ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,791, issued on Feb. 3.

"Method of making a gun holster" was invented by James C. Myers (Abilene, Texas), Charles Byrd (Porter, Texas) and William T. Tucker (Conroe, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a holster for a gun includes selecting a starting polymer material, a starting leather material, and a gun model; preparing a first side of the polymer material by creating texture on the first side; adhering the polymer material and the leather material together to create a combined material; cutting the combined material into a specific shape as determined by the gun model and a desired holster model; stitching arou...