US 12,188,746 B2
Twist lock pistol retention device
Shane Allan Kretsinger, North Branch, MN (US)
Filed by Shane Allan Kretsinger, North Branch, MN (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/091,707.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/428,803, filed on Nov. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0175660 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. F41C 33/04 (2006.01); F41C 33/02 (2006.01)
CPC F41C 33/045 (2013.01) [F41C 33/0263 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for engaging with a surface of a firearm to retain the firearm in a holster, the device comprising:
a housing having an outer component and an inner component wherein the inner component and outer component are rotationally secured to one another about an axis; 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 perpendicular to the axis with respect to the inner component and rotationally displaced with respect to the outer component.