Patent ID: 8793918

Claim:
A firearm bore cleaning device for use in cleaning firearm bores without using cloth patches or pads comprising: a flanged cleaning head including: an axially extending shaft having an attachment section with a threaded portion and an integral flange mounting section, the attachment threaded portion being attachable to a threaded end portion of a flexible cable assembly, the attachment section further including an integral sheath of deformably resilient material at least partially surrounding a forward end portion of the threaded portion; a plurality of integrally molded elastomeric, deformably resilient and substantially disc shaped flanges extending radially from the flange mounting section and integrally molded with said sheath, each said flange having a larger radius than the attachment section and making contact with a firearm bore as the cleaning head is being pulled through a firearm bore, each said flange having a substantially flat outer radial edge extending parallel to the axially extending shaft, each of the radial edges having a thickness less than a central portion of the flanges; and the flexible cable assembly includes a flexible cable and a first end fitting for releasable connection to the attachment section, the first end fitting being rotatable relative to the flexible cable, a second end fitting rotatable relative to the flexible cable, such that the flexible cable is relatively rotatable at both ends as the flanged cleaning head is pulled through the bore so that said flexible cable remains in untwisted condition while said cleaning head is being pulled through a firearm bore.