Appeal No. 96-1874
Application 08/215,467
have been indicated as containing allowable subject matter.
Claims 6-8 have been allowed by the examiner. Although the
appeal is nominally directed to claims 1-5, only claims 1 and
2 have been rejected by the examiner, and therefore, we
consider the appeal as limited to claims 1 and 2.
The disclosed invention pertains to a protective cover
for a firearm having a percussion cap mounted to a nipple
thereon and a hammer for striking the percussion cap. The
cover has a handle joined to it by a cantilevered connection
which permits the cover to be bent out of alignment when force
is applied to the handle. A loop of elastomeric material is
connected to the handle and is attachable to a portion of the
firearm.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A protective cover for a firearm having a percussion
cap mounted to a nipple thereon and a hammer for striking said
percussion cap, said cover being removably mounted over said
percussion cap and between said hammer and said cap, said
cover comprising:
a cover extending along a longitudinal axis and being
formed from a waterproof material which is sufficiently
resilient so as to permit said cover to be bendable off of
that longitudinal axis,
said cover being closed at one end thereof and open at
2
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