Patent ID: 6219953
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A device for loading rounds of ammunition into a magazine of a gun comprising:a digit securing means for fitting tightly around a digit of the user during use, said digit securing means havingan upper member having the upper section of a tubular elastic material having an upper section and a lower section, said upper section havingan outer surface distal to the nail of the digit, andan inner surface suitable for contact with at least the epidermis adjacent the nail, anda lower member comprising a metal, havinga bottom section, andfirst and second side walls on each end of said bottom section; said bottom and first and second side walls havingan inner surface suitable for contact with the digital pulp of the digit, andan outer surface;a protrusion comprising a soft metal selected from the group consisting of copper, aluminum, brass and mixtures thereof fixedly attached to the outer surface of said bottom section, said protrusion havinga proximal end protruding from the outer surface of said bottom section along an axis substantially transverse to digital pulp of the user, anda distal end curved to accommodate the case of each round of ammunition;anda resilient member comprising an elastomeric material mounted on said protrusion below the lower surface of said bottom section,wherein the lower section of said tubular elastic material is looped around said protrusion between the lower surface of said bottom section and said resilient member, and whereby exerting downward force on a cartridge case with said distal end of said protrusion by means of the user's digit facilitates loading of a next round of ammunition into the magazine of a gun.