Patent ID: 9470464
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: F41A

Claim Text:
1. A follower for a firearm magazine, comprising: a platform shaped to support a cartridge and having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface defining at least one plane; a spacer coupled to the platform, the spacer having a top surface shaped to support a cartridge being fed to a firearm; a front end associated with a firing direction and coupled to a front portion of the platform, the front end having an interior surface for engaging a spring and an exterior surface for engaging a magazine body, the interior surface of the front end being substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface of the platform and forming an obtuse angle with the at least one plane of the platform; and a rear end coupled to a rear portion of the platform, the rear end having an interior surface for engaging the spring and an exterior surface for engaging the magazine body, the interior surface of the rear end perpendicular to the bottom surface of the platform and forming an acute angle with the at least one plane of the platform; wherein the front end extends further below the platform than does the rear end.