The present invention discloses a magazine withdrawal/retrieval sock secured to an exposed end of the magazine, and which is further an improvement over prior art tape and tie solutions for enabling easy engagement and withdrawal of the magazine from such as an automatic/semi-automatic rifle or machine gun.
The prior art is well documented with examples of extraction grip or retrieval devices. The purposes of such devices include their use and application for facilitating the removal of an ammunition holding magazine, such as which is secured to a projectile firing device.
A first example is shown in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,748,689 and 6,883,261, both to Fitzpatrick, and which discloses integral extensions for aiding in the extraction of ammunition magazines from ammunition pouches. The sides of the ammunition magazine are extended, either by molding or affixing a handle directly to the sides of the magazine, to thereby provide a grasping handle.
Other examples include U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,634,131 and 6,212,815, also to Fitzpatrick, and which describes another type of magazine extraction grip including a sleeve of resilient material molded in the general shape of a magazine, however exhibiting a smaller inner circumference than that associated with the magazine to require the band to be stretched over the magazine. The top of the band exhibits a smaller inner circumference than the lower part of the band and extending from the top is a handle for permitting a users finger to wrap there-around to extract the magazine.
Yet further examples of integral magazine extraction extensions are shown in U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,207,131, 7,174,666 and 6,481,136, also to Fitzpatrick. A handle is permanently attached to an existing or modified floor plate of a magazine. In one example, a substitute floor plate is provided with a molded projecting handle. In another, a handle with a grip and a terminal end is provided with an attachment structure thereupon. Existing floor plates can also modified by cutting anchoring holes to allow for attachment of the handles, and without hindering use in an ammunition magazine or molded with the anchoring holes.
The present invention discloses a magazine withdrawal/retrieval sock secured to an exposed end of the magazine and which is further an improvement over the above-described prior art magazine retrieval devices, as well as prior art tape and tie solutions for enabling easy engagement and withdrawal of the magazine from such as an automatic/semi-automatic rifle or machine gun. The sock is constructed of a heavy duty and frictionally engaging silicone and, according to one variant, is initially stored/shipped and applied in an inverted position to an open end of the magazine, this further such that a projecting portion of the inverted sock seats within a central recess associated with a magazine retaining plate, and in turn is seated within the open magazine end.
A floor plate is secured in slidable fashion over the retaining plate and through an opening in the inverted sock. The sock is then rolled upward and over the end region of the magazine and provides an environmentally resistant covering. A durable, typically likewise silicone, finger engageable loop portion is integrally formed with the unrolled end of the sock and enables easy single finger draw or disengagement of the magazine from the associated weapon, as well as easy storage and/or transport options.
Reference will now be made to the attached drawings, when read in combination with the following detailed description, wherein like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views, and in which:
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The curtain shaped body 12 is illustrated exhibiting a plurality of interconnected sides exhibiting a generally rectangular cross sectional and extending shape, this revealing an outer open end defining an open and three dimensional extending interior which generally corresponds to a lower most extending portion of the magazine 1. The present invention further contemplates a flexible body exhibiting any desired shape, material consistence or dimensioning which is necessary for engaging over an extending end portion of any conventional sized magazine beyond and in addition to that illustrated herein. As further shown in each of the magazines illustrated in
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The projecting base portion 16 seats within a central recess 3 associated with an existing magazine retaining plate 4, and which is in turn seated within an open end of the magazine 2. As further shown in
In this fashion, the floor plate 5 is engaged over the open end of the magazine 1, and in order to fixedly secure the inverted sock 10 by extending through the laterally extending opening 20 in the inverted sock and sandwiching the projecting portion 16 between the floor plate 5 and the underneath positioned retaining plate 4. The sock 10 is then rolled upward and over the end region of the magazine 1 and functions both to establish a resistive engagement of the sock 10 to the magazine 1 (this preventing inadvertent peel-off of the sock such as through a rapid inertial pulling force exerted on the lanyard loop overcoming whatever additional frictional holding forces are exerted between the inner facing surfaces of the curtain body and the exterior sides of the magazine) as well as to provide an environmentally resistant covering at the connection junction established between the floor plate 5 and the open end 2 of the magazine. The lanyard loop 14 is dimensioned to enable easy single finger (or multiple finger) draw or disengagement of the magazine 10 from the associated weapon, as well as providing for easy storage (such as suspending) and/or transport options.
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In addition to the above described, additional advantages and optional applications associated with the magazine retrieval sock include:
1. Facilitating faster magazine retrieval/disengagement, typically in silent draw fashion, and such as through the use of a single (bare or gloved) finger for which the lanyard loop is sized to ideally receive.
2. Allowing for silent retrieval of magazines from pouches or bandoliers.
3. Providing for increased serviceability and life cycle, such as following magazine drop/free fall on a hard surface.
4. Establishing a synthetic and environmentally sealing arrangement over the exposed end of the magazine, such as during transport by an individual in a prone or low crawling position and further preventing such contaminants to enter into the feeding device or magazine.
5. Sized so as not to slip off or otherwise disengage from the magazine.
6. Utilized with other projectile/firearm devices, including bb guns, pellet gun feeding devices, paintball devices, rim-fire magazines, pistol caliber magazines, rifle magazines and shotguns.
7. Secured to any location associated with a magazine, not limited to an exposed and extending end.
8. Incorporating any form of convection or heat treating of the sock material (synthetic or cloth) so as to adhere to the surface or any of the feeding devices/magazine components.
Having described my invention, other and additional preferred embodiments will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which it pertains and without deviating from the scope of the appended claims.
This Application is a Non-Prov of Prov (35 USC 119(e)) application 61/024,437 filed on Jan. 29, 2008 and entitled Retrieval Sock Attachable To An Associated Retaining Plate And Floor Plate Of An Ammunition Magazine.
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61024437 | Jan 2008 | US |