Patent ID: 7536816

Claim:
A firearm magazine with loading status indicator, the magazine comprising: a housing for storing bullets in a stacked configuration, with an opening for receiving the bullets, a follower for supporting the bullets within the housing, movable along the housing and resiliently pressing towards the opening, so that at any time, when there exist at least one bullet within the housing it is presented at the opening, ready to be discharged; an indicator comprising a prominence coupled to and protruding from the follower, for indicating one of two indication states, in which in one indication state the indicator protrudes outside a bottom wall of the housing and in another indication state the indicator does not protrude outside the bottom wall of the housing, wherein one of the indication states corresponds to a state where the magazine is in a full condition, that is when it is filled with bullets up to a maximal capacity, and another indication state corresponding to a state where at least one bullet is missing with respect to the full condition.