Ammunition Indicator Systems, Devices, and Methods
AssigneeJohn M. Rose
InventorJohn M. Rose
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Abstract
An ammunition indicator system of the present disclosure uses a magazine configured for housing bullet cartridges, the magazine comprising an outward-facing surface and a cavity. The system further has a follower that fits within the cavity and interfaces with the bullet cartridges inside the cavity. The follower further moves in a direction toward an open end of the magazine as bullet cartridges from the cavity are spent. The system further has a channel in the outward-facing surface of the magazine and an ammunition indicator rod configured for slidably coupling to the channel and fixedly coupling to the follower, the ammunition indicator rod indicates an amount of ammunition in the magazine.
Claims24
An ammunition indicator system, comprising
- a magazine configured for housing bullet cartridges, the magazine comprising an outward-facing surface and a cavity;
- a follower configured to fit within the cavity and to interface with the bullet cartridges inside the cavity, the follower further configured to move in a direction toward an insertion end of the magazine as bullet cartridges from the cavity are spent;
- a vertical channel configured in the outward-facing surface of the magazine that extends from the follower to the insertion end of the magazine;
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- an ammunition indicator rod configured for slidably coupling to the channel and fixedly coupling to the follower, the ammunition indicator rod further configured for extending above the insertion end of the magazine and above a midsection of a firearm as bullet cartridges are spent and the follower urges the rod in the direction of the midsection of the firearm.
An ammunition indicator device, comprising:
- a magazine configured for housing bullet cartridges and a follower, wherein the follower is configured to move the bullet cartridges in a direction toward a barrel of a rifle as each bullet cartridge is spent;
- an ammunition indicator rod coupled to the follower such that as the follower moves the bullet cartridges, the ammunition indicator rod is configured to move in a direction toward a gunman's line of sight.
An ammunition indicator method, comprising:
- housing bullet cartridges and a follower in a magazine;
- affixing the magazine to a rifle;
- moving the bullet cartridges, by a follower, in a direction toward a barrel of a rifle as each bullet cartridge is spent;
- moving the ammunition indicator rod by the follower that is fixedly coupled to the ammunition indicator rod into a line of sight of a gunman looking down a barrel of the rifle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.