Patent ID: 7805874

Claim:
A loading device for loading both a plurality of loose ammunition rounds or cartridges and for loading a plurality of rounds held by a stripper clip into a firearm magazine, said magazine comprising a substantially hollow body having a predetermined shape and size and an open top end, said ammunition rounds each having a predetermined size and shape with a case end having a rim or flange, and an opposite bullet or crimped end, said stripper clip holding said rounds in a single column, said loading device comprising: (a) an elongated upper body having two opposing elongated side walls and an elongated back wall, said back wall connecting said two opposing side walls so as to define an elongated rounds recess or void between said elongated side walls, each of said side walls having an elongated lip or rib at its inner front distal from said back wall along the length of each side wall, said rounds recess having a predetermined shape and size for receiving said stripper clip holding said rounds and for receiving said loose rounds, said upper body further having two opposite and parallel elongated slide grooves along its respective sides on the outsides of said side walls, (b) a lower body being connected to said elongated upper body and comprising a pair of side walls and a rear wall connecting said side walls to define a magazine recess or compartment having a skirted shape, said lower body being sized and shaped to fit over a rear end of said open top of said magazine, (c) said elongated rounds recess communicating with said magazine recess so to allow passage of said rounds from said upper body to said lower body, (d) a slider or pusher having top and bottom surfaces with a finger press area on said top surface and a plunger on said bottom surface, said slider including a void between said top and bottom surfaces with two inwardly facing pivots adjacent said slider void, each of said pivots being shaped and sized to fit and slide in and along said slide grooves of said upper body, said pivots of said slider being attached to and inseparable from said two opposite and parallel elongated slide grooves along the outsides of said side walls of said upper body, whereby when said magazine is placed in said magazine recess, a user can load it with said ammunition rounds quickly, easily, and safely by inserting either said stripper clip holding said rounds into said rounds recess or by inserting said loose rounds into said rounds recess and pushing said slider toward said magazine to force said rounds sequentially into said magazine, and said loading device has two parts, is comfortable to use, light in weight, and durable.