Patent ID: 9746299
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A45F,F42B

Claim:
1. A pocket clip assembly for retaining an ammunition magazine for a firearm, comprising: a) a disc-shaped rare earth magnet; b) a C-shaped ferrous metal retaining member having a flat central region with opposed front and rear surfaces, with left and right portions of the central region being joined by right-angle bends to integrally formed forwardly-extending, right and left arms, respectively; c) a flat ferrous metal plate having opposed front and rear surfaces, with the metal plate having a thickness greater than that of the metal retaining member, and being positioned between the right and left arms of the retaining member, with the rear surface of the metal plate engaging the front surface of the central region of the retaining member; d) an elongate metal clip having a U-shaped bend in its upper end region, and having spaced integrally formed front and rear legs that depend in overlying relationship from the U-shaped bend, with the front leg having an enlarged formation near its lower end that engages the rear surface of the retaining member, with the rear leg being longer than the front leg and being biased by the configuration of the metal clip toward, and normally into engagement with the rear surface of the retaining member; e) with a pair of spaced holes each extending through the enlarged formation of the metal clip, through the central region of the retaining member, and through the metal plate, with the holes formed through the metal plate being threaded so that threaded fasteners can extend through the holes in the enlarged formation of the metal clip and through the retaining member before being tightened into the threaded holes of the metal plate to securely connect the components of the ammunition magazine holder; and f) with a tapered passage formed centrally through the metal plate and sized to protectively receive the disc-shaped rare earth magnet therein, with the magnet being confined in the passage by a relatively small front opening of the tapered passage through the front surface of the metal plate, and by the front surface of the retaining member which closes a rear opening of the tapered passage.