ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,616, issued on Oct. 20.

"Apparatus and methods for carrying handguns and accessories" was invented by Brian A. Page (Las Vegas), Nicholas M. Creech (Henderson, Nev.) and Robert J. Bulan (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holster allowing a handgun to be stowed includes an outside surface of a sticky rubber coating applied in a plurality of spaced areas. The sticky rubber coating is incapable of adhering to human skin and clothing. Each area of the plurality of spaced areas is separate from other areas of the plurality of spaced areas to expose an uncoated area of the substrate. The plurality of spaced areas of sticky rubber ...