Adjustable, pivoting gun stock and method of use
OwnerJohn W Angers, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
An adjustable shoulder rest for a rear stock for a rifle or shotgun, with slidable adjustment features at the butt plate to customize the shoulder to firearm interface, providing diverse adjustment options pursuant to user preference and/or circumstances of use. The present invention further provides a pivotal, slidably-adjustable shoulder rest to facilitate customized position adjustment to the firearms orientation vis-a-vis the operator, including the option to provide a swivel connection for adjustment of the firearm during operation as well as the option of providing haptic feedback to communicate to the user or otherwise facilitate line of sight alignment of the firearm at various angles relative to the longitudinal axis thereof in line with one or more sighting apparatus mounted thereto.
Claims21
A swivel connection for a gun, comprising:
- a rear stock having first and second ends,
- a ball having an outer diameter, said ball situated on a base associated with said second end of said rear stock;
- a shoulder rest having a socket formed to engage said rear stock via said ball;
- a detent for releasably engaging said ball and said socket;
- wherein said ball and socket provide between said gun and said shoulder rest a swivel connection and said detent is formed to selectively limit said swivel connection so as to provide feedback to a user;
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- whereby said detent comprises first and second components situated along said ball and socket, respectively, such that their intersection and engagement are at a predetermined orientation of said gun and said shoulder rest, and said feedback confirms to a user said predetermined orientation.
A method of utilizing a gun having a longitudinal axis, comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a gun having rear stock having a butt plate,
- a pivot ball associated with said rear stock, said pivot ball having an outer diameter, said pivot ball further having a base formed to engage said butt plate;
- a shoulder rest formed to engage said rear stock via a socket having an inner wall engaging said pivot ball, so as to provide a swivel connection;
- b. providing a detent comprising first and second detent components formed to releasably engage said ball and said socket so as to selectively limit swivel action between same, comprising the sub-step of positioning said first detent component along said outer diameter of said pivot ball and said second detent component along said inner wall of said socket so that their intersection and engagement are at a predetermined orientation of said gun and shoulder rest;
- c. using said gun, comprising the sub-steps of:
- i. applying the shoulder rest of the gun to a shoulder of a user;
- ii. using the ball and socket to move relative one another in the form of a swivel movement to position the gun for aiming at a target;
- iii. allowing said swivel movement to cause the first and second detent components to intersect to engage, providing resistance to further swivel movement between said ball and socket;
- d. using said resistance to further swivel movement to provide feedback to the user to confirm said gun is at a predetermined orientation relative to said shoulder rest and that a sight on said gun to provide line-of-sight alignment with the user and said target.
A method of utilizing a gun having a longitudinal axis, comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a gun having rear stock having a butt plate,
- a pivot ball associated with said rear stock, said pivot ball having an outer diameter, said pivot ball further having a base formed to engage said butt plate;
- a shoulder rest formed to engage said rear stock via a socket having an inner wall engaging said pivot ball, so as to provide a swivel connection;
- a first sight mounted to said firearm along said longitudinal axis of said firearm;
- a second sight mounted to said firearm along said longitudinal axis of said firearm so that said second sight is pivotally spaced from said first sight;
- b. providing a detent comprising a biased bearing in one of said ball or socket, and first and second detent components formed to releasably engage said ball and said socket so as to selectively limit swivel action between same, comprising the sub-step of positioning said first detent component along said outer diameter of said pivot ball and said second detent component along said inner wall of said socket so that their intersection and engagement are at a predetermined orientation of said gun and shoulder rest;
- c. using said gun, comprising the sub-steps of:
- i. applying the shoulder rest of the gun to a shoulder of a user;
- ii. using said ball and socket to move relative one another in the form of swivel movement to position said gun for aiming at a target;
- iii. allowing said swivel movement to cause said first and second detent components to engage, providing resistance to further swivel movement between said ball and socket;
- d. using said resistance to further swivel movement to provide feedback to the user to confirm said gun is at a predetermined orientation relative to said shoulder rest and one of said first or second sights to provide line-of-sight alignment with the user and said target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.