Patent ID: 7530191
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
1. A magazine assembly comprising: a magazine body configured to be received within a recess in a handgun, the magazine body having a bottom end, a front wall, a back wall, left and right side walls, and an open top end including a pair of magazine lips disposed to retain cartridges within the magazine body; a compression spring housed within the magazine body and disposed against the bottom end of the magazine body; a follower configured for movement within the magazine body against the force of the compression spring, the follower having a main resting face configured to contact a cartridge body when a cartridge is at a feed angle, and a resilient protrusion extending therefrom, the protrusion being movable relative to the main resting face, the protrusion being configured to impart a force against the cartridge when the cartridge is at an angle other than the feed angle and rotate the cartridge toward the feed angle, wherein the protrusion does not extend above the main resting face when a cartridge body is simultaneously maintained in contact with the main resting face on one side and the magazine lips on an opposite side.