Kinetic magazine loader
AssigneeVista Outdoor Operations LLC
InventorsBrandon Thomas Hefer, Brandon Karl Trostrud, Sean Higgs
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Abstract
An apparatus for loading cartridges into a magazine comprises a setting mechanism including a sleeve, a body, a setting tool, and a link. The body may be slidingly disposed about the sleeve so that the body and the sleeve can slide relative to one another along a sliding axis. The body may translate between an upper position and a lower position along the sliding axis. A first end of the setting tool may be pivotally coupled to the sleeve for relative rotation between the setting tool and the sleeve about a forward axis. The setting tool rotates about the forward axis as the body translates between the upper position and the lower position.
Claims15
An apparatus for loading cartridges into a magazine, comprising:
- a sleeve defining a sleeve cavity configured to receive an upper portion of the magazine, the sleeve cavity extending along a magazine insertion and withdrawal axis;
- a body slidingly disposed about the sleeve so that the body and the sleeve can slide relative to one another along a sliding axis, the sliding axis being generally parallel to the magazine insertion and withdrawal axis, each axis extending in an upward direction and a downward direction;
- a setting tool pivotally coupled to the sleeve at a first end thereof so that the setting tool rotates about a first axis relative to the sleeve, the first axis extending in a portward direction and a starboard direction;
- a link operatively coupled between the setting tool and the body, a first end of the link being pivotally coupled to a second end of the setting tool and a second end of the link being pivotally coupled to the body;
- wherein the setting tool rotates about the first axis as the body translates upwardly and downwardly with respect to the sleeve.
A magazine loader for loading cartridges into a magazine, comprising:
- a sleeve defining a sleeve cavity configured to receive an upper portion of the magazine, the sleeve cavity extending along a magazine insertion and withdrawal axis;
- a body slidingly disposed about the sleeve so that the body can translate along a sliding axis between an upper position and a lower position along the sliding axis, the sliding axis being generally parallel to the magazine insertion and withdrawal axis, each axis extending in an upward direction and a downward direction;
- a setting tool pivotally coupled to the sleeve at a first end thereof so that the setting tool rotates about a first axis relative to the sleeve, the first axis extending in a portward direction and a starboard direction;
- the magazine loader providing access to a cartridge receiving opening as the body of the magazine loader is urged downward from the upper position;
- the setting tool pivoting about the first axis and a cartridge engagement portion of the setting tool swinging inwardly in a cartridge seating motion as the body translates upward toward the upper position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.