Ammunition magazine retention device
AssigneePoint Blank Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsRandall Jered LeMarbe, Leomar Roque
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Abstract
A magazine retention device includes an attachment pouch and an insert. The attachment pouch includes a front panel, a rear panel opposing the front panel, and an attachment portion. The front panel is secured to the rear panel forming a cavity between the front panel and the rear panel. The attachment portion is configured to attach to a carrier. The insert is disposed within the cavity and secured to the attachment pouch. The insert has an first region and a second region. The first region includes a rectangular opening configured to receive a magazine. The second region includes one or more walls that bias toward a center of the cavity. Here, the one or more walls bias in contact with a received magazine.
Claims19
A retention device comprising:
- an attachment pouch including a first panel, a second panel, and an attachment portion, the second panel opposing the first panel, the first panel secured to the second panel and forming a cavity between the first panel and the second panel;
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- an insert disposed within the cavity and including a first region and a second region, the first region defining an opening, the second region including one or more walls extending inwardly from the first region toward a center of the cavity, the one or more walls extending arcuately (i) inwardly towards the center of the cavity and (ii) outwardly towards a lower end of the insert opposite the opening.
An insert comprising:
- a first wall;
- a second wall connected to the first wall and extending from an upper region to a lower region;
- a third wall connected to the first wall and disposed opposite the second wall, the third wall extending from the upper region to the lower region;
- a fourth wall opposing the first wall and extending between the second wall and the third wall in the upper region;
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- a fifth wall coupled to the second wall, the third wall, the first wall, and the fourth wall,
- wherein, the first wall, the second wall, the third wall, and the fourth wall define (i) an opening in the upper region and (ii) a cavity extending from the opening, the fifth wall facing the opening, and
- wherein the second wall extends arcuately inwardly towards a center of the cavity and arcuately outwardly towards the lower region opposite the opening.
A method comprising:
- providing a first panel, a second panel, and an insert, the second panel including an attachment portion configured to attach to a carrier, the insert including:
- a first wall;
- a second wall connected to the first wall and extending from an upper region to a lower region;
- a third wall connected to the first wall and disposed opposite the second wall, the third wall extending from the upper region to the lower region;
- a fourth wall opposing the first wall and secured to each of the second wall and the third wall in the upper region;
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- a fifth wall coupled to the first wall, the second wall, the third wall, and the fourth wall,
- wherein, in the upper region, an opening is formed, opposite the fifth wall, by the first wall, the second wall, the third wall, and the fourth wall;
- securing the first panel to the second panel to form a pocket between the first panel and the second panel;
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- removably disposing the insert in a pocket formed at least in part by the first panel and the second panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.