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US 10,738,937 B2Granted
Portable shooting stand
OwnerEdward J. Deckerinventor
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Abstract
A shooting stand for supporting a user and a gun thereon includes a center post, a plurality of legs extending outwardly from a bottom end of the post, a gun support at the top end of the center post to support the gun, and a seat assembly supported on the center post at an intermediate location between the gun support assembly and the inner ends of the legs which is adapted to support the user thereon. The gun support and the seat assembly are both pivotal about an upright axis of the center post relative to the legs. The gun support, the seat assembly and the legs are all foldable into a collapsed position extending generally alongside the center post for ease of transport and storage.
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A shooting stand for supporting a user and a gun on a ground surface, the shooting stand comprising:
- a center post having a longitudinal axis extending between a bottom end of the center post and an opposing top end of the center post;
- a plurality of legs extending longitudinally between respective inner ends of the legs pivotally coupled to the center post adjacent the bottom end of the center post and respective outer ends of the legs;
- the legs being pivotal between a collapsed position extending upwardly from the inner ends alongside the center post and an extended position extending radially outwardly from the center post at a downward slope towards the outer ends which are adapted to be supported on the ground surface;
- a gun support assembly supported on the center post in proximity to the top end of the center post which is adapted to support the gun thereon;
- the gun support assembly being pivotal relative to the legs about the longitudinal axis of the center post;
- a seat assembly supported on the center post at an intermediate location between the gun support assembly and the inner ends of the legs, the seat assembly comprising a seat which is adapted to support the user thereon;
- the seat assembly being pivotal relative to the legs about the longitudinal axis of the center post;
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- a pair of wheels supported on the shooting stand which are adapted to remain fixed in position relative to the center post as the legs are movable relative to the wheels and the center post between the collapsed position of the legs in which the wheels support the shooting stand for rolling movement along the ground surface and the extended position of the legs in which the wheels are supported spaced above the ground surface and prevented from engaging the ground surface by the legs;
- wherein the gun support assembly comprises:
- a pivot frame which is pivotally coupled to the center post so as to be pivotal relative to the center post about an axis lying perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the center post;
- a gun support arm coupled to the pivot frame so as to be pivotal with the pivot frame relative to the center post between a collapsed position of the gun support arm alongside the center post and an extended position of the gun support arm extending radially outward from the center post;
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- a gun support cradle supported on the gun support arm which is adapted to receive the gun of the user cradled therein and which is adjustable in location along the gun support arm.
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A shooting stand for supporting a user and a gun thereon, the shooting stand comprising:
- a center post having a longitudinal axis extending between a bottom end of the center post and an opposing top end of the center post;
- a plurality of legs extending longitudinally between respective inner ends of the legs pivotally coupled to the center post adjacent the bottom end of the center post and respective outer ends of the legs;
- the legs being pivotal between a collapsed position extending upwardly from the inner ends alongside the center post and an extended position extending radially outwardly from the center post at a downward slope towards the outer ends which are adapted to be supported on a ground surface;
- a gun support assembly supported on the center post in proximity to the top end of the center post, the gun support assembly including a gun support cradle which is adapted to support the gun thereon;
- the gun support assembly being pivotal relative to the legs about the longitudinal axis of the center post;
- a seat assembly supported on the center post at an intermediate location between the gun support assembly and the inner ends of the legs which is adapted to support the user thereon;
- the seat assembly being pivotal relative to the legs about the longitudinal axis of the center post;
- the seat assembly comprising (i) a seat adapted to receive the user seated thereon, (ii) a seat collar supported for rotation about the center post, and a (iii) seat support member upon which the seat is mounted and which is pivotally coupled to seat collar such that the seat is movable with the seat support member relative to the seat collar between a collapsed position of the seat in which the seat support member extends alongside the center post and an extended position of the seat in which the seat support member is supported to extend radially outward from the center post;
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- a carrying handle mounted on the seat support member so as to protrude away from the center post in the collapsed position of the seat, the carrying handle being in proximity to a longitudinal center of the center post in the collapsed position of the seat.
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A shooting stand for supporting a user and a gun thereon, the shooting stand comprising:
- a center post having a longitudinal axis extending between a bottom end of the center post and an opposing top end of the center post;
- a plurality of legs extending longitudinally between respective inner ends of the legs pivotally coupled to the center post adjacent the bottom end of the center post and respective outer ends of the legs;
- the legs being pivotal between a collapsed position extending upwardly from the inner ends alongside the center post and an extended position extending radially outwardly from the center post at a downward slope towards the outer ends which are adapted to be supported on a ground surface;
- a gun support assembly supported on the center post in proximity to the top end of the center post which is adapted to support the gun thereon;
- the gun support assembly being pivotal relative to the legs about the longitudinal axis of the center post;
- a seat assembly supported on the center post at an intermediate location between the gun support assembly and the inner ends of the legs which is adapted to support the user thereon;
- the seat assembly comprising a seat adapted to receive the user seated thereon, and a seat support member pivotally coupled relative to the center post upon which the seat is mounted, the seat support member being pivotal relative to the center post between a collapsed position of the seat in which the seat support member extends alongside the center post and an extended position of the seat in which the seat support member is supported to extend radially outward from the center post and supports the seat thereon spaced radially outward from the center post;
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- the gun support assembly comprises:
- a pivot frame which is pivotally coupled to the center post so as to be pivotal relative to the center post about an axis lying perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the center post;
- a gun support arm coupled to the pivot frame so as to be pivotal with the pivot frame relative to the center post between a collapsed position of the gun support arm alongside the center post and an extended position of the gun support arm extending radially outward from the center post;
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- an inner gun support cradle and an outer gun support cradle commonly supported on the gun support arm, the inner and outer gun support cradles being adapted to receive the gun of the user cradled therein;
- the inner and outer gun support cradles being pivotal together with the gun support arm between the extended position in which the inner and outer gun support cradles are supported at different distances along the gun support arm from the center post in a common direction along the gun support arm from the center post and the collapsed position.
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