US 11,867,475 B2
Universal magazine loading and unloading accessory
Kyung Young Kim, Portland, OR (US); and Graham Karam Kim, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Kyung Young Kim, Portland, OR (US); and Graham Karam Kim, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/087,790.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/333,106, filed on Apr. 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0341202 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. F41A 9/83 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 9/83 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An accessory for facilitating the loading and unloading of cartridges into a firearm magazine configured to accommodate a plurality of cartridges arranged in first and second columns of cartridges, the magazine including an open end through which the plurality of cartridges can be loaded into one of the first and second columns, wherein a width of the open end is wider than a diameter of the plurality of cartridges, the accessory comprising:
a main body including:
a top end having a top opening formed therein;
a bottom end having a bottom opening formed therein; and
a plurality of wall portions extending between the top end and the bottom end, defining therebetween a body cavity in communication with the top opening and the lower opening, and also defining a front opening in communication with the body cavity,
wherein a first portion of the body cavity is sized and configured to receive a cartridge from the front opening,
wherein a second portion of the body cavity is sized and configured to receive a portion of the magazine having the open end from the bottom opening, and
wherein the first portion of the body cavity is smaller than the portion of the magazine such that a cartridge received within the first portion of the body cavity is outside the magazine when the portion of the magazine having the open end is received within the second portion of the body cavity; and
a thruster movably coupled to the main body and mounted to the main body above the top end, wherein the thruster includes a plunger which is movable into and out of the first portion of the body cavity along a single axis of direction through the top opening.