Firearm magazine

Abstract

A firearm magazine for storing and dispensing cartridges including an elongated housing defining a cartridge chamber, the housing having a distal end comprising a tapered interior space and a pair of guiding lip, a proximal end formed at an opposite side of the distal end, side walls comprising a first side wall, a third side wall, a second side wall integrally extended between the first and third side wall, and a fourth side wall integrally extended between the first and the third side wall, each of the side walls extending between the distal end and the proximal end; an outermore shell seamlessly molded over an outer face of the housing; wherein the housing comprises a plurality of witness holes formed on at least one of the side walls or formed on all of the side walls;

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A magazine for storing and dispensing cartridges, comprising:
 an elongated housing defining a cartridge chamber, the housing having a distal end comprising a tapered interior space and a pair of guiding lip, a proximal end formed at an opposite side of the distal end, and side walls comprising a first side wall, a third side wall, a second side wall integrally extended between the first and third side wall, and a fourth side wall integrally extended between the first and the third side wall, each of the side walls extending between the distal end and the proximal end;   an outermore shell seamlessly molded over an outer face of the housing;   wherein the housing comprises a plurality of witness holes formed on at least one of the side walls or formed on all of the side walls;   wherein the witness holes are entirely covered by the outermore shell.   
     
     
         2 . The magazine of  claim 1 , wherein the guiding lip comprises a first guiding lip and a second guiding lip, wherein the first guiding lip and the second guiding lip are inwardly and inclinedly extending towards each other, wherein the first guiding lip is extended from a first connection end of the second side wall and the second guiding lip is extended from a second connection end of the fourth side wall, wherein the tapered interior space is formed between the first guiding lip and the second guiding lip and an opening natural formed between the first guiding lip and the second guiding lip. 
     
     
         3 . The magazine of  claim 2 , wherein the housing further comprises at least one elongated slot formed on at least one of the side walls or formed on all of the side walls. 
     
     
         4 . The magazine of  claim 3 , wherein the outer face comprises a first outer face formed on the first side wall, a second outer face formed on the second side wall, a third outer face formed on the third side wall, a fourth outer face formed on the fourth side wall, and outer faces of the first guiding lip and the second guiding lip, wherein the outermore shell and the housing are seamlessly molded with each other and integrated into one piece. 
     
     
         5 . The magazine of  claim 4 , wherein the opening comprises a top elongated opening formed between a top end of the first guiding lip and a top end of the second guiding lip, and a U-shaped guiding opening downwardly extending from the top elongated opening along the cartridge chamber. 
     
     
         6 . The magazine of  claim 5 , wherein the U-shaped guiding opening comprises a width smaller than a width of the top elongated opening, wherein the width of the U-shaped guiding opening is smaller than one over two of the width of the top elongated opening. 
     
     
         7 . The magazine of  claim 6 , wherein the at least one elongated slot comprises a first elongated slot formed on the second side wall and a second elongated slot formed on the fourth side wall, wherein the first elongated slot defines a peripheral shape projected on the fourth side wall and overlapped with a peripheral shape defined by the second elongated slot, wherein the first slot and the second slot have the identical shape and total area. 
     
     
         8 . The magazine of  claim 7 , wherein the outermore shell is made of a transparent polymer. 
     
     
         9 . The magazine of  claim 8 , wherein the outermore shell is made of the transparent polycarbonate polymer. 
     
     
         10 . The magazine of  claim 8 , wherein the melting point of the housing is higher than the melting point of the outermore shell. 
     
     
         11 . The magazine of  claim 9 , wherein the outermore shell comprises a thickness extending from the outer face of the housing to an outer face of the outermore shell, and the housing comprises a thickness extending form an inner face to the outer face of the housing, wherein the thickness of the outermore shell is equal to the thickness of the housing. 
     
     
         12 . The magazine of  claim 9 , wherein the outermore shell comprises a thickness extending from the outer face of the housing to an outer face of the outermore shell, and the housing comprises a thickness extending form an inner face of the housing to the outer face of the housing, wherein the thickness of the outermore shell is larger than the thickness of the housing. 
     
     
         13 . The magazine of  claim 10 , wherein the housing and the outermore shell are not detachable. 
     
     
         14 . The magazine of  claim 13 , wherein the housing and the outermore shell are molded with each other to form a single piece without the uses of secondary assembly operations. 
     
     
         15 . The magazine of  claim 14 , wherein the witness holes and all of the elongated slots, including the first elongated slot and the second elongated slot, are entirely covered by the outermore shell. 
     
     
         16 . The magazine of  claim 15 , wherein the second side wall consists of the first slot and the fourth side wall consists of the second slot. 
     
     
         17 . The magazine of  claim 3 , wherein outer face comprises a first outer face formed on first side wall, a second outer face formed on the second side wall, a fourth outer face formed on the fourth side wall, and outer faces of the first guiding lip and the second guiding lip, wherein the outermore shell and the housing are molded with each other and integrated into one single piece. 
     
     
         18 . The magazine of  claim 17 , wherein the third side wall is exposed to outside without covering by the outermore shell. 
     
     
         19 . The magazine of  claim 18 , wherein the third side wall is a flat and solid wall, the third side wall having no witness holes and elongated slots.