US Patent Issued to Revelyst Operations on Sept. 1 for "Thumb-actuated locking holster system" (Montana, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,840, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Revelyst Operations LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Thumb-actuated locking holster system" was invented by Paul N. Smith (Bozeman, Mont.), Troy E. Lance (Livingston, Mont.), Oscar C. Woods (Manhattan, Mont.), Daniel D. Sereday (Belgrade, Mont.), Christopher J. Michael (Belgrade, Mont.) and Robert J. Meinert (Andover, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holster for receiving and withdrawing a handgun has a first handgun retention mechanism. The mechanism having a first lever with a tab portion for actuation and release of a trigger guard, the lever having a snap fit into a lever region without a separ...