Patent ID: 6189254
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A device for manually loading cartridges into a magazine which is adapted to receive a plurality of cartridges in stacked relation therewithin, said magazine having an opening for receiving said cartridges and means for biasing said cartridges toward said opening, said device comprising:a band configured in size and shape for placement on a thumb of one hand for loading said magazine with said cartridges when said magazine is gripped by said one hand, and a projection integrally associated with said band and extending from an outer surface of said band for engagement of a top one of said cartridges previously loaded into said magazine;said projection having a surface adapted to contact a surface of said cartridges in such manner as to maintain engagement with said top one of said cartridges when said magazine is gripped by said one hand for depressing said top one of said cartridges away from said opening against said biasing means in response to a bending/depressing thumb motion;whereby another of said cartridges can be manually loaded into said magazine by using the other hand.