Patent ID: 9366492
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: F41A,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a base pad retaining plate configured to engage a magazine base pad and a magazine spring, the base pad retaining plate comprising at least one protrusion for engagement with at least one circular through-hole in the magazine base pad, the at least one protrusion comprising: a shaft portion; a flange portion having a cross sectional diameter larger than a cross sectional diameter of the shaft portion; and a longitudinal slot along the longitudinal axis of the flange portion and at least a portion of the shaft portion, wherein when the at least one protrusion is engaged with the through-hole, the base pad retaining plate retains the magazine base pad through interference between the flange portion and an area of the magazine base pad surrounding the through-hole and between the shaft portion and the interior walls of the through-hole.