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US 12,704,335 B2Granted
Handgun and magazine therefor
AssigneeSig Sauer, Inc.
InventorsAdrian Thomele, Jason Knight, Scott D. Shinkle
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Abstract
A handgun has a grip portion defining a magazine well, the grip portion having a web region configured to be grasped between a thumb and an index finger, a forward portion of the web region defining a first width. The grip portion also has a palm region configured to be grasped by a user's palm, the palm region defining a second width greater than the first width. A magazine is configured to be received in the magazine well and includes a hollow magazine tube with a single-stack portion and a double-stack portion positioned below the single-stack portion. For example, front portions of the opposite tube sidewalls have a stepped shape between the upper tube end and the double-stack portion.
Claims30
A handgun magazine comprising:
- a single-stack portion configured to hold at least two ammunition cartridges with projectiles aligned along a median plane of the handgun magazine;
- a double-stack portion below the single-stack portion and configured to hold multiple ammunition cartridges with projectiles that are not aligned along the median plane of the handgun magazine;
- and
- a transition portion between the single-stack portion and the double-stack portion, the transition portion configured to transition ammunition cartridges from the double-stack portion to the single-stack portion;
- wherein a front portion of a sidewall of the handgun magazine has a first change in slope, with respect to the median plane, between the double-stack portion and the transition portion, and
- wherein the front portion of the sidewall of the handgun magazine has a second change in slope, with respect to the median plane, between the transition portion and the single-stack portion.
3 more elements
A handgun comprising:
- a handgun magazine comprising
- a single-stack portion configured to hold at least two ammunition cartridges with projectiles aligned along a median plane of the handgun magazine,
- a double-stack portion below the single-stack portion and configured to hold multiple ammunition cartridges with projectiles that are not aligned along the median plane of the handgun magazine, and
- a transition portion between the single-stack portion and the double-stack portion, the transition portion configured to transition ammunition cartridges from the double-stack portion to the single-stack portion,
- wherein a front portion of a sidewall of the handgun magazine has a first change in slope, with respect to the median plane, between the double-stack portion and the transition portion, and
- wherein the front portion of the sidewall of the handgun magazine has a second change in slope, with respect to the median plane, between the transition portion and the single-stack portion;
- and
- a handgrip having a web region of reduced lateral thickness compared to a palm region of the handgrip, the reduced lateral thickness of the web region of the handgrip enabled by the single-stack portion of the handgun magazine.
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A handgun magazine comprising:
- a single-stack portion configured to hold at least two ammunition cartridges;
- a double-stack portion below the single-stack portion and configured to hold multiple ammunition cartridges;
- and
- a transition portion between the single-stack portion and the double-stack portion, the transition portion configured to transition ammunition cartridges from the double-stack portion to the single-stack portion;
- wherein when the handgun magazine is filled to capacity,
- i) projectiles of the at least two ammunition cartridges in the single-stack portion are aligned along a median plane of the handgun magazine,
- ii) projectiles of the multiple ammunition cartridges in the double-stack portion are laterally offset on opposite sides of the median plane, and
- iii) each projectile of one or more ammunition cartridges in the transition portion is not aligned along the median plane, as in the single-stack portion, and is not laterally offset on opposite sides of the median plane, as in the double-stack portion.
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A handgun comprising:
- a handgun magazine comprising
- a single-stack portion configured to hold at least two ammunition cartridges,
- a double-stack portion below the single-stack portion and configured to hold multiple ammunition cartridges, and
- a transition portion between the single-stack portion and the double-stack portion, the transition portion configured to transition ammunition cartridges from the double-stack portion to the single-stack portion,
- wherein when the handgun magazine is filled to capacity,
- i) projectiles of the at least two ammunition cartridges in the single-stack portion are aligned along a median plane of the handgun magazine,
- ii) projectiles of the multiple ammunition cartridges in the double-stack portion are laterally offset on opposite sides of the median plane, and
- iii) each projectile of one or more ammunition cartridges in the transition portion is not aligned along the median plane, as in the single-stack portion, and is not laterally offset on opposite sides of the median plane, as in the double-stack portion;
- and
- a handgrip having a web region of reduced lateral thickness compared to a palm region of the handgrip, the reduced lateral thickness of the web region of the handgrip enabled by the single-stack portion of the handgun magazine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.