Flexible Magazine Carrier Structure for Secure Retention and Fast Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing magazine carriers often fail to provide secure, adjustable, and versatile solutions for carrying multiple types of ammunition magazines, particularly in environments where vibration and quick access are required.
Innovation Solution
A magazine carrier with a frame insert and retainer plate design, featuring flexible components and beveled tips for secure retention and easy access, allowing for single or double magazine configurations and adjustable attachment points for various accessories.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a magazine carrier uses a rigid structure to securely retain magazines, then retention reliability is improved, but adaptability to different magazine types and sizes deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The carrier is divided into a frame insert with rigid walls for structural support and a separate flexible outer portion that can adapt its shape. The frame insert includes vertical walls with protrusions that engage with the outer portion, creating modular segments that work together to achieve both rigid retention and flexible adaptation.
Solution Approach 2:
The outer portion of the carrier is made from flexible material that can conform to different magazine shapes and sizes while the frame insert provides rigid structural support. This combination allows the carrier to maintain reliable retention through the rigid frame while adapting to various magazine types through the flexible outer portion.
2Reliability
If a magazine carrier uses a complex retention mechanism to prevent magazine dislodgment during vibration, then retention reliability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The frame insert's vertical walls with protrusions automatically engage with the outer portion and magazine when the carrier is assembled or when a magazine is inserted. This self-engaging mechanism provides reliable retention during vibration without requiring additional complex locking mechanisms, and allows for easy magazine removal by simply pulling the magazine out.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a magazine carrier is designed to accommodate multiple magazine configurations, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The frame insert is designed with a universal structure that can accommodate different magazine configurations. The vertical walls with protrusions can engage with single or multiple magazines, and the flexible outer portion can adjust to different arrangements, allowing the same carrier structure to serve multiple functions without increasing complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A magazine carrier has a frame insert that includes a bottom frame wall, a right frame wall, and a left frame wall. The bottom frame wall connects to the right frame wall and the left frame wall. A retainer plate has a retainer plate lower edge opposite the retainer plate upper edge, and a retainer plate right edge opposite a retainer plate left edge. The retainer plate further includes protrusions. The frame insert is retained within the outer portion and the retainer plate retains within the outer portion. The outer portion is formed as a flexible container with a carrier opening that receives the frame insert and retainer plate. The outer portion includes an outer portion right wall and an outer portion left wall. The outer portion right wall and the outer portion left wall join at an outer portion middle wall.