Cartridge package for automatic or semiautomatic firearms

• US 5,319,872 A
• Filed: 12/23/1992
• Issued: 06/14/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Marianne Bammate
• Original Assignee: Marianne Bammate
• Inventors: Bammate, Timour
• Primary Examiner(s): BENTLEY, STEPHEN
• Application Number:
  US07/996,072
• Time in Patent Office: 538 Days
• Field of Search: 42/50, 42/87, 42/88, 42/90, 206/3, 224/196, 224/203, 224/224, 224/226, 224/239, 224/240, 224/914
• US Class Current: 42/88
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 39/00 Packaging or storage of ammunition or explosive charges; Safety features thereof; Cartridge belts or bags
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 39/02 Cartridge bags; Bandoleers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/914 Carrier for handcuffs, blackjack, club, or other equipment carried by policeman
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/931 Carrier for ammunition

Abstract

A cartridge packing is provided for an automatic or semiautomatic firearm. The cartridge packing includes an operational loader having a magazine filled with cartridges. The operational loader and cartridges are enclosed in a protection piece for protection against shocks and pollution. The protection piece includes a rigid cap and a tearable bag.

Claims

1. A cartridge packing for automatic or semiautomatic firearms comprising at least one operational loader (1, 14, 21) filled with cartridges and having a magazine, a spring, a piston, and lips for retaining and guiding the cartridges stored, and a protection piece (3, 16, 23, 29) comprising a rigid cap covering the region of the first cartridge and the lips of the loader, and a flexible, tight, tearable bag (10) entirely covering the rest of the loader, said bag (10) detachably connecting the rigid cap to the loader.

2. A packing according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the bag (10) of the protection piece (3) (1) comprises a closure and grasping strip (100) defined in part by a tear line (101) located adjacent an edge of said strip for enabling separation of said strip and opening of said bag.

3. A packing according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that it comprises a plurality of operational loaders (21) filled with cartridges (22), and a corresponding number of protection pieces (23), the latter being associated by attachment to a common support (24) capable of being worn by a marksman.

4. A packing according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the assembly consisting of the loader (1, 21) and the protection piece (3, 29) forms a tight vacuum enclosure.

5. A packing according to claim 4, characterized by the fact that the bag (10) of the protection piece (3) (1) comprises a closure and grasping strip (100) defined in part by a tear line (101) located adjacent an edge of said strip for enabling separation of said strip and opening of said bag.