Firearm magazine holder

• US 6,668,479 B1
• Filed: 02/07/2003
• Issued: 12/30/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Roberto V. Obong
• Original Assignee: Roberto V. Obong
• Inventors: Obong, Roberto V.
• Primary Examiner(s): Carone, Michael J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Buckley, Denise J
• Application Number:
  US10/359,829
• Time in Patent Office: 326 Days
• Field of Search: 42/90, 421/06, 206/3, 220/555, 220/553
• US Class Current: 42/90
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 9/63 specially adapted for releasable connection with other magazines
• CPC Class Codes: F41A 9/68 Plural magazines, e.g. tandem magazines ; Arrangements of cartridges in two or more independent rows or channels which are selectively or sequentially brought into operative position

Abstract

A device for holding a plurality of firearm magazines is disclosed. The device includes a single-piece body having a first compartment adapted to receive a first magazine, and a second compartment adapted to receive a second magazine. The first and second compartments are separated by a divider. The device also optionally includes a first securing member located within a first housing of the divider, and a second securing member located within a second housing of the divider. The first securing member is adapted to engage the first magazine when the first magazine is seated in the first compartment, typically by engaging a groove of the first magazine. Similarly, the second securing member is adapted to engage the second magazine when the second magazine is seated in the second compartment, typically by engaging a groove of the second magazine.

Claims

1. A device for holding a plurality of magazines for use with a firearm comprising:

a single-piece body having a first compartment adapted to receive a first magazine, and a second compartment adapted to receive a second magazine, the first compartment and the second compartment being separated by a divider having a first side wall and a second side wall;

a first securing member located within a first housing of the divider; and

a second securing member located within a second housing of the divider;

wherein the first securing member is adapted to engage the first magazine when the first magazine is seated in the first compartment; and

wherein the second securing member is adapted to engage the second magazine when the second magazine is seated in the second compartment.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the first securing member is adapted to engage the first magazine within a first groove of the first magazine when the first magazine is seated in the first compartment, and the second securing member is adapted to engage the second magazine within a second groove of the second magazine when the second magazine is seated in the second compartment.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the first securing member comprises a first tensioning member, a first engaging member, and a first retaining member, and the first securing member is secured in the first housing by the first retaining member such that the first tensioning member forces a portion of the first engaging member to extend into the first compartment to engage the first groove;

and wherein the second securing member comprises a second tensioning member, a second engaging member, and a second retaining member, and the second securing member is secured in the second housing by the second retaining member such that the second tensioning member forces a portion of the second engaging member to extend into the second compartment to engage the second groove.

4. The device of claim 2, wherein the first retaining member is a threaded cap-screw, and the second retaining member is a threaded cap-screw.

5. The device of claim 2, wherein the first engaging member is a ball bearing, and the second engaging member is a ball bearing.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the single-piece body has a first maintenance hole and a second maintenance hole, and wherein the first maintenance hole allows access to the first securing member through the first compartment and is sized to allow the first securing member to pass therethrough, and wherein the second maintenance hole allows access to the second securing member through the second compartment and is sized to allow the second securing member to pass therethrough.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the first maintenance hole is in a first exterior side wall of the single-piece body, and wherein the second maintenance hole is in a second exterior side wall of the single-piece body.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the single-piece body comprises ultra high molecular weight (UHMW) polyethylene.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the single-piece body has an irrigation hole in a bottom surface thereof.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the single-piece body has an anti-slip surface.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the first compartment is defined by a back wall, a front wall, a side wall, the first side wall of the divider, and an inner bottom surface;

the second compartment is defined by a back wall, a front wall, a side wall, the second side wall of the divider, and an inner bottom surface; and

wherein the front wall of the first compartment extends to the inner bottom surface of the first compartment, and the front wall of the second compartment extends to the inner bottom surface of the second compartment.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein the first compartment is defined by a back wall, a front wall, a side wall, the first side wall of the divider, and an inner bottom surface;

the second compartment is defined by a back wall, a front wall, a side wall, the second side wall of the divider, and an inner bottom surface; and

wherein the front wall of the first compartment and the front wall of the second compartment are substantially coplanar.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein the first compartment is defined by a back wall, a front wall, a side wall, the first side wall of the divider, and an inner bottom surface;

the second compartment is defined by a back wall, a front wall, a side wall, the second side wall of the divider, and an inner bottom surface; and

wherein the front wall of the second compartment extends upward to a different vertical height than does the back wall of the second compartment.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the front wall of the first compartment extends upward to a different vertical height than does the back wall of the first compartment.

15. The device of claim 1, wherein the first securing member is at a lower vertical height than is the second securing member.

16. The device of claim 1, wherein the first compartment is defined by a back wall, a front wall, a side wall, the first side wall of the divider, and an inner bottom surface;

the second compartment is defined by a back wall, a front wall, a side wall, the second side wall of the divider, and an inner bottom surface; and

wherein the inner bottom surface of the first compartment and the inner bottom surface of the second compartment are in substantially parallel planes.

17. A device for holding a plurality of magazines for use with a firearm comprising:

a single-piece body having a first compartment adapted to snugly receive a first magazine, and a second compartment adapted to snugly receive a second magazine, the first compartment and the second compartment being separated by a divider having a first side wall and a second side wall;

wherein the first compartment is defined by a back wall, a front wall, a side wall, the first side wall of the divider, and an inner bottom surface;

wherein the second compartment is defined by a back wall, a front wall, a side wall, the second side wall of the divider, and an inner bottom surface;

wherein the front wall of the first compartment extends to the inner bottom surface of the first compartment;

wherein the front wall of the second compartment extends to the inner bottom surface of the second compartment; and

further comprising a first securing member located within a first housing of the divider and adapted to engage the first magazine when the first magazine is seated in the first compartment; and

a second securing member located within a second housing of the divider and adapted to engage the second magazine when the second magazine is seated in the second compartment.

18. A device for holding a plurality of magazines for use with a firearm comprising:

a single-piece body having a first compartment adapted to snugly receive a first magazine, and a second compartment adapted to snugly receive a second magazine, the first compartment and the second compartment being separated by a divider having a first side wall and a second side wall;

wherein the first compartment is defined by a back wall, a front wall, a side wall, the first side wall of the divider, and an inner bottom surface;

wherein the second compartment is defined by a back wall, a front wall, a side wall, the second side wall of the divider, and an inner bottom surface;

wherein the front wall of the first compartment extends to the inner bottom surface of the first compartment;

wherein the front wall of the second compartment extends to the inner bottom surface of the second compartment; and

wherein the front wall of the second compartment extends upward to a different vertical height than does the back wall of the second compartment.

19. A device for holding a plurality of magazines for use with a firearm comprising:

a single-piece body having a first compartment adapted to snugly receive a first magazine, and a second compartment adapted to snugly receive a second magazine, the first compartment and the second compartment being separated by a divider having a first side wall and a second side wall;

wherein the first compartment is defined by a back wall, a front wall, a side wall, the first side wall of the divider, and an inner bottom surface;

wherein the second compartment is defined by a back wall, a front wall, a side wall, the second side wall of the divider, and an inner bottom surface;

wherein the front wall of the first compartment extends to the inner bottom surface of the first compartment;

wherein the front wall of the second compartment extends to the inner bottom surface of the second compartment; and

wherein the front wall of the first compartment extends upward to a different vertical height than does the back wall of the first compartment.

20. A method for holding a plurality of magazines in a device for use with a firearm, comprising the steps:

providing a firearm magazine holder comprising a single-piece body having a first compartment adapted to receive a first magazine, and a second compartment adapted to receive a second magazine, the first compartment and the second compartment being separated by a divider;

a first securing member located within a first housing of the divider; and

a second securing member located within a second housing of the divider;

wherein the first securing member is adapted to engage the first magazine when the first magazine is seated in the first compartment; and

wherein the second securing member is adapted to engage the second magazine when the second magazine is seated in the second compartment;

seating the first magazine in the first compartment such that the first securing member engages the first magazine to assist in securing the first magazine into the first compartment; and

seating the second magazine in the second compartment such that the second securing member engages the second magazine to assist in securing the second magazine into the second compartment.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising the step of inserting the first magazine into a magazine well of the firearm, the first magazine remaining seated in the first compartment after being inserted into the magazine well.

22. The method of claim 20, further comprising the steps of removing the first magazine from the magazine well of the firearm, the first magazine remaining seated in the first compartment after being removed from the magazine well;

and inserting the second magazine into the magazine well of the firearm, the second magazine remaining seated in the second compartment after being inserted into the magazine well.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the first securing member is adapted to engage the first magazine within a groove of the first magazine when the first magazine is seated in the first compartment, and wherein the second securing member is adapted to engage the second magazine within a groove of the second magazine when the second magazine is seated in the second compartment.