Patent ID: 7918371

Claim:
An ammunition pouch for carrying a first magazine and a second magazine, the pouch and adapted for modular connection to a chest rig, vest, LBE, other pouch or other carrying platform, the pouch comprising: an elongated fabric back/flap; a fabric cargo pocket fixed to the back/flap to define a pouch interior for receiving the first magazine and the second magazine and an open mouth thereof, the back/flap having a flap end adapted to fold over the cargo pocket for covering the open mouth in a closed position and to unfold from the cargo pocket for uncovering the open mouth in an open position; fastening means for securing the flap end to the cargo pocket in the closed position; a first elastic member disposed within the pouch interior and having opposite ends affixed to the back/flap for restrictively receiving the second magazine therebetween and against the back/flap; a second elastic member disposed within the pouch interior and mounted to the first elastic member and the cargo pocket for supporting the first magazine thereon such that the second elastic member stretches when the first magazine is fully seated within the pouch interior and partially ejects the first magazine supported thereon from the pouch interior when the back/flap is in the means for selectively adjusting the length of the second elastic member so as to adjust the height that the first magazine is elevated when the flap end is in the open position, the first elastic member restrictively retaining the second magazine within the pouch interior when the second elastic member partially ejects the first magazine from the pouch interior.