Magazine base pad assembly and magazine extension assembly
AssigneeAxts Inc
InventorsJoshua A. Underwood, Anibal Salinas
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Abstract
Some embodiments may include a firearm magazine base pad assembly or magazine extension assembly comprising a top, a bottom, and a cavity between the top and bottom, the cavity for a core or removable insert, the firearm magazine base pad assembly or magazine extension assembly further comprising: means for slidingly receiving a bottom of a magazine, the slidingly receiving means including a channel to receive a lip defined by the bottom of the magazine and tab slots to mate with tabs above the lip; and the core or removable insert located in the cavity. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a firearm magazine base pad assembly or magazine extension assembly comprising a top to receive a bottom of a magazine body, a bottom, and a cavity between the top and bottom, the cavity for a core or removable insert, the firearm magazine base pad assembly or magazine extension assembly further comprising:
- means for slidingly receiving the bottom of the magazine body, the slidingly receiving means located above the cavity and including a channel to receive a lip defined by the bottom of the magazine body and tab slots to mate with tabs above the lip;
- and
- the core or removable insert located in the cavity, wherein the core is overmolded, or wherein:
- the removable insert forms part of a bottom of the magazine base pad assembly or magazine extension assembly, exposed by a toolless-access window, or
- the removable insert is retained using a spring force generated by a different spring than a magazine feed spring.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a magazine extension assembly comprising a housing to receive a bottom of a magazine and house at least part of a magazine feed spring of the magazine, the housing comprising:
- a first section;
- and
- a second section removably coupled to the first section, wherein one of the first and second sections comprises a front part of the housing and the other of the first and second sections comprises a rear part of the housing;
- one of the first and second sections includes means for slidingly receiving a magazine base pad interface on the bottom of a magazine body of the magazine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.