Lens cap assembly
View Patent ↗Disclosed are implementations of a lens cap assembly, each configured to shroud the lens of a device such as a flashlight, an optical sight, or a night vision device. Each lens cap assembly comprises a sleeve, either a removable lens or an anti-reflection element positioned within the sleeve, and a cap. The cap is removably secured to the sleeve by an elastic cord.
1. A lens cap assembly for an optical sight, the lens cap assembly comprising:
a sleeve configured to frictionally engage with the optical sight, the sleeve having has a bore disposed through it, wherein a front end of the sleeve includes an annular chamfer positioned around an exit opening of the bore;
an anti-reflection element configured to filter out light reflections from a lens of the optical sight, the anti-reflection element being positioned within the bore of the sleeve; and
a cap removably secured to the front end of the sleeve by an elastic cord, wherein the cap includes a backside and an annular chamfer disposed on the backside configured to interface with the annular chamfer on the front end of the sleeve.
2. The lens cap assembly of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve includes two external tabs that extend laterally from opposite sides of the sleeve, each of the two external tabs includes a thru hole; the cap includes two external tabs that extend laterally from opposite sides of the cap, each of the two external tabs includes a thru hole;
wherein the elastic cord extends through the holes of the external tabs of the sleeve and the cap.
3. The lens cap assembly of claim 2 , wherein the cap includes a flipper tab that extends laterally from the cap, the flipper tab is configured to dislodge the cap from the front end of the sleeve.