Patent ID: 8667724

Claim:
A self-levering follower assembly for a magazine for a firearm, the follower assembly disposable inside a magazine shell of the magazine and movable generally along a longitudinal axis of the magazine shell, the follower assembly comprising: a first piece configured to be coupled to an end of a main magazine spring of the magazine, the first piece having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a second piece having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a middle portion of the second piece pivot-ably coupled to a middle portion of the first piece; and an elastic element elastically disposed between the first piece and the second piece and exerting a first force on the first piece and the second piece such that: when the magazine shell holds no ammunition cartridge therein, the first end of the first piece and the first end of the second piece are in contact while the second end of the first piece and the second end of the second piece are separated due to the first force exerted by the elastic element, and when the magazine shell holds one or more ammunition cartridges therein with the one or more ammunition cartridges disposed on the second piece, the first end of the first piece and the first end of the second piece are either in contact or separated while the one or more ammunition cartridges compress the main magazine spring to exert a second force against the first force exerted by the elastic element.