Weapon magazine
AssigneeSIG Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft
InventorBruno Schwaller
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Abstract
A weapon magazine including a housing having opposite, parallel-extending side walls each having an outer face. There is provided a manually releasable coupling arrangement on the outer face of the side walls of the magazine housing for joining together a first weapon magazine and a second weapon magazine in an identical orientation wherein one side wall of the first weapon magazine faces one side wall of the second weapon magazine. There are further provided spacers on the outer face of the side walls to maintain the first and second magazines at a predetermined distance from one another in a joined state thereof.
Claims12
A weapon magazine including a housing having opposite, parallel-extending first and second side walls each having an outer face;
- comprising
- (a) manually releasable coupling means on the outer face of said side walls for joining together a first said weapon magazine and a second said weapon magazine in an identical orientation wherein one said side wall of the first weapon magazine faces one said side wall of the second weapon magazine;
- said coupling means including two spaced male coupling members affixed to said first side wall and two spaced female coupling members affixed to said second side wall;
- each said male coupling member of said first weapon magazine cooperating with respective said female coupling members of said second weapon magazine;
- and
- (b) spacer means on the outer face of said side walls to maintain said first and second magazines at a predetermined distance from one another in a joined state thereof.
A weapon magazine including a housing having a curved length and opposite, parallel-extending first and second side walls each having an outer face;
- comprising
- (a) manually releasable coupling means on the outer face of said side walls for joining together a first said weapon magazine and a second said weapon magazine in an identical orientation wherein one said side wall of the first weapon magazine faces one said side wall of the second weapon magazine;
- and
- (b) spacer means on the outer face of said side walls to maintain said first and second magazines at a predetermined distance from one another in a joined state thereof;
- said spacer means on one side wall of said first weapon magazine being arranged for assuming an abutting relationship with said spacer means on one side wall of said second weapon magazine in said joined state thereof;
- said spacer means comprising ribs on said first and second side walls;
- said ribs extending radially with respect to the curvature of said curved length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.