Patent ID: 8739451

Claim:
An apparatus for holding a plurality of ammunition magazines for use with a firearm, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of magazine sleeves, wherein each magazine sleeve comprises a top edge, a bottom edge, an outer surface, an inner surface, and an opening therethrough, the opening configured to receive an ammunition magazine; wherein the opening further comprises a central axis, the central axis extending through the opening and oriented substantially perpendicular to the top edge and the bottom edge of the magazine sleeve such that an ammunition magazine can be inserted through the opening in a direction aligned with the central axis; wherein a first magazine sleeve of the plurality of magazine sleeves comprises a clip located on the outer surface of the first magazine sleeve and a second magazine sleeve of the plurality of magazine sleeves comprises a latch located on the outer surface of the second magazine sleeve; wherein the clip and the latch are configured to be reversibly connectable to each other; wherein the clip located on the first magazine sleeve is configured to reversibly engage the latch located on the second magazine sleeve; wherein, when the clip on the first magazine sleeve engages the latch located on the second magazine sleeve, the first and second magazine sleeves form a stack; wherein the sleeves in the stack are substantially prevented from moving relative to each other; wherein each magazine sleeve is configured such that an ammunition magazine located in each magazine sleeve is disposed such that each ammunition magazine can be engaged in a magazine well of the firearm such that the contents of the respective magazine are available for feeding into a firing chamber of the firearm; and wherein each magazine sleeve is configured to be added to or removed from the stack by application of a force to one of the magazine sleeves in a direction substantially perpendicular to the central axis of said one of the magazine sleeves.