on the safety strap;
• a matching receptacle fastener means mounted on the holster body;
• a cylinder lock mechanism mounted on an end cap and retained in the holster body;
• and
• a latching mechanism having formed therein a distended hole having narrow and wide ends, said latching mechanism engaging said fastener means shank portion, said fastener means being restrained by sliding action of said narrow end, when said latching mechanism slides into a locking position.

A method of securing and locking a firearm in a holster comprising:

• providing latching means, a male and female snap-type fastener, and a key and cylinder lock;
• strapping said firearm in the holster with a holster safety strap, by inserting said male fastener positioned on said strap into said female fastener mounted on the holster body;
• latching said male strap fastener with said latching means;
• and
• locking said cylinder lock using said key, by activating a cylinder pin which extends into a receptacle provided in an end-cap of said cylinder lock.