Patent ID: 7637048

Claim:
An accessory for facilitating the loading of rounds into a firearm magazine having an open top side with lips and which holds one or more columns of rounds therein and urges said rounds to and feeds said rounds from said open top side of said magazine, comprising: a hollow body shaped and sized to fit over said open top side of said magazine, said hollow body having an open bottom that can accept said magazine when said top side of said magazine is inserted into said open bottom, said hollow body having a plurality of sides extending up from said open bottom, a press coupled to one of said sides of said body so that said press can be moved between first and second positions, said first position being relatively distant from said one side of said body and said second position being relatively close to said one side of said body, a plunger coupled to said press, said plunger projecting from said press and having a free end, said press and said plunger being arranged and positioned so that (a) when said press is in said first position, said plunger is substantially clear from over said open top side of said magazine so that said magazine can urge any round or rounds in said magazine to said open top side, (b) when said press is moved from said first to said second position, said plunger will move to over said open top side of said magazine so that when said hollow body is pushed down on said magazine said free end of said plunger will push down any round or rounds in said magazine so to create a vacant space at said open top side of said magazine below said lips of said magazine and above said plunger, (c) when said press is moved from said second to said first position, said plunger will move away so as to be clear from said open top side of said magazine, whereby when said hollow body is fitted over said magazine, said press can be moved between said first and second positions, such that in said first position, said plunger will be away from said open top side of said magazine, and in said second position said plunger will be over said open top side of said magazine and said hollow body can be pushed further onto said magazine to push a topmost round in said magazine away from said open top side of said magazine to facilitate loading of a new round into said vacant space above said plunger, where said new round is in the magazine above said plunger and below said lips of said magazine, and when said press is moved to said first position said plunger is extracted from below said new round, and any round in said magazine is urged against said open top side of said magazine, thereby facilitating loading of rounds into said magazine easily and painlessly.