Patent · US Expired

Protective retainer for a magazine

US4628627A · kind A · utility

47Cited by
6References
26Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 19, 1985
Grant dateDec 16, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 19, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF41A17/44
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for protectively covering the upper end of a spare magazine for a repeating firearm, holding the upper end in a position laterally adjacent the magazine well of the firearm, while a separate lower portion of the device holds the lower end of the spare magazine in a predetermined position relative to a service magazine or other object held in the magazine well of the firearm. When the service magazine or other object is released from the magazine well the spare magazine is freed from the holder, to be inserted into the magazine well. In one embodiment of the invention the lower portion is fixedly mounted on an externally visible safety device which fits releasably into the magazine well of the firearm and prevents it from being fired.

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