Discreet pistol pouch

Claim 1

A lockable handgun pouch adapted to be worn on a person's abdomen, said pouch comprising: a body panel having an upper edge, a lower edge, and two side edges, a front panel having an upper edge, a lower edge and two side edges, a peripheral edge wall extending rearwardly from the upper and side edges of said front panel toward the corresponding edges of the body panel, a lower edge connector wall means hingedly joining the lower edge of the front panel to the lower edge of the body panel, whereby the front panel can be swung down to expose the body panel and pouch interior, mating rows of interlockable plastic zipper teeth extending along said peripheral edge wall and the upper and side edges of said body panel, two zipper slider elements movable along said mating zipper teeth, each slider element being movable along an entire side edge of the body panel and about halfway along the upper edge of the body panel, whereby the slider elements meet at a midpoint along the body panel upper edge, the slider elements being independently operable to expose selected areas of the body panel, an elongated patch of fibrous hook and loop fastener material extending along said body panel for the entire distance between the body panel side edges, a gun holster having two spaced side walls to form a gun receiver pocket, said holster having a length extending parallel to a direction of insertion of the gun into the gun receiver pocket, a strip of fibrous hook and loop fastener material extending a substantial distance along each side wall of the holster parallel to the holster length dimension, each such strip of fastener material being attachable to said elongated patch of fibrous fastener material on the body panel, whereby the holster is mountable in a plurality of different positions on said body panel, and retainer strap means attached to the body panel for extension about the mounted holster and attachment to said strips of hook and loop fastener material on said holster side walls, and wherein said lower edge connector wall means comprising two spaced walls forming an elongated concealed pocket, said elongated concealed pocket having an access opening at one end thereof in near proximity to the endmost zipper teeth, whereby said elongated pocket is accessible only when one of said slider elements is moved to a fully open position relatively close to the pocket access opening.