Firearm bore cleaner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11813648-B2
Application number	US-202117444263-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 2, 2021
Priority date	Aug 1, 2020
Publication date	Nov 14, 2023
Grant date	Nov 14, 2023

Abstract

A firearm bore cleaner for cleaning a bore of a firearm includes a cleaning segment and a pulling segment. The cleaning segment cleans the bore of the firearm when the cleaning segment is moved along the bore. The cleaning segment includes a tail end connector adjacent a tail end portion. The pulling segment is sized and shaped to be inserted into the bore. The pulling segment includes a head end connector adjacent the head end portion of the pulling segment. A tail end portion of the pulling segment is connected to a head end portion of the cleaning segment. The head end connector of the pulling segment and the tail end connector of the cleaning segment can be releasably connect to each other to couple the head end portion of the pulling segment and the tail end portion of the cleaning segment together in order to form a closed loop.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A firearm bore cleaner for cleaning a bore of a firearm, the firearm bore cleaner comprising:
a cleaning segment having an elongate cleaning body sized and shaped to clean the bore of the firearm when the cleaning segment is moved along the bore of the firearm, the cleaning body including at least a portion comprising a first width to cause the cleaning body to form an interference fit in the bore to clean the bore as the cleaning segment is moved through the bore, the cleaning segment having a head end portion and an opposite tail end portion, the cleaning segment including a tail end connector adjacent the tail end portion; and
a pulling segment having an elongate pulling body sized and shaped to be inserted into the bore of the firearm, the pulling segment having a head end portion and an opposite tail end portion, the pulling segment including a head end connector adjacent the head end portion of the pulling segment, the tail end portion of the pulling segment being connected to the head end portion of the cleaning segment, the head end connector of the pulling segment and the tail end connector of the cleaning segment being configured to form a releasable connection by connecting to each other to couple the head end portion of the pulling segment and the tail end portion of the cleaning segment together such that the cleaning segment and the pulling segment form a closed loop, the releasable connection being narrower than the first width and being sized and shaped to be passed through the bore of the firearm to permit repeated pulling of the closed loop through the bore to repeatedly pass the cleaning segment through the bore.

2. The firearm bore cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the tail end connector and the head end connector each include a threaded portion configured to threadably attach to one another to form the releasable connection.

3. The firearm bore cleaner of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the tail end connector or the head end connector includes a swivel.

4. The firearm bore cleaner of claim 3 , wherein the tail end connector and the head end connector each include a swivel.

5. The firearm bore cleaner of claim 2 , wherein the tail end connector includes a swivel, the swivel operatively disposed between the threaded portion of the tail end connector and the elongate cleaning body to permit the threaded portion of the tail end connector of the cleaning segment to rotate relative to the elongate cleaning body of the cleaning segment when the tail and head end connectors are being threadably attached to one another.

6. The firearm bore cleaner of claim 2 , wherein the head end connector includes a swivel, the swivel operatively disposed between the threaded portion of the head end connector and the elongate pulling body to permit the threaded portion of the head end connector of the pulling segment to rotate relative to the elongate pulling body of the pulling segment when the tail and head end connectors are being threadably attached to one another.

7. The firearm bore cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the cleaning segment includes a head end connector adjacent the head end portion and wherein the pulling segment includes a tail end connector adjacent the tail end portion of the pulling segment, the tail end connector of the pulling segment and the head end connector of the cleaning segment being configured to attach together to couple the tail end portion of the pulling segment and the head end portion of the cleaning segment together.

8. The firearm bore cleaner of claim 7 , wherein the tail end connector of the pulling segment and the head end connector of the cleaning segment each include a threaded portion threadably attached to one another.

9. The firearm bore cleaner of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the tail end connector of the pulling segment or the head end connector of the cleaning segment includes a swivel.

10. The firearm bore cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the elongate cleaning body includes a loop at a tail end of the elongate cleaning body, the loop being different from the tail end connector of the cleaning segment.

11. The firearm bore cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the cleaning segment includes a tether attached to the elongate cleaning body, the tail end connector of the cleaning segment attached to the tether.

12. The firearm bore cleaner of claim 11 , wherein the elongate cleaning body comprises an elongate fabric tube defining a lumen, a portion of the tether extending into the lumen and connected to the elongate fabric tube with one or more stitches.

13. The firearm bore cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the cleaning segment includes one or more brushes mounted on the elongate cleaning body.

14. The firearm bore cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the tail end connector of the cleaning segment is at a tail end of the cleaning segment and the head end connector of the pulling segment is at a head end of the pulling segment.

15. The firearm bore cleaner of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the cleaning segment or the pulling segment includes a swivel configured to permit rotation to facilitate connection of the head end connector of the pulling segment and the tail end connector of the cleaning segment.

16. The firearm bore cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the head end connector of the pulling segment and the tail end connector of the cleaning segment are configured to connect to each other to form a direct connection between the head end connector of the pulling segment and the tail end connector of the cleaning segment.

17. The firearm bore cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the head end connector of the pulling segment and the tail end connector of the cleaning segment are configured to connect to each other to form a mating connection.

18. The firearm bore cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the head end connector of the pulling segment and the tail end connector of the cleaning segment are configured to connect to each other to form a threaded connection.

19. The firearm bore cleaner of claim 18 , wherein at least one of the cleaning segment or the pulling segment includes a swivel configured to permit rotation to facilitate formation of the threaded connection.

20. The firearm bore cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the tail end connector of the cleaning segment is formed separately from and secured to the cleaning body, and the head end connector of the pulling segment is formed separately from and secured to the pulling body.

21. A firearm bore cleaner for cleaning a bore of a firearm, the firearm bore cleaner comprising:
a cleaning segment having an elongate cleaning body sized and shaped to clean the bore of the firearm when the cleaning segment is moved along the bore of the firearm, the cleaning segment having a head end portion and an opposite tail end portion, the cleaning segment including a tail end connector adjacent the tail end portion; and
a pulling segment having an elongate pulling body sized and shaped to be inserted into the bore of the firearm, the pulling segment having a head end portion and an opposite tail end portion, the pulling segment including a head end connector adjacent the head end portion of the pulling segment, the tail end portion of the pulling segment being connected to the head end portion of the cleaning segment, the head end connector of the pulling segment and the tail end connector of the cleaning segment being configured to releasably connect to each other to couple the head end portion of the pulling segment and the tail end portion of the cleaning

Assignees

• Aob Products Company

Inventors

• Smith Eric
• Tayon James
• Cottrell Michael
• Grove Jarrod

Classifications

• B08B9/045 Primary

  the cleaning devices being rotated while moved {, e.g. flexible rotating shaft or "snake"}(B08B9/047 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F41A29/02

  Scrapers or cleaning rods · CPC title

• B08B2209/04

  using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes · CPC title