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US 11,378,370 B2Granted
Container for firearm cartridges
OwnerNicholas E. Young, Kyle K. Hillinventors
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Abstract
A cartridge container for firearms is provided that includes a plurality of brackets coupled to an outer cover in such a way that the brackets may be readily independently removed from the outer cover. The brackets are configured to then be used to rapidly load cartridges stored in the brackets into a magazine.
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A container for firearm cartridges, comprising:
- a first bracket having a first side portion, a second side portion, an outer portion, and a cartridge support portion;
- a second bracket having a first side portion, a second side portion, an outer portion and a cartridge support portion;
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- an outer cover having a top portion, a bottom portion, a first side portion, a second side portion, a first end, and a second end,
- the first bracket being coupled to the outer cover and the second bracket being coupled to the outer cover such that the cartridge support portion of the first bracket faces the cartridge support portion of the second bracket,
- wherein the bottom portion has at least one bottom tear line formed therein to facilitate removal of the bottom portion of the outer container to expose the first bracket,
- wherein the top portion has at least one top tear line formed therein to facilitate removal of the top portion of the outer cover to expose the second bracket, where the at least one bottom tear line includes a first bottom tear line and a second bottom tear line and the at least one top tear line includes a first top tear line and a second top tear line, wherein the first bracket includes a first lateral sidewall and a second lateral sidewall and the second bracket includes a first lateral sidewall and a second lateral sidewall, wherein the first lateral sidewall of the first bracket is secured to a portion of the first side portion of the outer cover and a first lateral sidewall of the second bracket is secured to a portion of the second side portion of the outer cover, and wherein the first side portion of the outer cover has a first side tear line formed therein and the second side portion of the outer cover has a second tear line formed therein.
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A firearm cartridge container assembly, comprising:
- a first bracket having a first side portion, a second side portion, an outer portion, and a cartridge support portion;
- a second bracket having a first side portion, a second side portion, an outer portion, and a cartridge support portion;
- an outer cover having a top portion, a bottom portion, a first side portion, a second side portion, a first end, and a second end,
- the first bracket being coupled to the outer cover and the second bracket being coupled to the outer cover such that the cartridge support portion of the first bracket faces the cartridge support portion of the second bracket,
- wherein the bottom portion has at least one bottom tear line formed therein to facilitate removal of the bottom portion of the outer container to expose the first bracket,
- wherein the top portion has at least one top tear line formed therein to facilitate removal of the top portion of the outer container to expose the second bracket, wherein the first bracket and the second bracket are coupled to the outer cover in such a way that removing the bottom side and the top side does not decouple the first bracket or the second bracket from the outer cover;
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- a plurality of cartridges coupled to the first bracket and a plurality of cartridges coupled to the second bracket, wherein the plurality of cartridges coupled to the first bracket extend away from the first bracket toward the second bracket and the plurality of cartridges coupled to the second bracket extend away from the extend bracket toward the first bracket, where the at least one bottom tear line includes a first bottom tear line and a second bottom tear line and the at least one top tear line includes a first top tear line and a second top tear line, wherein the first bracket includes a first lateral sidewall and a second lateral sidewall and the second bracket includes a first lateral sidewall and a second lateral sidewall, wherein the first lateral sidewall of the first bracket is secured to a portion of the first side portion of the outer cover and a first lateral sidewall of the second bracket is secured to a portion of the second side portion of the outer cover, and wherein the first side portion of the outer cover has a first side tear line formed therein and the second side portion of the outer cover has a second tear line formed therein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.