Patent ID: 7237354
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: F41A,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An ammunition clip for supplying cartridges to a firearm, said ammunition clip comprising: an elongated housing having an internal chamber configured to hold a plurality of laterally aligned cartridges entirely within the internal chamber, said elongated housing having a loading end and an opposing end; a movable carriage disposed within the internal chamber for urging the aligned cartridges disposed between the moveable carriage and loading end along a longitudinal axis of the internal chamber towards the loading end; a spring that urges the movable carriage towards the loading end, said spring being disposed completely outside the internal chamber and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis, but laterally offset from the internal chamber, said spring being coupled on a first end to the elongated housing and on a second end to the movable carriage and being operatable in a direction of spring pressure that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the longitudinal housing.