US 12,455,130 B1
Firearm magazine with molded seam
George E. Loveday, IV, Lenior City, TN (US); Nathan Dudney, Nashville, TN (US); Mark Hillis, Manchester, TN (US); Evan Dungan, Christiana, TN (US); and Joel Stanley, Smyrna, TN (US)
Assigned to Elite Tactical Systems Group, LLC, Cheyenne, WY (US)
Filed by Elite Tactical Systems Group, LLC, Cheyenne, WY (US)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/581,324.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/446,891, filed on Feb. 19, 2023.
Int. Cl. F41A 9/65 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 9/65 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
12. A firearm magazine, said firearm magazine comprising:
a body fabricated from a sheet metal, said body being substantially tubular, said sheet metal having a first end and an opposing second end, said first end proximate to said second end and substantially coplanar, said first end and said second end having a gap therebetween, said first end having a non-flat edge, said second end having a non-flat edge;
at least one retainer, each said at least one retainer having a first part defined by said first end along said first end edge and a second part defined by said second end along said second end edge, said first part being selected from the group consisting of a slot and a tab, said second part being a slot; and
a seam fabricated from a filler material, said filler material filling said gap including said retainer.