Patents by Inventor Brandon Karl Trostrud

Brandon Karl Trostrud has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10222155
    Abstract: An magazine loader comprises a body for receiving an upper portion of the magazine and a cap slidingly engaged with the body for loading cartridges in to the magazine received by the body. The body comprises a plurality of wall portions defining a body cavity configured to receive an upper portion of a magazine. The plurality of cap wall portions may comprise a starboard cap wall portion and an opposing port cap wall portion. An upper portion of the body is slidingly received in the interior volume defined by the cap so that the body and the cap slide relative to one another along a sliding axis. The sliding axis may extend in the upward and downward directions and the cap may translate between an upper position and a lower position along the sliding axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Thomas Hefer, Brandon Karl Trostrud
  • Patent number: 10215516
    Abstract: An magazine loader comprises a body for receiving an upper portion of the magazine and a cap slidingly engaged with the body for loading cartridges in to the magazine received by the body. The body comprises a plurality of wall portions defining a body cavity configured to receive an upper portion of a magazine. The plurality of cap wall portions may comprise a starboard cap wall portion and an opposing port cap wall portion. An upper portion of the body is slidingly received in the interior volume defined by the cap so that the body and the cap slide relative to one another along a sliding axis. The sliding axis may extend in the upward and downward directions and the cap may translate between an upper position and a lower position along the sliding axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Thomas Hefer, Brandon Karl Trostrud
  • Patent number: 9976826
    Abstract: An apparatus for loading cartridges into a magazine comprises a setting mechanism including a sleeve, a body, a setting tool, and a link. The body may be slidingly disposed about the sleeve so that the body and the sleeve can slide relative to one another along a sliding axis. The body may translate between an upper position and a lower position along the sliding axis. A first end of the setting tool may be pivotally coupled to the sleeve for relative rotation between the setting tool and the sleeve about a forward axis. The setting tool rotates about the forward axis as the body translates between the upper position and the lower position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Thomas Hefer, Brandon Karl Trostrud, Sean Higgs
  • Publication number: 20180094888
    Abstract: An magazine loader comprises a body for receiving an upper portion of the magazine and a cap slidingly engaged with the body for loading cartridges in to the magazine received by the body. The body comprises a plurality of wall portions defining a body cavity configured to receive an upper portion of a magazine. The plurality of cap wall portions may comprise a starboard cap wall portion and an opposing port cap wall portion. An upper portion of the body is slidingly received in the interior volume defined by the cap so that the body and the cap slide relative to one another along a sliding axis. The sliding axis may extend in the upward and downward directions and the cap may translate between an upper position and a lower position along the sliding axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Brandon Thomas Hefer, Brandon Karl Trostrud
  • Publication number: 20180087856
    Abstract: An magazine loader comprises a body for receiving an upper portion of the magazine and a cap slidingly engaged with the body for loading cartridges in to the magazine received by the body. The body comprises a plurality of wall portions defining a body cavity configured to receive an upper portion of a magazine. The plurality of cap wall portions may comprise a starboard cap wall portion and an opposing port cap wall portion. An upper portion of the body is slidingly received in the interior volume defined by the cap so that the body and the cap slide relative to one another along a sliding axis. The sliding axis may extend in the upward and downward directions and the cap may translate between an upper position and a lower position along the sliding axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Brandon Thomas Hefer, Brandon Karl Trostrud
  • Publication number: 20180058785
    Abstract: An apparatus for loading cartridges into a magazine comprises a setting mechanism including a sleeve, a body, a setting tool, and a link. The body may be slidingly disposed about the sleeve so that the body and the sleeve can slide relative to one another along a sliding axis. The body may translate between an upper position and a lower position along the sliding axis. A first end of the setting tool may be pivotally coupled to the sleeve for relative rotation between the setting tool and the sleeve about a forward axis. The setting tool rotates about the forward axis as the body translates between the upper position and the lower position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Brandon Thomas Hefer, Brandon Karl Trostrud, Sean Higgs
  • Patent number: D827757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Thomas Hefer, Brandon Karl Trostrud
  • Patent number: D829293
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Thomas Hefer, Brandon Karl Trostrud
  • Patent number: D839376
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Thomas Hefer, Brandon Karl Trostrud