US 12,241,707 B2
Training magazine
Ammon Allgaier, Oswego, IL (US); Austin Allgaier, Oswego, IL (US); and Louis Van Blarigan, Missoula, MT (US)
Assigned to MANTIS TECH, LLC, Oswego, IL (US)
Filed by Mantis Tech, LLC, Oswego, IL (US)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/134,102.
Application 18/134,102 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/737,420, filed on May 5, 2022, granted, now 11,656,054.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/188,798, filed on May 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0272994 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F41A 33/00 (2006.01); F41A 33/06 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 33/00 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A training magazine for a firearm having a frame defining a magazine well, and a reciprocating action element responsive to actuation of a trigger, the training magazine comprising:
a body configured to be removably received in the magazine well;
a motor connected to the body and having a rotating shaft;
an actuator operably engaged to the reciprocating action element, and operable to reciprocate the reciprocating action element; a linkage interconnecting the motor to the actuator;
the linkage including a rotor operably connected to the rotating shaft and operable to rotate in response to rotation of the rotating shaft; and
the linkage including a link connected to the body and operably connected to reciprocate in response to rotation of the rotor to generate reciprocation of the actuator.