Open-top holster for revolver

Claim 1

An open-top revolver holster to be strapped to the side of a wearer and so securing the revolver in the holster that only the wearer can withdraw it with his gun hand, said revolver having a barrel, a trigger assembly, a cylinder and a grip, the holster comprising: A. a pocket defined by a rear wall adjacent the wearer and a complementary front wall, said rear wall having a tongue extending upwardly from the pocket, said pocket being shaped to socket the barrel as well as the trigger assembly and the cylinder of the revolver, the grip of the revolver being exposed above the pocket; and B. a catch plate formed of resilient synthetic plastic material whose profile conforms to that of the tongue to which it is marginally secured, the lower straight-edged portion of the plate projecting into the pocket and including a free depressible sector which normally bulges away from the inner surface of the pocket, the sector being so positioned that when the revolver is being inserted the cylinder depresses the sector to admit the revolver into the pocket, and when the revolver is fully inserted the edge of the sector springs out to intercept the upper end of the cylinder to prevent unauthorized withdrawal of the revolver, said sector having a memory whereby for the wearer to draw the gun he must first depress the sector to clear the cylinder, the sector when released always reverting to its normal bulge, said plate being molded of thermoplastic polycarbonate material which has high impact strength and is dimensionally stable and has a persistent memory.