Abstract: A holster for handguns, of composite construction including a handgun-holding pocket of laminated flexible material including a layer of a resiliently compressible foam material, with a frame of rigid material attached to the pocket structure, leaving the pocket structure free to move slightly with respect to the frame. A compression band surrounds a portion of the handgun-holding pocket to compress the layer of resiliently compressible material against the surfaces of a handgun held within the holster to provide resistance against withdrawal of the handgun. Anti-twist plates may be provided to resist unauthorized removal of a handgun from the holster, and a security strap and thumb-break are attached to the frame of the holster but not attached directly to the handgun-holding pocket.

Abstract: A handgun holster having security straps releasably attached by a fastener system including hook-and-loop fastener material, with a protective cover overlying a portion of the mated hook-and-loop fastener material located on the holster. The protective cover is constructed of a flexible sheet-like material and helps to define a snug tube or pocket for receiving a portion of a security strap bearing the mating portion of the hook-and-loop fastener material thereon. The cover holds the two portions of the fastener material together in mating confrontation and covers an end of the strap to prevent it from easily being separated from the holster. Alternatively, a loop-carrying portion of fastener material is attached to a holster with the loops facing toward the body of the holster and a strap having the hook-carrying portion of the fastener is placed between the body of the holster and the loop-carrying fastener material.