Patent ID: 7326185

Claim:
An injection device comprising: a casing having a reservoir for a fluid product and an injection needle; and a needle covering device, wherein the needle covering device comprises: a rear section for attaching the needle covering device to the injection device; a retractable front section nondetachably coupled to the rear section and linearly and axially moveable through a range of motion relative to the rear section so as to define an extended position that substantially surrounds the injection needle and a retracted position that exposes the injection needle, wherein a portion of the front section may be abutted against a surface to be injected and the front section is moveable through said range of motion generally freely; and a magnetic contact for activating the automatic delivery of said fluid product, the magnetic contact coupled to the retractable front section, wherein the magnetic contact extends through the rear section into the casing when the retractable front section is in the retracted position to activate the injection device.