Patent ID: 6164004
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: F41A

Abstract:
A protective cover for the external firing mechanism of a rifle, said protective cover comprising:a tubular sleeve having opposite first and second ends, a lumen, and opposite first and second sides;said first and second ends of said sleeve each having an opening into said lumen of said sleeve, said openings of said first and second ends each having an outer periphery;said openings of said ends of said sleeve being adapted for inserting a rifle therethrough into said lumen of said sleeve such that an external firing mechanism of the rifle is covered by said sleeve;said first and second ends of said sleeve each having an annular elastic band extending therearound;wherein said sleeve has a longitudinal axis extending between said first and second ends of said sleeve, said first and second sides of said sleeve extending between top portions and bottom portions respectively of said outer peripheries of said openings of said first and second ends, said first side being longer in length than the second side, and said outer periphery of said opening of said first end of said sleeve lying in a plane oriented at an oblique angle with respect with said longitudinal axis of said sleeve; andwherein said oblique angle of said opening of said first end of said sleeve is adapted for extending from a trigger guard of the rifle over a stock of the rifle such that the trigger is actuatable by a hand of a user, said sleeve being rollable such that said sleeve may be rolled from said second end of said sleeve to said first end of said sleeve whereby hindrance of the operation and sighting of the rifle is prevented.