US 11,698,235 B2
Magazine retaining device for a firearm
Benjamin Latham Griffith, Salt Lake City, UT (US); and Arrius Lee Sorbonne, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by Benjamin Latham Griffith, Salt Lake City, UT (US); and Arrius Lee Sorbonne, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/481,999.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/081,558, filed on Sep. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0003474 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. F41C 23/12 (2006.01); F41A 9/59 (2006.01); F41A 3/66 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 9/59 (2013.01) [F41A 3/66 (2013.01); F41C 23/12 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dual magazine retaining and release system for a firearm, comprising:
a housing configured to attach to a firearm, the housing including first and second magazine holders, the first magazine holder positioned to retain a first magazine to feed ammunition to the firearm and the second magazine holder positioned in front of a trigger of the firearm and configured to retain a spare second magazine; and
a magazine retaining and release system coupled to the housing and configured to retain the first magazine in the first magazine holder and to retain the second magazine in the second magazine holder and to selectively release the first magazine or the second magazine independently from one another or to substantially simultaneously release the first and second magazines from the first and second magazine holders, respectively, upon actuation of the magazine retaining and release system by a user.