US 12,480,741 B2
Toggle locking mechanism for a firearm holster
Ryan David Brandt, Saint Marys, OH (US)
Filed by Ryan David Brandt, Saint Marys, OH (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/639,283.
Prior Publication US 2025/0327640 A1, Oct. 23, 2025
Int. Cl. F41C 33/02 (2006.01)
CPC F41C 33/0263 (2013.01) [F41C 33/0209 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.