Patent ID: 8104640
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: F41A,F42B

Abstract:
1. A system for individually dispensing ammunition magazines comprising: ammunition magazines; a housing configured to hold the ammunition magazines, the housing having a front surface, a back surface, a to surface, a bottom surface, a first side and a second side, the first side forming an obtuse angle with the bottom surface; a spring-loaded follower configured to impart a force on the ammunition magazines in a direction toward the first side to place a first ammunition magazine in a dispensing position, the dispensing position being the first magazine in contact with the first side, a follower surface in contact with a last one of the ammunition magazines forming an acute angle with the bottom surface, wherein the ammunition magazines are oriented at an angle within the housing to accommodate ammunition magazines having a protruding lip at a top region thereof, the lip causing a width of the magazine top region to be greater than a width of a magazine bottom region; a spring, wherein a second end of the spring is mounted on an inner surface of the second side of the housing by a boss positioned on the inner surface of the second side, and a first end of the spring is mounted to the follower; the housing defining an open region to permit access to the first magazine in the dispensing position, the open region defined by the first side shorter than the ammunition magazines, the to surface shorter than the bottom surface, a front opening within the front surface, and a back opening within the back surface; a surface of each ammunition magazine in the direction of the first side forming an acute angle with the bottom surface; upon the first ammunition magazine being removed from the housing, the force shifting the ammunition magazines in the direction toward the first side such that a second ammunition magazine moves into the dispensing position, the second ammunition magazine adjacent to the first ammunition magazine prior to removal of the first ammunition magazine; and wherein the first magazine is accessible through the open region such that a user can exert a force on the first magazine and withdraw the first magazine through the open region.