Patent ID: 11927418
Assignee: SHIELD ARMS, LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 11:
12. A pistol magazine, comprising:
a metallic tubular body defining a hollow interior and having a forward wall, a rearward wall, a first side wall, a second opposite side wall, an open top with feed lips, and an open bottom,
a removable closure member enclosing the open bottom of the body,
at least one longitudinally extending spacer on the forward wall projecting forwardly therefrom,
an edge on at least one of the first and second side walls configured to interact with a magazine catch of a polymer frame pistol configured to accommodate a single stack polymer or polymer-over-metal magazine,
a first interior dimension between the forward wall and the rearward wall dimensioned to fit 9×19 mm cartridges,
a second interior dimension between the first side wall and the second side wall dimensioned to fit 9×19 mm cartridges with a staggered arrangement of the cartridges,
a first exterior dimension between the forwardmost surface of the spacer and the rearward wall matching the corresponding exterior dimension of the single stack polymer or polymer-over-metal magazine,
a second exterior dimension between the first side wall and the second side wall matching the corresponding exterior dimension of the single stack polymer or polymer-over-metal magazine, and
the body having a height dimension configured to fit within a handgrip of the polymer frame pistol and locate the removable closure member directly adjacent to the bottom of the handgrip when the magazine is inserted into the handgrip of the polymer frame pistol.