Patent ID: 8650787

Claim:
A firearm magazine follower including: (a) an elongated base part defining a base plane and having an upper surface and a lower surface; (b) a rear guide part connected at a rear end of the base part and extending transverse to the base plane from the lower surface of the base part; (c) a cartridge engaging part located on an upper side of the base part so as to face the upper surface of the base part, the cartridge engaging part having a portion which is resiliently biased away from the upper surface of the base part so as to be movable between a compressed position in which it lies adjacent to the upper surface of the base part and an extended position in which it is separated from the upper surface of the base part; and (d) a slide stop actuating structure at a front end of the base part, the slide stop actuating structure being integrally formed with the base part from a length of material and being bent upwardly with respect to the base part along a transition area extending transverse to a longitudinal axis of the base part across the entire width of the base part in the base plane, the upward bend along the transition area inclining the slide stop actuating structure relative to the base part so that the slide stop actuating structure provides an inclined engagement surface which is inclined upwardly at an angle to the base part from the front end of the base part to a front edge of the follower.