Multipurpose ball joint assembly and work holding devices

A work holding device for sighting a rifle comprising, T-base formed from a first short flat section of a rigid material and a second long flat section of a rigid material where an end section of said second long section is pivotally connected to the middle of said first short, forming a cross;

• means for attachment to a base of a work holding device that either provides a rigid mount or can be configured to be movable and can be locked in place as a rigid mount, and said work holding device includes a means for holding a rifle as a shooting rest with the rifle butt end and stock held rigidly that includes a gun rail that has a rear flat section that is parallel to and for alignment above said T-base second long flat section, and includes at least one mounting hole formed therethrough that receives a rifle butt holder secured therethrough, and a forward section that is twisted to form a normal angle to said rear flat section that is a straight narrow section of a metal material having a longitudinal slot, that receives a coupling for mounting a rifle barrel rest thereto, and said rifle butt end holder is formed to closely fit to a rifle butt end;
• said T-base first short flat section includes feet fixed to the ends thereof, to engage a flat surface, and said forward end of said second long flat section is pivotally connected to a mid-section of said first short flat section and includes a foot on its opposite rear end that has a floor engaging lower end, and said foot top is axially mounted to turn independently;
• and means for incrementally moving the rifle butt rest vertically and horizontally for incrementally moving said T-base second long rear end with said rifle butt rest maintained thereabove.

An archery bow holding device comprising, a mounting means that includes a shaft or stem extending out from a center opening of a top of a cylindrical housing that has opposing aligned slots formed from said cylindrical housing top to a mid-section of said cylindrical housing where said shaft or stem is mounted on a lower end to a ball positioned adjacent to a seat within said cylindrical housing, and said ball is movable into or out of locking engagement with a concave under surface of said housing top, whereby said ball and its shaft or stem can be held in place or pivot and/or tilt across said cylindrical housing top, traveling along said slots, and said shaft or stem includes a connection arrangement on its top end for mounting to a main beam of an archery bow holding device;

• a flat cylindrical housing base with means for mounting it onto an edge of a flat surface;
• said main beam is a flat bar that is attached on a first bottom end to said shaft or stem at a step formed therein, has a first dog leg bend adjacent to said first bottom end, a second dog leg bend spaced apart from said first dog leg bend, and is bent oppositely thereto, forming a main beam principal section that is approximately parallel to said main beam first bottom end, and which said main beam principal section forward face includes cushioning means mounted to extend outwardly therefrom;
• a guide plate that is mounted to a rear face of said main beam principal section that has a saddle formed along one outer edge thereof that receives a web of the bow engaging C-clamp fitted therein;
• which said bow engaging C-clamp includes top and bottom legs that extend from said web ends to align over one another and are parallel, and said bottom leg has a threaded hole formed therethrough, proximate to its end, that is to receive a threaded rod turned therethrough, and has a top end for fitting against a center opening of said guide plate that aligns with a center hole through said main beam principal section that a tightening screw is fitted through and is turned into a threaded end of said C-clamp threaded rod;
• and said bow engaging C-clamp top leg includes cushioning means mounted to extend from an under surface of said C-clamp top leg.