Patent ID: 8739451
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for holding a plurality of ammunition magazines for use with a firearm, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of magazine sleeves, wherein each magazine sleeve comprises a top edge, a bottom edge, an outer surface, an inner surface, and an opening therethrough, the opening configured to receive an ammunition magazine; wherein a first magazine sleeve of the plurality of magazine sleeves comprises a clip located on the outer surface of the first magazine sleeve and a second magazine sleeve of the plurality of magazine sleeves comprises a latch located on the outer surface of the second magazine sleeve; wherein the clip located on the first magazine sleeve is configured to reversibly engage the latch located on the second magazine sleeve; wherein, when the clip on the first magazine sleeve engages the latch located on the second magazine sleeve, the first and second magazine sleeves form a stack; wherein the sleeves in the stack are substantially prevented from moving relative to each other; wherein each magazine sleeve is configured such that an ammunition magazine located in each magazine sleeve is disposed such that each ammunition magazine can be engaged in a magazine well of the firearm such that the contents of the respective magazine are available for feeding into a firing chamber of the firearm; and wherein each magazine sleeve is configured to be added to or removed from the stack by application of a force to one of the magazine sleeves in a direction substantially perpendicular to the central axis of said one of the magazine sleeves.