Forearm shooting stick support and storage assembly
OwnerDavid Wayne Smithinventor
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Abstract
An assembly for use with a shooting stick comprising a forearm support with a wrist cuff and an arm cuff each with adjustable straps, a brace joining the cuffs, a holder formed under the arm cuff and a receiver formed under the wrist cuff. The receiver has a non-continuous wall with a gap sized and shaped to receive a body of the shooting stick when the stick is positioned under the brace and snapped into the holder and inside the gap. The receiver is formed with a first mating structure and an opening adapted to receive a second mating structure formed on either an upper end of the shooting stick or an adaptor coupled to the upper end of the shooting stick. Accessories including a universal adaptor, a belt hanger, and a leg coupler for adapting the shooting stick into a tripod are included.
Claims17
An assembly adapted to be attached to a posterior side of a user's forearm and wrist and below an elbow of the user, the assembly adapted for use with a shooting stick having an upper end, a lower end, and a stick body between the upper and lower ends, and an adaptor having an adaptor receiver end and an adaptor stick end, the assembly comprising:
- a brace having an underside and an upper side, the upper side having first end with an arm cuff and a second end with a wrist cuff;
- wherein the underside extends below the wrist cuff;
- a receiver positioned on the underside below the wrist cuff;
- wherein the receiver has a wall with a gap, the wall having an upper wall end affixed to the underside and a lower wall end, and a first mating structure formed into the wall;
- wherein the lower wall end defines an opening adapted to separately pivotably couple to the upper end of the shooting stick or to the adaptor receiver end;
- wherein the upper end of the shooting stick and the adaptor receiver end are both adapted to pivotably couple to the receiver;
- a first adjustable strap attached to the arm cuff;
- a second adjustable strap attached to the wrist cuff;
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- a holder positioned below the arm cuff and having an opening facing away from the underside adapted to receive the stick body;
- wherein the user's forearm is positioned inside the arm cuff and secured thereto by the first adjustable strap below the elbow of the user;
- wherein the user's wrist is positioned inside the wrist cuff and secured thereto by the second adjustable strap;
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- wherein the posterior side of the user's forearm and wrist are immediately adjacent the upper side of the brace.
An assembly adapted to be attached to a posterior side of a user's forearm and wrist, and below an elbow of the user, the assembly adapted for use with both a shooting stick having an upper end, a lower end, and a stick body between the upper and lower ends, and an adaptor having an adaptor receiver end and an adaptor stick end, the assembly comprising:
- a brace having an underside and an upper side, the upper side having first end with an arm cuff and a second end with a wrist cuff;
- wherein the underside extends below the wrist cuff;
- a receiver positioned on the underside below the wrist cuff;
- wherein the receiver has a wall with a gap, the wall having an upper wall end affixed to the underside and a lower wall end, and a first mating structure formed into the wall;
- wherein the lower wall end defines an opening adapted to separately pivotably couple to the upper end of the shooting stick or to the adaptor receiver end;
- wherein the upper end of the shooting stick and the adaptor receiver end are both adapted to pivotably couple to the receiver and are each further comprised of a second mating structure adapted to pivotably couple with the first mating structure;
- wherein the upper end of the shooting stick is further formed with a threaded rod, and the adaptor stick end is further formed with a threaded hole adapted to couple with the threaded rod when the adaptor receiver end is coupled to the opening, and the shooting stick is coupled to the adaptor stick end;
- a first adjustable strap attached to the arm cuff;
- a second adjustable strap attached to the wrist cuff;
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- a holder positioned below the arm cuff and having an opening facing away from the underside adapted to receive the stick body;
- wherein the user's forearm is positioned inside the arm cuff and secured thereto by the first adjustable strap below the elbow of the user;
- wherein the user's wrist is positioned inside the wrist cuff and secured thereto by the second adjustable strap;
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- wherein the posterior side of the user's forearm and wrist are immediately adjacent the upper side of the brace.
A universal adaptor adapted for use with both a shooting stick having an upper end, a lower end, and a stick body between the upper and lower ends, and an arm brace assembly adapted to be attached to a posterior side of a user's forearm and wrist, the arm brace assembly comprising:
- a brace with an upper side and an underside, an arm cuff with a first strap attached to the arm cuff at a first end of the brace, and a wrist cuff with a second strap attached to the wrist cuff on the upper side of the brace at a second end of the brace;
- wherein the underside extends below the wrist cuff;
- a holder attached below the arm cuff adapted to receive the stick body;
- a receiver attached to the underside below the wrist cuff;
- wherein the receiver has a wall with a gap, the wall having an upper wall end affixed to the underside and a lower wall end, and a first mating structure formed into the wall;
- wherein the lower wall end defines an opening adapted to receive the upper end of the shooting stick;
- wherein the user's forearm is positioned inside the arm cuff and secured thereto by the first adjustable strap;
- wherein the user's wrist is positioned inside the wrist cuff and secured thereto by the second adjustable strap;
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- wherein the posterior side of the user's forearm and wrist are immediately adjacent the upper side of the brace;
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- the universal adaptor comprising:
- a stick sleeve having an interior space sized and shaped and adapted for use to rotatably house the stick body, the stick sleeve further having an exterior side;
- a clamp adapted for use to adjustably clamp to the shooting stick below the stick sleeve, whereby the clamp is adapted for use to maintain a position of the shooting stick within the stick sleeve;
- a hand grip having a grip upper end, the hand grip affixed to the exterior side of the stick sleeve;
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- a handle threaded coupler formed into the grip upper end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.