Gun cleaning tool

Abstract

A tool for cleaning a groove, recess or channel of a firearm includes an elongated body which serves as a handle, a first arm extending at an obtuse angle from one end of the body, and a second arm extending from the other end of the body. The arms terminate at respective tips. The tips have different shapes, to enable one to clean areas of different sizes.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A tool for cleaning a groove, recess or channel in a firearm, said tool comprising:
 an elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis,   a first arm extending from a first end of the body along a first axis lying at a first obtuse angle to said longitudinal axis, and   a second arm extending from a second end of the body along a second axis lying at a second obtuse angle to said longitudinal axis,   said first arm terminating at a first tip, and   said second arm terminating at a second tip,   each of said tips terminating at a blunt end surface having sharp edges.   
     
     
         2 . The tool of  claim 1 , wherein said longitudinal axis, said first axis and said second axis lie in a common plane. 
     
     
         3 . The tool of  claim 2 , wherein said first and second axes extend in opposite directions from said longitudinal axis. 
     
     
         4 . The tool of  claim 3 , wherein said first and second axes are parallel to one another. 
     
     
         5 . The tool of  claim 4 , wherein said first and second tips have different shapes. 
     
     
         6 . The tool of  claim 5 , wherein one of said tips is smaller than the other. 
     
     
         7 . The tool of  claim 5 , wherein each of said tips has a substantially rectangular cross-section for its entire length. 
     
     
         8 . The tool of  claim 7 , wherein both of said tips have a uniform width. 
     
     
         9 . The tool of  claim 8 , wherein one of said tips has a constant thickness and the other of said tips tapers to a lesser thickness at its distal end. 
     
     
         10 . The tool of  claim 1 , wherein a central portion of the body has reinforcing ribs giving the body a cross-shaped section in a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis, both to reinforce the body against bending and to provide a textured gripping surface. 
     
     
         11 . The tool of  claim 1 , wherein said tool is made of a single piece of uniform material. 
     
     
         12 . The tool of  claim 11 , wherein the material is a polymeric plastic. 
     
     
         13 . The tool of  claim 12 , wherein the material is injection molded. 
     
     
         14 . The tool of  claim 12 , wherein the material is a fiber-reinforced polymeric plastic.