Magazine Chargers Patents (Class 42/87)
  • Patent number: 8650792
    Abstract: A loader for gun magazines. The loader includes a handle and a pair of spaced apart, outwardly extending prongs. In an embodiment, a stiffener is used to maintain alignment of prongs, and to keep the prongs from being urged apart during use. The loader is used by engaging prongs with a cartridge in the magazine, and then urging the cartridge against biasing means to create space for a cartridge to be loaded. Once space is created, the cartridge to be loaded is urged into magazine while cradled between prongs of the loader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Ben's Outdoor Design, Inc.
    Inventor: Ben J. A. Overmars
  • Publication number: 20140041275
    Abstract: The embodiment of this device is a magazine carrier for semiautomatic pistols that provides the means for carrying multiple spare magazines, the means to load the magazines, change magazines in the pistol, operate the slide, clear a stoppage i.e. stove pipe/jam, and remove a barrel obstruction. All of these operations may be accomplished with the use of one hand only and is designed for use with either hand. This device has a removable weather resistant cover for environmental and physical protection of the magazines and for discrete carry by the individual. The device is typically worn on the body at the waistline on the right or left side, secured by the use of a belt or other strap using integral belt loops or belt clips or other method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Inventor: Sandy Herrington
  • Publication number: 20140033592
    Abstract: A gun magazine speed loader that can load an entire magazine simply by pulling the magazines external follower in a downward motion. Rimmed cartridges are aligned nose down and side-by-side in a loading channel and the magazine and speed loader are then tipped up toward a vertical position with the magazine below the loader. By passing the stream of cartridges through an “articulator” that articulates the nose of the cartridge and feeds cartridges ‘rim-first’ and up through feed lips and into the magazine, the cartridges fill the magazine in a continuous stream, essentially at the speed of gravity-falling cartridges under control of the external follower. The articulator has no moving parts and operates with rimmed cartridges and with curved or low-rake angle magazines having an external follower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventor: Dana Joseph Fiorucci
  • Publication number: 20130232843
    Abstract: A firearm Magazine loading device designed to load bullets and cartridges into a magazine clip. The loader housing is designed to fit over the open end of the magazine. The top front of the loader includes a funneled bullet or cartridge loading port or aperture to facilitate the insertion of a bullet or cartridge into the housing loader primer end first. Once an operator inserts the bullets or cartridges into the loader housing through the funneled loading port, the housing incorporates a lever, handle or knob located at its rear, which, when squeezed or activated, forces or loads bullets or cartridges into the magazine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventor: Edward Bajuelo
  • Publication number: 20130192117
    Abstract: A magazine loader device. The magazine loader device includes a housing designed to receive a magazine. A control element, whose movement is directed by a handle device, coordinates the movement of a plunger designed to push a magazine follower or first cartridge resident at a top of the magazine down into the magazine and a cartridge pusher that pushes a second cartridge into the magazine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: GEMOPTICS LLC
    Inventor: GemOptics LLC
  • Patent number: 8468730
    Abstract: An ammunition magazine including a housing having a base, a follower spring-biased in the housing against the base, a belt coupled to the follower for pulling the follower towards the base, a belt collecting and release mechanism mounted in the base, the belt being coupled to the mechanism for shortening the belt around the wheel when the magazine is rolled along a surface in a forward direction, whereby the belt pulls the follower into the magazine to permit loading of cartridges into the magazine, and for preventing rotation of the wheel to release the belt when the base is rolled along a surface in a rearward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Inventors: Sagi Faifer, Yehuda Meller
  • Patent number: 8453366
    Abstract: A magazine loader is disclosed that facilitates the rapid loading of firearms magazines. A loader, as disclosed, can receive magazines and ammunition and, by means of manipulation of a handle or shaft, a gear within the loader may motivate a plate to push ammunition into a magazine. Ammunition may be pushed into the magazine until the magazine is filled to capacity. Once filled, the magazine may be ejected from the loader by operation of the plate. Ammunition and magazines may be oriented in any manner and several magazines may be loaded at once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Inventor: Russell E Gray
  • Publication number: 20130067788
    Abstract: A magazine loader is disclosed that facilitates the rapid loading of firearms magazines. A loader, as disclosed, can receive magazines and ammunition and, by means of manipulation of a handle or shaft, a gear within the loader may motivate a plate to push ammunition into a magazine. Ammunition may be pushed into the magazine until the magazine is filled to capacity. Once filled, the magazine may be ejected from the loader by operation of the plate. Ammunition and magazines may be oriented in any manner and several magazines may be loaded at once.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventor: Russell E. Gray
  • Publication number: 20130061505
    Abstract: A device for use in loading cartridges in a pistol magazine having a locking recess, the device including an ergonomic, pistol grip shaped housing including a through-going magazine receiving bore having a substantially rectangular cross-section for receiving a magazine through the bottom of the housing and enclosing the magazine therein, and an elongate bore parallel to the magazine receiving bore and extending from a top of the housing part way through the housing; a magazine catch in the housing extending into the magazine receiving bore for engaging the locking recess in the magazine; a release element, coupled to the magazine catch, for releasing the magazine catch from the magazine; and a spring loaded plunger mounted for linear movement in the elongate bore for engaging a cartridge in the magazine protruding through the magazine receiving bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: TUVIA FAIFER
  • Patent number: 8356441
    Abstract: A pistol magazine loader device. The pistol magazine loader device includes a housing designed to receive a magazine. A control element, whose movement is directed by a handle device, coordinates the movement of a plunger designed to push a magazine follower or first cartridge resident at a top of the magazine down into the magazine and a cartridge pusher that pushes a second cartridge into the magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: GemOptics LLC
    Inventor: Edward Steele Meinel
  • Patent number: 8234810
    Abstract: A device for loading cartridges into a magazine comprising: a magazine housing; a bullet carrier comprising a cartridge support seat and a spring; and a rod that is inserted into an aperture in the bottom end of the magazine housing and through the middle of the spring. In one embodiment, the cartridge support seat comprising a viewing port and a trough that extends from the underside of the cartridge support seat and is situated adjacent to the viewing port and beneath the feed lips of the magazine housing, and the L-shaped end of the rod is inserted through the middle of the spring and onto the shelf of the trough. In an alternate embodiment, the cartridge support seat comprises a viewing port and a second aperture, and the L-shaped end of the rod is inserted through the middle of the spring, through the viewing port, and into the second aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Lee Tactical Solutions, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Kenneth Joe Lee, III
  • Publication number: 20120192477
    Abstract: Systems and methods for loading and unloading a magazine are comprised herein. An apparatus described herein includes a magazine that has chamber for storing ammunition. A toll that is used for loading and unloading ammunition into the magazine. The tool includes a reservoir container that is defined by three sides of the tool. The reservoir container is configured to hold ammunition cartridges. A funnel interacts with a proximal end of the reservoir container and is configured to route ammunition from the reservoir container into a single row in a repository channel. A loading press that is sized for insertion into the reservoir container and the repository channel, is used, when inserted, to guide ammunition through the tool and into the magazine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventor: RAY KIM
  • Publication number: 20120137565
    Abstract: A tool for use in loading cartridge magazines comprising an elongated body with two small spaced apart tangs projecting laterally at opposite ends. One tang enters the slot in the magazine and engages and holds the follower down to accommodate the entry of shells with the other tang engaging the upper end of the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventor: John N. Klein
  • Publication number: 20120137564
    Abstract: The present invention is a magazine coupler for coupling first and second magazines together including a first and second plate each including a center leg and first and second outer legs which define first and second magazine recesses. The first and second guide rods each have a first end secured within the center leg of the first plate and a threaded second end received through corresponding aligned openings within the center leg of the second plate. The first and second securing members respectively received through the openings in the center leg of the second plate and engaged with the second ends of the guide rods to secure the first and second plates together in assembled relation. The first and second guide rods preventing rotation of the first and second plates relative to each other when secured in assembled relation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Thor Defense, Inc.
    Inventors: Severt Swenson, III, Scott Samson
  • Patent number: 8146281
    Abstract: A link for a toy ammunition chain made up of a plurality of links hinged together side-by-side in articulated fashion includes a cylindrical body adapted to receive a soft projectile. A first hinge component extends laterally from the body and has a pair of hinge pins. A second hinge component extends laterally from the body at a position opposite the first hinge component and has a pair of recesses each for pivotally receiving a hinge pin of an adjacent link in the chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Buzz Bee Toys (H.K.) Co., Limited
    Inventor: Jeffrey C. Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20120030987
    Abstract: A device for loading cartridges into a magazine comprising: a magazine housing; a bullet carrier comprising a cartridge support seat and a spring; and a rod that is inserted into an aperture in the bottom end of the magazine housing and through the middle of the spring. In one embodiment, the cartridge support seat comprising a viewing port and a trough that extends from the underside of the cartridge support seat and is situated adjacent to the viewing port and beneath the feed lips of the magazine housing, and the L-shaped end of the rod is inserted through the middle of the spring and onto the shelf of the trough. In an alternate embodiment, the cartridge support seat comprises a viewing port and a second aperture, and the L-shaped end of the rod is inserted through the middle of the spring, through the viewing port, and into the second aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventor: Kenneth Joe Lee, III
  • Patent number: 8065830
    Abstract: A firearm magazine loading and unloading tool that may be formed in a one-piece unit that is hand-held, ambidextrous, generally rectangular in shape and able to fit inside one or more magazines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Inventor: Chris Twardy
  • Patent number: 7886468
    Abstract: The present invention comprises plastic pistols and individual parts therefore having an increased use of plastic in comparison to prior art plastic pistols, reducing the number and simplifying the design of the metal parts to reduce the cost of the pistols while still maintaining gun quality. One aspect of the invention is the use of plastic in certain critical areas, simplifying the configuration of the metal inserts used. In many cases, this can eliminate expensive machining of metal parts in favor of parts injection molded to finished dimensions. In that regard, legal requirements can still be met with respect to metal content, yet that metal content may be simplified in configuration for ease of manufacture. Certain preferred embodiments of the invention are illustrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Inventor: James V. Pontollo, II
  • Patent number: 7866080
    Abstract: A loader for inserting an ammunition cartridge into a gun's magazine includes a body operable to hold two or more ammunition cartridges, a retainer to prevent a cartridge held by the body from leaving the body and operable to release a held cartridge from the body to position the cartridge for insertion into a gun's magazine, and an insertion component to exert pressure on a positioned cartridge to insert the cartridge into the gun's magazine. When the loader is used to insert a cartridge into a gun's magazine, the insertion component extends into the gun's carrier opening, a cartridge from the body is positioned on the insertion component, and the body is then moved relative to the gun's magazine. By holding the cartridges with the body and forcing a positioned cartridge into the gun's magazine with the insertion component, one can quickly and efficiently load a gun's magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Inventor: John Tucker
  • Publication number: 20100313460
    Abstract: A loader for inserting an ammunition cartridge into a gun's magazine includes a body operable to hold two or more ammunition cartridges, a retainer to prevent a cartridge held by the body from leaving the body and operable to release a held cartridge from the body to position the cartridge for insertion into a gun's magazine, and an insertion component to exert pressure on a positioned cartridge to insert the cartridge into the gun's magazine. When the loader is used to insert a cartridge into a gun's magazine, the insertion component extends into the gun's carrier opening, a cartridge from the body is positioned on the insertion component, and the body is then moved relative to the gun's magazine. By holding the cartridges with the body and forcing a positioned cartridge into the gun's magazine with the insertion component, one can quickly and efficiently load a gun's magazine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: John Tucker
  • Patent number: 7805875
    Abstract: A device for holding a plurality of firearm magazines is disclosed. The device includes an upper plate, a lower plate, and a securing member. The upper plate is rotationally positioned about the securing member, and the lower plate is rotationally mounted to the securing member below the upper plate. Firearm magazines are placed between the upper plate and the lower plate, which together securely engage the magazines when tightened with the securing member. Multidirectional movements of the upper plate and the lower plate facilitate placement and securing of the magazines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Inventor: Roberto V. Obong
  • Patent number: 7805874
    Abstract: A firearm magazine loader for loading both rounds held by a stripper clip and for loading loose rounds into a magazine comprises, in one aspect, a stick-like body having a lower portion adapted to fit over and attach to an open top end of a magazine and an upper portion for receiving a loaded stripper clip or loose rounds. A tiltable and slideable slider is coupled inseparably to slots in the upper portion and slidable along it. Loading is achieved by using the slider to thrust down the top-most round in the upper portion, causing all other rounds below to be forced sequentially and quickly into the magazine. The loader also includes and unloading flange for unloading rounds from the magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Inventors: Guy Tal, Ran Tal
  • Publication number: 20100175294
    Abstract: A pistol magazine loader device. The pistol magazine loader device includes a housing designed to receive a magazine. A control element, whose movement is directed by a handle device, coordinates the movement of a plunger designed to push a magazine follower or first cartridge resident at a top of the magazine down into the magazine and a cartridge pusher that pushes a second cartridge into the magazine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventor: Edward Steele Meinel
  • Patent number: 7690290
    Abstract: A cartridge magazine includes a carrier member (20) having a plurality of receptacles (21) for receiving propellant-containing cartridges (11), longitudinal ribs provided on longitudinal sides of the recess (27) and limiting same; and a cover strip (30) for securing the cartridges in the receptacles and located in the recess (27) formed in a flat surface (23) of the carrier member (20) and extending in a longitudinal direction (L), for limiting the recess, and a cover strip (30) for securing the cartridges in the receptacles and located in the recess (27).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Kurt Oehri
  • Patent number: 7637048
    Abstract: A firearm magazine loader (30) comprises a body (32) coupled to a movable press (40), a plunger (20) extending out of the press towards the body, and a magazine aligner (52). The body is hollow and adapted to fit and slide over an open side of a magazine (10). A spring (48) is positioned between the body and the press to force them apart. To load the magazine, the user squeezes the press towards the body such that plunger is over a topmost round (12) in the magazine, and then presses down the loader, causing the plunger to force the topmost round further into the magazine to form a vacant space below lips (14) of the magazine. This enables a new round (13) to be rearwardly, case first, loaded inside the vacant space. The user then eases the down force on the loader allowing the spring (16) of the magazine to force up all the rounds in the magazine towards the lips while releasing the press for allowing the spring of the press to force the press and plunger back to their original position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Inventors: Guy Tal, Ran Tal
  • Publication number: 20090288326
    Abstract: A firearm magazine loading and unloading tool that may be formed in a one-piece unit that is hand-held, ambidextrous, generally rectangular in shape and able to fit inside one or more magazines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventor: Chris Twardy
  • Patent number: 7568421
    Abstract: A cartridge feeding attachment for a firearm generally consisting of a housing attachable to the firearm having means for guiding a stack of cartridges into the cartridge chamber of the firearm along a first line of travel, a follower engageable with one of such cartridges and means disposed between the housing and the follower for biasing the follower along the first line of travel to feed a cartridge into the cartridge chamber; a sprocket supported on the housing having circumferentially spaced recesses each receiving a cartridge of a cartridge belt trained over the sprocket, and a rotational axis positioned so that upon rotational indexing thereof, a cartridge of the belt will be positioned along a second line of travel extending between the follower and a cartridge of the stack of cartridges; means displaceable along the second line of travel extending between the follower and a rearwardmost cartridge of the stack of cartridges; means displaceable along the second line of travel between a retracted positi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Rockland, Inc.
    Inventor: David C. Cummings
  • Patent number: 7543404
    Abstract: The present invention relates to devices for carrying small arms. The inventive method provides for use of a holster having a slot for a pistol grip. When a pistol is straightwardly pushed in the holster, the safety-stop thereof is switched in armed position. The pistol is removable by the opposite displacement thereof. The body of the inventive holster comprises guides for a breechblock, a spring loaded lock thereof, and a unit for switching said breechbloc which is arranged on the sidewall of said body on the side of the safety-stop of the pistol and embodied in the form of a spring loaded fork. The lock is embodied in the form of a cantilever plate provided with an arrester which is mounted in such a way that it interacts with the breechblock and the indicator of the safety-stop when it is switched on. In the second variant, the switching means is embodied in the form of a shaped window which has a simple trapezium shape and is arranged on the sidewall of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Inventors: Valeriy Adamovich Kovalchuk, Vladimir Georgievich Lemehko, Evgeniv Eduardovich Yamschikov, Gainan Gumaraovich Junusov, Sergey Adamovitch Kovalchuk
  • Patent number: 7503138
    Abstract: A magazine aligner is positioned inside a pistol magazine loader for centering the open side of magazines of different widths and depths when mounted into the loader to be in line with a round-inserting plunger of the loader. The aligner comprises an inverted “V”-shaped element adapted to accept the open side of magazines from below and includes a spring for keeping tension on the magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Inventors: Guy Tal, Ran Tal
  • Publication number: 20090044440
    Abstract: A firearm magazine loader for loading both rounds held by a stripper clip and for loading loose rounds into a magazine comprises, in one aspect, a stick-like body having a lower portion adapted to fit over and attach to an open top end of a magazine and an upper portion for receiving a loaded stripper clip or loose rounds. A tiltable and slideable slider is coupled inseparably to slots in the upper portion and slidable along it. Loading is achieved by using the slider to thrust down the top-most round in the upper portion, causing all other rounds below to be forced sequentially and quickly into the magazine. The loader also includes and unloading flange for unloading rounds from the magazine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Guy Tal, Ran Tal
  • Patent number: 7487613
    Abstract: A cartridge loader for inserting cartridges into a gun magazine. The cartridge loader fits onto a person's thumb and more particularly fits onto the distal phalange of a person's thumb. In one embodiment of the invention, the cartridge loader includes a thumb protecting member and a cartridge-pushing member. The thumb-protecting member defines interior and exterior surfaces and an interior open cavity of sufficient volume and shape to accommodate a distal phalange of a person's thumb. The cartridge-pushing member defines opposite first and second ends. The first end of the cartridge-pushing member is attached to the exterior surface of the thumb-protecting member. The second end of the cartridge-pushing member defines, at least in part, a concave surface to suit the exterior shape of a cartridge casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Inventor: Stephen J. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20080244952
    Abstract: A cartridge loader for inserting cartridges into a gun magazine. The cartridge loader fits onto a person's thumb and more particularly fits onto the distal phalange of a person's thumb. In one embodiment of the invention, the cartridge loader includes a thumb protecting member and a cartridge-pushing member. The thumb-protecting member defines interior and exterior surfaces and an interior open cavity of sufficient volume and shape to accommodate a distal phalange of a person's thumb. The cartridge-pushing member defines opposite first and second ends. The first end of the cartridge-pushing member is attached to the exterior surface of the thumb-protecting member. The second end of the cartridge-pushing member defines, at least in part, a concave surface to suit the exterior shape of a cartridge casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventor: Stephen J. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20080184608
    Abstract: A firearm magazine loader (30) comprises a body (32) coupled to a movable press (40), a plunger (20) extending out of the press towards the body, and a magazine aligner (52). The body is hollow and adapted to fit and slide over an open side of a magazine (10). A spring (48) is positioned between the body and the press to force them apart. To load the magazine, the user squeezes the press towards the body such that plunger is over a topmost round (12) in the magazine, and then presses down the loader, causing the plunger to force the topmost round further into the magazine to form a vacant space below lips (14) of the magazine. This enables a new round (13) to be rearwardly, case first, loaded inside the vacant space. The user then eases the down force on the loader allowing the spring (16) of the magazine to force up all the rounds in the magazine towards the lips while releasing the press for allowing the spring of the press to force the press and plunger back to their original position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Guy Tal, Ran Tal
  • Patent number: 7383657
    Abstract: A magazine loader including a body including a front strap, a back strap and side panels extending between the front and back straps, a hollow portion being defined between the front and back straps and side panels for receiving therein a firearms magazine, wherein the front and back straps and side panels are configured to substantially match an outer contour of a grip of a given manufacturer's weapon, and a tongue extending from an upper portion of the body with a cartridge contact surface that faces towards the hollow portion, wherein when a magazine is placed in the hollow portion the cartridge contact surface is positioned to push a cartridge into the magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Inventor: Dov Pikielny
  • Patent number: 7364057
    Abstract: The multiple magazine carrier and dispenser for firearms is configured for rapidly dispensing ammunition magazines in a proper orientation to facilitate rapid reloading of a weapon. The multiple magazine carrier may be curved for either left or right hand use or may be uncurved, and carried on a torso and shoulder strap harness, vest, or other garment, as desired. The carrier has a thickness and height only slightly greater than those dimensions of a magazine, but has a length sufficient for the installation of a series of magazines therein in a front to back orientation. A spring and push plate or shoe urge the magazines toward the front of the device, where a dispensing opening is configured to facilitate grasping the first magazine in line in the proper orientation for rapid installation in a weapon carried by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Inventor: Sean P. Carroll
  • Patent number: 7257919
    Abstract: A loader for a magazine having an upper open end, a lower closed end, a forward vertical side edge and a rear vertical flat side edge, loader having a vertical channel for receiving therein the rear flat edge of the cartridge, the channel being formed by a pair of flat vertical side members spaced apart in parallel relation and having a rear flat edge where it slidably engages the rear flat edge of the magazine, the magazine being made of ferrous metal and the loader being made of non-ferrous material. A vertically extending tab is mounted in the upper portion of the channel and is provided with a downwardly vertically extending plunger mounted at the lower end of the tab for engaging the edge of an uppermost bullet mounted within the magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Inventor: Allen D. Farley
  • Publication number: 20070163164
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a holster for a semiautomatic handgun. The semiautomatic handgun comprises a slider, a spring, a barrel terminating in a mouth, a hollow butt for a magazine clip and a firing mechanism comprising a trigger coupled to a hammer by a mechanism. The holster comprises left and right walls connected by a back piece. The holster is opened at its proximal end for insertion and removal of the semiautomatic handgun thereby and has an opening at its distal end. The holster further comprises means for engaging the slider of the semiautomatic handgun as the handgun is pushed into the holster, to slide the slider with respect to the barrel, thereby chambering a round.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Noam Avrahami, Oren Asiad
  • Patent number: 7194837
    Abstract: A device for holding a plurality of firearm magazines is disclosed. The device includes an upper plate, a lower plate, and a securing member. The upper plate is rotationally positioned about the securing member, and the lower plate is rotationally mounted to the securing member below the upper plate. Firearm magazines are placed between the upper plate and the lower plate, which together securely engage the magazines when tightened with the securing member. Multidirectional movements of the upper plate and the lower plate facilitate placement and securing of the magazines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Inventor: Roberto V. Obong
  • Patent number: 7073285
    Abstract: A device for holding a plurality of firearm magazines is disclosed. The device includes an upper plate, a lower plate, and a securing member. The upper plate is rotationally positioned about the securing member, and the lower plate is rotationally mounted to the securing member below the upper plate. Firearm magazines are placed between the upper plate and the lower plate, which together securely engage the magazines when tightened with the securing member. Multidirectional movements of the upper plate and the lower plate facilitate placement and securing of the magazines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Inventor: Roberto V. Obong
  • Patent number: 6865840
    Abstract: A gun loading device comprising a base member having a socket to receive the muzzle of a firearm to be loaded with a charge of powder and/or a bullet, a storage cylinder provided with a plurality of bores in a circular pattern which receive such charges and is rotatable about a fixed axis attached to the base member, an upper inlet member having an opening through which a plunger is perpendicularly slideable to push, sequentially, the charges of powder in the bores through a discharge opening in the base member, and multiple posts connecting the base and inlet members together, in a non-twistable configuration, with the cylinder being rotatable therebetween. Quick-releasable latch members preferably are used to secure the connecting member respectively to the base and inlet members, as well as render the elements readily disassembled for cleaning, and the preferred material from which the components of the device are formed is synthetic resin, such as “LEXAN” or A.B.F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Inventors: Emil L. Kanyuck, Carl J. Winters, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6817134
    Abstract: A rapid action bullet reloading device for use in conjunction with any firearm utilizing a removable magazine is operable by either hand of the user with minimal effort. The device includes a sleeve, defining a main body, a lever hinged to the sleeve and a cam member operatively engaged with the lever. The sleeve is structured and disposed to receive the magazine in a releasably locked and registered position for the bullet reloading operation. The device is operated by squeezing the lever towards the sleeve body with one hand which rotates the cam member about a cam axis in a highly leveraged action. Rotation of the cam causes an integral finger extending from the cam member to engage and depress a properly positioned bullet into the magazine. A spring urges the cam member back to the relaxed position upon each release of the lever, whereupon a next successive bullet can be placed in registered position for loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Rainbow Precision Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventor: Philip Newman
  • Patent number: 6817135
    Abstract: The improved shotgun shell carrier is a rectangular plastic housing one end closed by a sliding door. A zigzag-type compression spring is positioned within the housing between the sliding door and a magazine follower. The open end of the housing is provided with opposing feeding lips formed from spring steel and shaped to funnel the shells one at a time to a release point adjacent the tip of the feeding lips. The feeding lips are formed with a centrally located finger slot having a length greater than the width of a shotgun shell. Blocking elements are pivotally positioned at the open end of the housing to prevent extra shells from falling out when the feeding lips are open. The housing is adapted for receiving attaching elements to enable attaching the carrier to high-speed modular gear in a desired position for quick and efficient reloading of a shotgun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Inventor: Jonathan D. Jackson
  • Patent number: 6817133
    Abstract: A cartridge loader for loading rimmed cartridges into the magazine of a rifle. The loader has a tube with an exterior slide. The slide is coupled to a pusher within the tube which when manually advanced will deliver cartridges to the end of the tube and through the loading port of a firearm when the loader is positioned against the firearm receiver. The front end of the loader is configured to maintain the loading port gate open during the loading operation. The loader will accommodate a range of cartridge calibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Inventor: Lawrence R. Williams
  • Patent number: 6810616
    Abstract: A fiream magazine loader and unloader accessory (10) comprises a main body (12) adapted to fit over an open end of a magazine (70) and a tiltable alternate round thruster (50) mounted in the main body above the magazine's open end. The alternate round thruster includes two plungers (62) and (64), each positioned above a column of rounds (80, 82) of the magazine. Loading is achieved by thrusting inside the magazine the topmost round of the magazine using the plunger above to provide a vacant space for a new round to be rearwardly inserted. Unloading is achieved by thrusting inside the magazine the second-to-topmost round of the magazine with the plunger above to release spring (78) pressure from the topmost round so that it can gravitationlly and forwardly unload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventors: Guy Tal, Ran Tal
  • Patent number: 6807764
    Abstract: A device to facilitate the loading of cartridges into an automatic pistol magazine atop an internal cartridge follower plate which is urged upward by an internal magazine spring. The device comprises a thumb size indented block to which is attached a wire loop. When loading the magazine, the wire loop is hooked around a knob attached to the follower plate, which extends outward through a slot on the magazine wall, and is pulled down, lowering the follower plate, allowing the cartridges to be freely inserted. While loading, the magazine base is inserted into the indentation on the block and the block is held against the magazine base by the force of the spring until loading is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Inventor: Larry B. Phillips
  • Patent number: 6796074
    Abstract: A device for holding a plurality of firearm magazines is disclosed. The device includes an upper plate, a lower plate, and a securing member. The upper plate is rotationally positioned about the securing member, and the lower plate is rotationally mounted to the securing member below the upper plate. Magazines are placed between the upper plate and the lower plate, which together securely engage the magazines when tightened with the securing member. Multidirectional movements of the upper plate and the lower plate facilitate placement and securing of the magazines. The upper plate has a recess allowing a head of the securing member to rest substantially therein and/or flush with the outer surface of the upper plate. Substantially curved edge surfaces of the plates provide a smooth transition from one surface to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Inventor: Robert V. Obong
  • Publication number: 20040159036
    Abstract: A rapid action bullet reloading device for use in conjunction with any firearm utilizing a removable magazine is operable by either hand of the user with minimal effort. The device includes a sleeve, defining a main body, a lever hinged to the sleeve and a cam member operatively engaged with the lever. The sleeve is structured and disposed to receive the magazine in a releasably locked and registered position for the bullet reloading operation. The device is operated by squeezing the lever towards the sleeve body with one hand which rotates the cam member about a cam axis in a highly leveraged action. Rotation of the cam causes an integral finger extending from the cam member to engage and depress a properly positioned bullet into the magazine. A spring urges the cam member back to the relaxed position upon each release of the lever, whereupon a next successive bullet can be placed in registered position for loading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventor: Philip Newman
  • Publication number: 20040159035
    Abstract: A rapid action bullet reloading device for use in conjunction with any firearm utilizing a removable magazine is operable by either hand of the user with minimal effort. The device includes a sleeve, defining a main body, a lever hinged to the sleeve and a cam member operatively engaged with the lever. The sleeve is structured and disposed to receive the magazine in a releasably locked and registered position for the bullet reloading operation. The device is operated by squeezing the lever towards the sleeve body with one hand which rotates the cam member about a cam axis in a highly leveraged action. Rotation of the cam causes an integral finger extending from the cam member to engage and depress a properly positioned bullet into the magazine. A spring urges the cam member back to the relaxed position upon each release of the lever, whereupon a next successive bullet can be placed in registered position for loading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventor: Philip Newman
  • Patent number: 6754987
    Abstract: A magazine loader includes a loading holder and an ammo pusher. The loading holder has a supplying opening end, an opposed discharging opening end, a feeding channel extended from the supplying opening end to the discharging opening end for slidably receiving a plurality of ammos, and a guiding arrangement provided within the feeding channel, wherein the discharging opening end of the loading holder is capable of detachably mounting on an opening of a magazine such that the feeding channel of the loading holder is adapted for aligning with the opening of the magazine. The ammo pusher, having a pusher head, is slidably engaged with the guiding arrangement to substantially guide the pusher head sliding from the supplying opening end of the loading holder to the discharging opening end thereof for pushing the ammos within the feeding channel of the loading holder into the magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: New Century Sci. & Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Carson Cheng, Jon Morgan
  • Publication number: 20040020096
    Abstract: A firearm magazine loader and unloader accessory (10) comprises a main body (12) adapted to fit over an open end of a magazine (70) and a tiltable alternate round thruster (50) mounted in the main body above the magazine's open end. The alternate round thruster includes two plungers (62) and (64), each positioned above a column of rounds (80, 82) of the magazine. Loading is achieved by thrusting inside the magazine the topmost round of the magazine using the plunger above to provide a vacant space for a new round to be rearwardly inserted. Unloading is achieved by thrusting inside the magazine the second-to-topmost round of the magazine with the plunger above to release spring (78) pressure from the topmost round so that it can gravitationally and forwardly unload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Guy Tal, Ran Tal