US 11,813,648 B2
Firearm bore cleaner
Eric Smith, Columbia, MO (US); James Tayon, Moberly, MO (US); Michael Cottrell, Ashland, MO (US); and Jarrod Grove, Columbia, MO (US)
Assigned to AOB Products Company, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed by AOB Products Company, Columbia, MO (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/444,263.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/060,018, filed on Aug. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0032346 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B08B 9/045 (2006.01); F41A 29/02 (2006.01)
CPC B08B 9/045 (2013.01) [F41A 29/02 (2013.01); B08B 2209/04 (2013.01)] 41 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.