Patent Application
20180080728
The present invention relates generally to the field of firearm magazines, and more particularly to devices, methods and systems for unloading a firearm magazine.
Use of semi-automatic firearms require tedious and time consuming unloading of magazines. Unloading devices are available, but are generally complicated devices, which may be difficult in use and expensive to manufacture.
As such, considering the foregoing, it may be appreciated that there continues to be a need for novel and improved devices and methods for unloading a firearm magazine.
The foregoing needs are met, to a great extent, by the present invention, wherein in aspects of this invention, enhancements are provided to the existing model of loading and unloading a firearm magazine.
In an aspect, a firearm magazine unloader, can include:
a) an unloader housing, including:
b) an unloading protrusion, which protrudes downward in a rear of the unloader housing;
such that, when the unloading structure is placed on the upper end of the firearm magazine with the right and left sides on right and left sides of the of the firearm magazine, such that the unloading protrusion is positioned against a rear of the firearm magazine and the magazine unloader is pushed forward, the unloading protrusion engages with a rear end of an ammunition round and moves the ammunition round forward, such that the ammunition round is ejected from the firearm magazine.
In a related aspect, the magazine unloader can further include:
a bridge member, which connects between top parts of the right and left sides.
such that the unloading protrusion protrudes downward from the bridge member.
In a related aspect, the magazine unloader can further include right, left, and/or top flange grips, which provide additional grip for a hand of a user holding the magazine unloader during use.
In another aspect, a method of using the magazine unloader can include:
a) Positioning unloader, wherein the magazine unloader is placed on the upper end of the firearm magazine, such that the unloading protrusion is positioned against a rear of the firearm magazine;
b) Unloading round, wherein the magazine unloader is pushed forward, such that the unloading protrusion engages with a rear end of the ammunition round and moves the ammunition round forward, and thereby ejects the ammunition round from the firearm magazine.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, certain embodiments of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof herein may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional embodiments of the invention that will be described below and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of embodiments in addition to those described and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. In addition, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein, as well as the abstract, are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception upon which this disclosure is based may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Before describing the invention in detail, it should be observed that the present invention resides primarily in a novel and non-obvious combination of elements and process steps. So as not to obscure the disclosure with details that will readily be apparent to those skilled in the art, certain conventional elements and steps have been presented with lesser detail, while the drawings and specification describe in greater detail other elements and steps pertinent to understanding the invention.
The following embodiments are not intended to define limits as to the structure or method of the invention, but only to provide exemplary constructions. The embodiments are permissive rather than mandatory and illustrative rather than exhaustive.
In the following, we describe the structure of an embodiment of a magazine unloader 100 with reference to
In an embodiment, as shown in
a) An unloader housing 110, including:
b) an unloading protrusion 136, which is mounted in a rear of the unloader housing 110, between rear ends of the right and left sides 112114, for example such that the unloading protrusion 136 can be connected to a rear center part of the bridge member 118, such that the unloading protrusion protrudes downward from the bridge member 118;
c) a right flange grip 142, which can be mounted on an outer side of a rear end of the right side 112, such that the right flange grip 142 protrudes rightwards, substantially perpendicularly to the right side 112;
d) a left flange grip 144, which can be mounted on an outer side of a front end of the left side 113, such that the left flange grip 144 protrudes leftwards, substantially perpendicularly from the left side 114;
e) a top flange grip 146, which can be mounted on a top of the bridge member 118, such that the top flange grip 146 protrudes upwards, substantially perpendicularly to the top side 114;
wherein, as shown in
wherein right, left, and top flange grips 142144146 provide additional grip for a hand 580 of a user holding the magazine unloader 100 during use.
In a related embodiment, the magazine unloader 100 can be manufactured as one piece, for example by injection molding or by additive manufacturing, such as fused deposition modeling. Alternatively, the magazine unloader 100 can be assembled from separate pieces that are for example glued or fused together. The magazine loader can be made of a plastic material, or other suitable materials, such as metal, including rubber or plastic coated metal.
In an embodiment, a method of using the magazine unloader 700 can include:
a) Positioning unloader 702, wherein the magazine unloader 100 is placed on the upper end 512 of the firearm magazine 510 with the right and left sides 112114 on respectively right and left sides 522524 of the of the firearm magazine 510, such that the unloading protrusion 136 is positioned against a rear of the firearm magazine 510;
b) Unloading round 704, wherein the magazine unloader 100 is pushed forward 560, as shown in FIGS. SB and 6, such that the unloading protrusion 136 engages with a rear end of the ammunition round 550 and moves the ammunition round 550 forward, such that the ammunition round 550 is ejected from the firearm magazine 510;
wherein the right and left sides 112114 are parallel;
wherein the right and left sides 112114 ensure a smooth forward sliding motion and ensures positioning of the unloading protrusion 136, such that the unloading protrusion 136 engages the ammunition round 550;
wherein the firearm magazine 510 can be emptied by sliding the magazine unloader 100 back to the original position and repeating unload round 704 until the firearm magazine 510 is unloaded to a desired level, such as for example completely unloaded.
Here has thus been described a multitude of embodiments of the magazine unloader 100 and methods related thereto, which can be employed in numerous modes of usage.
The many features and advantages of the invention are apparent from the detailed specification, and thus, it is intended by the appended claims to cover all such features and advantages of the invention, which fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.
Many such alternative configurations are readily apparent, and should be considered fully included in this specification and the claims appended hereto. Accordingly, since numerous modifications and variations will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation illustrated and described, and thus, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Non-Provisional application Ser. No. 15/440,984, filed Feb. 23, 2017, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/445,058, filed Jan. 11, 2017 and of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/396,643, filed Sep. 19, 2016.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62445058 | Jan 2017 | US | |
| 62396643 | Sep 2016 | US |
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | 15440984 | Feb 2017 | US |
| Child | 15487238 | US |
