Recoil suppressing gun support
AssigneeLake Eddins, LLC
InventorWallace Eddins
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Abstract
A gun support includes an elongated base having a stock cradle at one end and a barrel saddle at the other for supporting a long barrel gun in position for shooting. A hinge has one hinge plate pivotally connected to the elongated base for pivotal movement in a plane parallel to the hinge plate. The other hinge plate is adapted to be attached to a support surface adjacent a horizontal edge thereof, whereby the gun may pivoted about the hinge pin and the base mounting pin to sight the gun for shooting, and pivoted about the hinge pin to position the gun in a safe, nozzle down position when not in use for shooting.
Claims13
A gun support device for supporting a gun having a long barrel and a stock during shooting, the device compressing
- an elongated base having top and bottom surfaces,
- a barrel support saddle mounted on one end portion of said base and projecting above said top surface,
- saddle adjusting means for adjusting the height of said saddle above said top surface,
- a stock cradle mounting on and projecting above said top surface at the other end of said base, said stock cradle including an end wall and laterally spaced side walls cooperating to define a stock receiving pocket engaging the butt end and adjacent sides of the stock of a gun positioned on the device,
- means for releasably retaining a gun on the device with the gun stock resting in the stock cradle and the gun barrel resting in the barrel saddle, and
- hinge means for mounting the base member to a support surface, the hinge means having first and second hinged members pivotally connected by a hinge pin, and
- connecting means pivotally mounting said first hinged member to said base for movement about a bearing axis perpendicular to said base and for movement therewith about said hinge pin whereby, when the second hinge member is mounted to a support structure, the device and a gun supported thereon may be pivoted about said bearing axis and about the axis of said hinge pin.
A method of supporting a long barrel gun for shooting, the method comprising
- positioning the gun on an elongated base having a stock cradle at one end and a barrel saddle at the other end,
- resiliently retaining the gun on the elongated base,
- mounting the elongated base on a first hinge plate of a hinge assembly for pivotal movement in a plane parallel to the first hinge plate, the hinge assembly having a second hinge plate joined to said first hinge plate by a hinge pin, and
- attaching the second hinge plate to a support surface adjacent a horizontal edge thereof, whereby the gun may be pivoted about its pivotal mounting on the first hinge plate and about said hinge pin to sight the gun.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.