Disposable automatic needle cover assembly with safety lock

Claim 1

A disposable automatic needle cover assembly with safety lock for use in combination with a syringe having a body, a plunger, a tapered nozzle, and a needle; the body of the syringe being hollow and open at the back to facilitate the insertion of the plunger into the body of the syringe; the front of the body being shaped to form a tapered nozzle for the frictional attachment of a needle, the plunger fitting snugly into the hollow body of the syring and sliding into and out of the body; said needle being hollow and having an off-centered conical end; wherein said automatic needle cover comprises a cylindrical sheath completely covering the needle and having an inwardly tapering off-centered orifice, said automatic needle cover being made from a flexible material enabling it to be retractable and able to return to its original shape after retraction, said cover having incisions along the length of said automatic needle cover starting below the portion to be attached to the off-centered conical, end and ending at a solid end of said automatic needle cover; said incisions being spaced evenly around said automatic needle cover; said automatic needle cover being solid at the front except for an off-centered orifice to allow the needle to pass through; said solid end of said automatic needle cover having a groove around the outside to allow the safety lock to be attached to said automatic needle cover securely and to allow said safety lock to be rotated around said automatic needle cover; said safety lock being shaped to fit over the solid end of said automatic needle cover like a cap, with the one end being completely open save for a lip to fit into the groove in the solid end of said automatic needle cover; the other end of said safety lock being closed except for an off-centered opening which lines up with said off-centered orifice in said solid end of said automatic needle cover; whereby said safety lock can be rotated around said automatic needle cover to line the off-centered opening up with the off-centered orifice in the automatic needle cover to allow the needle to pass through during use and also be rotated to a closed position to lock the needle safely within said automatic needle cover.