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US 12,050,071 B2Granted
Rifle and handheld gun magazine accessory for security
OwnerMichael John Brusseauinventor
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Abstract
Described herein is a physical interlocking rifle or gun magazine that temporarily incapacitates the weapon but allows the owner to quickly remove the safety magazine and insert a usable magazine with live ammunition to respond to an emergency situation. In one example embodiment, the safety magazine includes a biometric actuator that identifies an authorized user of the weapon and immediately disengages that interlocking mechanism in the safety magazine to allow its prompt removal and replacement with an operative magazine.
Claims10
A rifle magazine device accessory, the accessory configured for placement in a rifle or gun comprising:
- a rectangular housing member having an inner surface, an outer surface, a top opening and a bottom opening, the housing member having an internal plate in contact with the inner surface and having a horizontal orientation parallel to the top opening;
- an interlocking mechanism located within the housing member including a center post or plunger member adapted to pass through an aperture of the internal plate and protrude from the top opening of the housing member upon actuation to block a bullet chamber of a rifle or gun, a circular spring member disposed about the center post member and bounded by the internal plate at a distal end of the spring member and at a proximal end of the spring member by a laterally protruding tab on the center post, the circular spring member adapted to provide an expanding force against the protruding tab when the center post protrudes from the top opening;
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- a base plate coupled to and supporting the center post member in a sliding relationship within the circular spring member and adapted to close the bottom opening, the base plate including a latch pin adapted to engage a retractable latch plate located within the housing member, the latch plate being actuated by a locking mechanism located within the housing below the internal plate.
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