Patent ID: 11859936
Assignee: SUPERIOR FEED TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. An ammunition magazine configured to bottom-feed a plurality of ammunition cartridges into an upper receiver of a firearm, each ammunition cartridge comprising a bullet, the ammunition magazine comprising:
a magazine housing including a catch and a floor plate receiver;
a spring within the magazine housing;
a floor plate retainer disposed at a bottom end of the spring;
a floor plate disposed at a bottom end of the magazine housing and reversibly mated with the floor plate retainer; and
a magazine follower disposed at a top end of the spring, the magazine follower including:
a cartridge-shaped protrusion on a top surface,
a ramp on the top surface and disposed adjacent to the cartridge-shaped protrusion, and configured to direct a cartridge from the ammunition magazine to an upper receiver portion of an associated firearm without enabling contact between any portion of the bullet of the ammunition cartridge and a feed ramp portion of the receiver,
a front leg disposed on a distal end of the magazine follower, and
a rear leg disposed generally opposite the front leg.