Patent ID: 7493720

Claim:
A spent ammunition cartridge case deflector that is attachable to an upper receiver rail of a rifle, said rail extending longitudinally from a rear end to a front end, said rifle having a spent ammunition cartridge case ejector port disposed below said rail and on the right side of the rifle, comprising: a base plate that extends longitudinally from a rear end to a front end; screw clamp means attached to the base plate for mounting the deflector to said receiver rail; a deflector plate for downward deflection of spent ammunition cartridge cases as they are ejected out of the ejector port when the rifle is being fired, said plate having left and right side surfaces bounded by rear and front edges joined by top and bottom edges; pivot means attached to the base plate, whereby the deflector plate is pivotably attached to the base plate for movement between a lower, ejection port covering and spent cartridge case deflecting position and an upper, ejection port uncovering position, said means including a pivot spring for urging the deflector plate away from the lower position and toward the upper position; and rocker arm catchment and release means attached to the base plate for manually and alternately locking the deflector plate in the lowered position and releasing the deflector plate to pivot upward to the upper position.