Patent ID: 8887977
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
1. A munitions magazine carrier comprising: a first face; a second face substantially perpendicular to said first face; a third face substantially perpendicular to said second face; and a fourth face substantially perpendicular to said third face; and wherein the second face is contiguous with the first and third faces and is not contiguous with the fourth face; wherein said faces form a rectangular structure adapted to substantially surround an outfeed end of a munitions magazine; wherein the first and third faces each comprise a longitudinally extending ridge adapted to releasably engage the outfeed end of a munitions magazine; wherein the first and third faces are adapted to flex away from each other when inserting or removing the outfeed end of a munitions magazine into or out of the munitions magazine carrier; wherein the fourth face is adapted to flex away from the second face when inserting or removing the outfeed end of a munitions magazine into or out of the munitions magazine carrier; wherein said faces are adapted to carry a munitions magazine until a user disengages the munitions magazine from the munitions magazine carrier by simultaneously: (1) flexing the first and third faces away from each other by using the munitions magazine as a lever; (2) flexing the fourth face away from the second face by rotating the munitions magazine toward the fourth face; and (3) pulling the munitions magazine out of the munitions magazine carrier.