Rapid release magazine dispensing device and method

Abstract

Broadly, an embodiment of the now disclosed apparatus generally provides an ammunition magazine storage and dispensing apparatus to enable a user to remove a weapon's magazine from the apparatus quickly and easily for subsequent insertion into that users weapon, the apparatus comprising means for securing the top of a magazine, means for securing the bottom of a magazine, a back plate connecting the two securing means, and means whereby the apparatus may attach to other objects, including but not limited to the person or gear of a user.

1 . An apparatus comprising a housing configured to hold a top end of at least one magazine; a back plate connected to and extending downward from the upper housing; a retention lip attached to a lower terminus of the back plate and configured to retain the base end of at least one magazine; and means whereby the apparatus may attach to other objects. 
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the housing is a pouch having at least one slit in at least one side of the pouch. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the housing is a pouch having at least one slit and the means whereby the apparatus may attach to other objects is at least one strap. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the housing, back plate, and retention lip are constructed of a rigid material. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 4  wherein the rigid material is a metal. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 4  wherein the rigid material is a hard plastic. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 4  wherein at least one side of the housing is comprised of an elastic material. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the means whereby the apparatus may attach to other objects is at least one strap. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the back plate is arcuate. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 9  wherein at least one longitudinal edge of the back plate features a longitudinal concave channel. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the housing, back plate, and retention lip are constructed of a rigid material; at least one side of the housing is comprised of an elastic material; the back plate is arcuate and at least one longitudinal edge of the back plate features a longitudinal concave channel; and the means whereby the apparatus may attach to other objects is at least one strap. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the housing is divided into at least two sections, each section configured to hold a top end of at least one magazine, and the retention lip is divided into two sections, each section configured to retain the base of at least one magazine. 
     
     
         13 . A magazine storage and dispensing device comprising means of securely retaining the top and bottom of a magazine; a back plate connecting the means securely retaining the top of the magazine to the means securely retaining the bottom of the magazine; means whereby the secure retention of the top and bottom of the magazine is compromised when torque is applied to an intermediate point on the body of the magazine; and means whereby the device may attach to other objects. 
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 13  wherein the means of securely retaining the top of a magazine is a housing configured to hold the top of at least one magazine. 
     
     
         15 . The device of  claim 14  wherein the housing is a pouch and the means whereby the secure retention of the top and bottom of the magazine is compromised when torque is applied to an intermediate point on the body of the magazine is at least one slit in at least one side of the pouch. 
     
     
         16 . The device of  claim 13  wherein the means of securely retaining the bottom of a magazine is a retention lip attached to a lower terminus of the back plate and configured to retain the base end of at least one magazine. 
     
     
         17 . The device of  claim 13  wherein the means whereby the secure retention of the top and bottom of the magazine is compromised when torque is applied to an intermediate point on the body of the magazine is a flexible panel of the housing constructed from an elastic material. 
     
     
         18 . The device of  claim 13  wherein the means of securely retaining the top of a magazine is a housing configured to hold the top of at least one magazine; the means of securely retaining the bottom of a magazine is a retention lip attached to a lower terminus of the back plate and configured to retain the base end of at least one magazine; the means whereby the secure retention of the top and bottom of the magazine is compromised when torque is applied to an intermediate point on the body of the magazine is a flexible panel of the housing constructed from an elastic material; and the means whereby the device may attach to other objects is at least one strap. 
     
     
         19 . The device of  claim 18  wherein the housing, the retention lip, and the back plate are constructed of a rigid material and are unitary in composition. 
     
     
         20 . A method of dispensing a magazine in a storage device comprising secure retention of the top and bottom of the inert magazine; exposure of a middle length of the inert magazine; and engendering failure of the otherwise secure retention of the top and bottom of the magazine by the application of torque to an exposed intermediate point on the body of the magazine.