Patent ID: 7356961

Claim:
A configurable firearm barrel cleaning device, comprising: at least one cable segment, wherein each cable segment has a first end and a second end; an arbor having a stem with an first end operatively engagable with the first end of the cable segment and the arbor having a second end; a plug having an opening defined therein, wherein the plug has a cylindrical portion and a beveled portion, the cylindrical portion being in communication with the second end of the arbor and the beveled portion being in communication with the patch; at least one patch having an opening defined therein; and at least one brush wheel having an opening defined therein; the cleaning device having a first configuration associated with at least a first cleaning operation, the first configuration being arranged such that: the stem of the arbor is placed through the opening of the patch and through the opening of the plug, wherein the plug is in communication with both the second end of the arbor and with the patch, and the first end of the cable segment is connected to the arbor at the first end of the stem; and the cleaning device having a second configuration associated with at least a second cleaning operation, the second configuration being arranged such that: the stem of the arbor is placed through the opening of each of the at least one brush wheel, wherein one brush wheel is in communication with the second end of the arbor; and the first end of the cable segment is connected to the arbor at the first end of the stem.