Dual way magazine loader

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11112196-B2
Application number	US-202016998270-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2020
Priority date	Sep 19, 2016
Publication date	Sep 7, 2021
Grant date	Sep 7, 2021

Abstract

A 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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A magazine loader for loading cartridges into a magazine, the magazine loader comprising;
a body having a pair of opposing forward and rearward wall portions and a pair of lateral wall portions, the body defining a body interior, a bottom opening conformingly sized to receive an end of the rifle magazine therein, and a throat sized to allow passage of individual cartridges downwardly into the body interior;
an arm pivotally coupled to the body and defining a trough adapted and dimensioned to receive a plurality of cartridges therein, the arm being rotatable between a first and second orientation, wherein the trough is disposed in communication with the throat and the body interior when the arm is in the first orientation;
a cap comprising a plurality of side walls defining a cap interior, wherein one of the cap and the body having a pair of slide guides and the other of the cap and the body having a pair of spring members to allow movement of the cap in an upward and downward direction with respect to the body, the spring members configured to bias the cap in the upward direction spaced apart from the body, the cap defining a channel to allow slidable movement of the cap with respect to the arm in the upward and downward directions when the arm is in the first position; and the cap further comprising a plunger extending into the cap interior for pushing a cartridge in the downward direction into the rifle magazine; and
a latch member to hold the magazine in position relative to the body.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the body comprises a pair of slide guides and the cap comprises a pair of spring members to allow movement of the cap in an upward and downward direction with respect to the body.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein spring members comprise a leaf springs.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the cap side walls comprises a starboard cap wall including a starboard leaf spring and a port cap wall including a port leaf spring.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the arm comprises a starboard arm rail protruding beyond a starboard facing side surface of the arm, and the arm comprises a port arm rail protruding beyond a port facing side surface of the arm.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein:
the starboard arm rail is disposed in alignment with a first starboard rail of the body when the arm is in the first orientation; and
the port arm rail is disposed in alignment with a first port rail of the body when the arm is in the first orientation.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the starboard arm rail extends through a first starboard channel defined by starboard ribs of the body and a starboard aperture portion defined by the cap; and the port arm rail extends through a first port channel defined by port ribs of the body and the port aperture portion defined by the cap while the arm is in the first orientation.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the trough is adapted and dimensioned to receive a cartridge clip.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the trough is dimensioned to receive a stack of cartridges held together by a cartridge clip, the cartridge clip being disposed inside the trough and each cartridge extending through the mouth of the trough.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the body further comprises:
a starboard flange having a rearward portion extending in a direction beyond a rear wall of the body, the rearward portion defining a first hole, and the body comprises a port flange having a rearward part extending in a direction beyond the rear wall of the body, the rearward part defining a second hole;
a proximal portion of the arm is disposed between the rearward portion of the starboard flange and the rearward part of the port flange, the proximal portion of the arm defining an arm bore; and
a fastener assembly extends through the first hole defined by the rearward portion of the starboard flange, the arm bore, and the second hole defined by the rearward part of the port flange so that the arm and the body pivot relative to one another about the fastener assembly.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the body comprises a starboard flange extending beyond a starboard body wall; the body comprises a port flange extending beyond a port body wall; and the throat is defined between the starboard flange and the port flange.

12. A magazine loader for loading cartridges in a magazine, comprising:
a body having a pair of opposing forward and rearward wall portions and a pair of lateral wall portions, together defining a body interior and an opening conformingly sized to receive an end of the magazine, a slot for sequentially receiving a plurality of cartridges into the interior of the body and into the magazine therein,
an arm pivotally attached to the body, the arm having a slot portion defining a slot for receiving a plurality of cartridges
a cap slidingly engaged with the arm of the body, wherein the cap has an aperture conforming to the arm, the cap slidable in a first direction and a second direction on the arm, the cap further having a plunger positioned for pushing the plurality of cartridges into the upper end of the magazine when the magazine is received by the body; and
a latch member to hold the magazine in position relative to the body.

Assignees

• Vista Outdoor Operations Llc

Inventors

• Hefer Brandon Thomas
• Trostrud Brandon Karl

Classifications

• F41A9/83 Primary

  Apparatus or tools for reloading magazines with unbelted ammunition, e.g. cartridge clips · CPC title

• F42B39/26

  Packages or containers for a plurality of ammunition, e.g. cartridges (F42B39/14 - F42B39/24, F42B39/28 take precedence) · CPC title

• F41A9/84 Primary

  Clips · CPC title