FIREARM MAGAZINE LOADER

• US 20150219415A1
• Filed: 04/13/2015
• Published: 08/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AOB Products Company (Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Battenfeld Technologies Incorporated (Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cauley, Dennis W. Jr., Poehlman, Michael, Birk, Adam J., Gianladis, James, Kinamore, Matthew
• Granted Patent: US 9,335,108 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 9/83 Apparatus or tools for reloading magazines with unbelted ammunition, e.g. cartridge clips

Abstract

A firearm magazine loader. The magazine loader includes an ammunition holder adapted for receiving and holding ammunition from a tray in the same arrayed configuration in which the ammunition was held in the tray. The magazine loader includes a holder adapted for holding ammunition in an array including multiple columns and rows. The magazine loader includes a carrier and a biasing member biasing the carrier for movement. The magazine loader includes a movable carrier and a stop. The stop engages ammunition held in the carrier for indexing movement of the carrier. The magazine loader includes a plunger oriented for plunging ammunition from the carrier in a direction transverse to a direction of travel of the carrier. The magazine loader includes a slot sized and shaped for receiving a round of ammunition and configured for permitting the round of ammunition to slide along a length of the slot.

Claims

1. A magazine loader including an ammunition holder adapted for receiving and holding ammunition from a tray in the same arrayed configuration in which the ammunition was held in the tray.

2. A magazine loader including a holder adapted for holding ammunition in an array including multiple columns and rows.

3. A magazine loader including a carrier and a biasing member biasing the carrier for movement.

4. A magazine loader including a movable carrier and a stop, the stop being adapted for engaging ammunition held in the carrier for indexing movement of the carrier.

5. A magazine loader including a movable carrier and a plunger, the plunger being oriented for plunging ammunition from the carrier in a direction transverse to a direction of travel of the carrier.

6. An ammunition holder including a slot being sized and shaped for receiving a round of centerfire ammunition, the slot being configured for permitting the round of centerfire ammunition to slide along a length of the slot, the slot being configured for preventing the round of centerfire ammunition from falling over in the slot.

7. An ammunition holder including a slot, the slot being sized and shaped for receiving a round of ammunition, the slot being configured for permitting the round of ammunition to slide along a length of the slot, the slot including a slide rail having notches spaced apart from one another along a length of the slide rail.