Patent ID: 7200964
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A firearm cartridge clip, comprising: a housing having a wall defining at least in part a chamber with a top end, a bottom end, and an opening at the top end, the chamber configured to store a sequential array of cartridge shells and the opening configured for loading shells and feeding shells to a firearm; a cartridge support seat having a friction surface, the seat carried for movement in the chamber along a central axis of the housing and the friction surface configured to engage the wall and frictionally retain the seat in the chamber at a location that presents a top-most shell atop the seat adjacent a top end of the housing; a spring provided between the cartridge support seat and the bottom end of the chamber configured to urge the cartridge support seat toward the opening; and a spring force-reducing structure provided between the seat and the housing and configured to counteract urging of the seat by the spring toward the opening.