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US 8,887,972 B2Granted
Releasable magazine pouch
AssigneeAlliant Techsystems Inc.
InventorSean Solomon
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Abstract
A magazine pouch having slots for receiving a magazine having a conventional magazine notch engagable by the magazine catch assembly of firearm to retain the magazine within the magazine well of the firearm. The magazine pouch having a shuttle slidable to engage a retention element with a hook portion to move the hook portion into the slot such that the hook portion engages the magazine notch. The engagement of the hook portion to magazine notch retains the magazine within the slot during movement of an individual wearing the magazine pouch. The shuttle can be slid out of engagement with the hook portion to disengage the hook portion from the magazine notch allowing removal of the magazine.
Claims32
A wearable magazine pouch for receiving a magazine having a magazine notch, comprising:
- a main body having at least one magazine housing defining a slot for a portion of the magazine, wherein the portion of the magazine received within the slot defines the magazine notch;
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- a catch assembly corresponding to each magazine housing and comprising:
- a retention element having a hook portion positioned on a flexible arm, wherein flexing the flexible arm moves the hook portion between an engaged position in which the hook portion extends into the slot to engage the magazine notch of the magazine and a disengaged position in which the hook portion is retracted from the slot disengaging the hook portion from the magazine, wherein the flexible arm is biased to position the hook portion in the disengaged position,
- a shuttle movable along a linear path of travel generally parallel to the flexible arm between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the shuttle engages the hook portion when slid into the locked position to flex the arm and position the hook portion in the engaged position, wherein sliding the shuttle into the unlocked position disengages the shuttle from the hook portion allowing the flexible arm to move the hook portion into the disengaged position.
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A wearable magazine pouch for securing a magazine therein and allowing controlled release of the magazine, the magazine comprising a box with a mouth for receiving a plurality of cartridges, a closed opposite end, and a notch there between, the pouch comprising:
- a magazine housing with a slot sized to conformingly receive the magazine;
- a retention member attached to the housing and movable between an retention position and a release position, the retention member having a magazine engagement portion, whereby when the retention member is in the retention position, the engagement member is positioned to seat in the notch on the magazine when the magazine is in the slot, whereby when the retention member is in the release position the engagement member is in a position to not seat in the groove in the magazine;
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- a moveable shuttle member which is moveable between an obstructing position and a non obstructing position with respect to the retention member, whereby in the obstructing position, the movement of the engagement member from the retention position to the release position is obstructed;
- wherein the moveable shuttle member comprises a secondary spring member to provide a controlled resistance to the retention member moving to the release position when the shuttle member is in the obstructing position.
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A wearable magazine pouch for receiving a magazine, comprising:
- a magazine housing defining a slot for receiving at least a portion of the magazine;
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- a catch assembly comprising;
- a catch assembly housing extending from the magazine housing;
- a retention element disposed within the catch assembly housing having an engagement feature movable along a first path of travel between a retention position in which the engagement feature is positioned to be engageable with the magazine inserted into the slot and a release position in which the engagement feature is not engagable with the magazine, and
- a shuttle element disposed within the catch assembly housing and movable along a second path of travel transverse to the first path of travel between an obstructing position in which the shuttle element engages the retention element to maintain the engagement feature in the retention position and a non-obstructing position in which the shuttle element does not maintain the engagement feature in the retention position allowing the engagement feature to move into the release position, the shuttle element including a shaft having a push button on one end, the push button presenting a major face defining a normal vector thereto, said normal vector having a component that is parallel to the second path of travel, the shaft extending outside the catch assembly housing so that the push button is outside the catch assembly housing.
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A wearable magazine pouch, comprising:
- a magazine housing defining a slot for receiving at least a portion of the magazine;
- an attachment buckle operatively coupled to the magazine housing;
- a catch assembly disposed between the magazine housing and the attachment buckle, the catch assembly comprising:
- a retention element including an engagement feature selectively movable between a retention position in which the engagement feature is positioned to be engageable with the magazine inserted into the slot and a release position in which the engagement feature is not engagable with the magazine, and
- a shuttle element movable along a path of travel between an obstructing position in which the shuttle element engages the retention element to maintain the engagement feature in the retention position and a non-obstructing position in which the shuttle element does not maintain the engagement feature in the retention position enabling the engagement feature to move into the release position, the shuttle element being biased in the obstructing position, the shuttle element including a shaft having a push button on one end;
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- a wall that extends between the attachment buckle and the magazine housing, the wall defining a notch,
- wherein the shaft extends through the notch and parallel to the path of travel so that the push button is outside the wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.