Patent ID: 9651347
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A45F,F42B,Y10S

Claim:
1. A carrier configured to carry a plurality of shotgun shells of the type having a cylindrical configuration with a cylindrical outer surface extending between first and second opposite circular end surfaces, a first end of each shell being a base end with a rim that projects radially outward from the cylindrical outer surface and that circumscribes the first end surface, and a second end of each shell being an outer end opposite the base end and including the second end surface, the carrier comprising: a bracket; and first and second clips supported on the bracket at locations spaced apart from each other along the length of the bracket; the first clip having a first arm for resiliency gripping the base end of a first shell to retain the first shell on the carrier with its outer end presented toward the second clip, the first clip having a hood above the first arm and a slot between the hood and the first arm for receiving therein the rim of the first shell, the hood engaging the first end surface of the first shell when the first shell is gripped by the first arm and blocking movement of the first shell out of the first clip in a direction away from the second clip; the second clip having a second arm gripping the outer end of a second shell to retain the second shell on the carrier with its base end presented toward the first clip and the first shell, the second clip having a hood engaging the second end surface of the second shell when the second shell is gripped by the second arm and blocking movement of the second shell out of the second clip in a direction away from the first clip; the relative positions of the first and second clips on the bracket being selected to cause the base end of the second shell to abut the outer end of the first shell when the first and second shells are thus retained on the carrier.