Patent ID: 9599416
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: F41A

Claim:
1. An apparatus to load cartridges into a pistol magazine comprising; a body having an upper surface, a lower surface, a first side wall, a second side wall, a front, a back, and defining a vertical axis, wherein a lower portion of the body defines a rectangular cross section; a slot defined within the body and having a vertical axis parallel to the vertical axis of the body, the slot positioned between the front and the back and thereby defining a pushing section between the slot and the front and further defining a retaining section between the slot and the back, the slot extending through the lower surface and the slot further defining a first slot wall surface in proximity to the lower surface of the pushing section, the first slot wall surface tapering in a direction away from the slot vertical axis, and the slot further defining a second slot wall surface in proximity to the lower surface of the retaining section and tapering in a direction away from the slot vertical axis, the retaining section having a height greater than a height of the pushing section; an arcuate edge defined along the lower surface of the pushing section, the arcuate edge adapted for securing a cylindrical portion of a cartridge, the lower surface of the pushing section having an included angle less than 90 degrees relative to the vertical axis.