Firearm magazine retention and delivery system

• US 20050230411A1
• Filed: 11/12/2004
• Published: 10/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Joseph G. Koch, Justin K. Veo
• Original Assignee: Joseph G. Koch, Justin K. Veo
• Inventors: Veo, Justin K., Koch, Joseph G.
• Granted Patent: US 7,614,534 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 221/185
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 39/02 Cartridge bags; Bandoleers
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 11/16 Delivery means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/931 Carrier for ammunition

Abstract

A method and apparatus for retaining one or more magazines, such as those used in conjunction with firearms. The apparatus of the present invention retains the magazine in a secure manner while enabling a user to rapidly remove the magazine with little effort. The apparatus is preferably made from a rigid material. In one embodiment one or more of the sides of the housing of the magazine retainer are hingable. In another embodiment, one or more of the sides is flexible. The present invention also preferably provides an oversized floor-plate for the magazine, thus providing the user with a larger gripping surface and thus facilitating extraction of the magazine from the retainer.

Claims

1. An ammunition magazine retaining apparatus comprising:

a housing comprising;

a base-plate and two side-plates, at least one of said side-plates hingedly connected to said base-plate for pivotal movement in relation thereto; and

a spring in operative connection with a first one of said side plates to cause said side-plate to resist a rotational force applied thereto in a direction away from the other side-plate.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 comprising at least two of said housings disposed on a mounting-plate.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a magazine floor-plate attachable to the magazine.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said magazine floor-plate comprises a large protruding front portion.

5. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said magazine floor-plate defines an aperture disposed through said floor-plate.

6. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said magazine floor-plate comprises one or more grooves disposed on one or more side portions thereof.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein at least one of said side-plates defines at least one recess on an inner surface thereof.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein at least one of said side-plates comprises at least one projection disposed on an inner surface thereof.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said side-plates comprise interfacing lips extending laterally inward toward one another.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein said interfacing lips define an hourglass-shaped void there between.

11. An ammunition magazine retaining apparatus comprising:

at least one housing comprising a base-plate, an end-plate, and two side-plates, at least one of said side-plates rigidly connected to said base-plate and comprising a flexible material.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising a mounting-plate attached to said base-plate.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising a magazine floor-plate attachable to an end of the magazine.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein said magazine floor-plate comprises a large protruding front portion.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein said magazine floor-plate defines a fastener aperture there through for attaching said floor-plate to an end of the magazine.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein said magazine floor-plate further comprises one or more grooves disposed on one or more side portions thereof.

17. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein at least one of said side-plates comprises one or more recessions disposed on an inner surface thereof.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein each of said side-plates comprise a laterally inward extending lip, said lips comprising edges mutually contactable along at least medial portions of said edges.