Granted Patent B2

US 12,480,741 · App. 18/639,283 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Inventor: Ryan David Brandt (Saint Marys, OH)

F41C33/0263F41C33/0209

Abstract

Claims (23)

1 . A slide-locking mechanism for a firearm holster, comprising:

a holster dimensioned and configured for retaining a firearm, wherein the firearm defines a gun body having a trigger guard, and wherein the holster defines:

a pocket sized and configured for retaining the trigger guard;

a lock guide including a spaced-apart pair of slots;

a cavity located between the slots;

a passage communicating the cavity with the pocket;

an inner ledge and an inner wall transverse to the ledge, wherein the inner ledge and wall define a niche located subjacent the cavity and between the slots;

a plunger sized and configured for insertion within the cavity;

a spring sized and configured for insertion within the niche, wherein the plunger defines a bottom surface and an extension dimensioned and configured for compressing the spring against the inner wall so that the lock plunger is biased in an unlocked position; and

a slider defining a spaced-apart pair of slider extensions dimensioned and configured for slidingly engaging within the spaced-apart pair of slots, wherein the plunger defines a first inclined surface, wherein the slider defines a slider inclined surface for slidably engaging the first inclined surface of the plunger, and wherein the plunger is movable within the cavity between a locked position where the bottom surface of the plunger retains the trigger guard within the pocket and the unlocked position where the plunger is spaced from the trigger guard.

2 . The slide-locking mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the firearm is a handgun.

3 . The slide-locking mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the spring is a compression spring.

4 . The slide-locking mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the holster further includes an externally threaded member, and wherein the holster further defines an aperture having internal threads with which the threaded member external threads rotatably mesh.

5 . The slide-locking mechanism of claim 4 , wherein the slider defines a slider upper surface dimensioned and configured for abuttingly engaging the threaded member.

6 . A toggle locking mechanism combined with a firearm holster, comprising:

a holster dimensioned and configured for retaining a firearm, wherein the firearm defines a gun body having a trigger guard, and wherein the holster defines:

a pocket that is sized and configured for retaining the trigger guard;

a lock guide including a spaced-apart pair of slots;

a cavity located between the slots;

a passage communicating the cavity with the pocket;

a plunger disposed in the passage, wherein the plunger is biased in an unlocked position spaced from the pocket;

a slider ridable along the slots between a unlocked mode and a locked mode, wherein the locked mode urges the slider against the plunger so that the plunger toggles from the unlocked position to a locked position where the plunger retains the trigger guard within the pocket,

wherein maintaining the slider in the locked mode or the unlocked mode requires work.

Continuity (1)

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