Moldable cheek rest for firearm stock

A method for forming a cheek rest for a firearm having a telescopic scope, comprising:

• providing a pouch, the pouch comprising an elongate pad with an obverse pad portion and a reverse pad portion having a reverse pad surface, the reverse pad portion and the obverse pad portion each having edge portions, wherein edge portions of the reverse pad portion and edge portions of the obverse pad portions are joined together along a plurality of their respective edge portions, wherein a container portion is defined within the pouch;
• providing a bead sac, the bead sac comprising a heat resistant porous fabric adapted to hold therein a thermoplastic material adapted for forming a cheek rest, and wherein the bead sac is sized and shaped for insertion into the container portion of the pouch;
• providing a thermoplastic material in a quantity sufficient to fill the bead sac, wherein the thermoplastic material has a melting point between about sixty degrees Celsius (60°C) and one hundred degrees Celsius (100°C);
• adding the thermoplastic material to the bead sac, and closing the bead sac;
• heating the thermoplastic material while in the bead sac until the thermoplastic material becomes pliable;
• inserting the bead sac into the pouch while the thermoplastic material remains warm and pliable;
• affixing the pouch to a cheek rest mounting surface at a contact location between a portion of a face of a shooter and a firearm stock when the shooter is in a position to sight through a telescopic scope, wherein the shooter has a personal face anatomy, and pressing the face of the shooter against the obverse pad portion of the pouch to provide pressure against the warm and pliable thermoplastic material in the pouch, and molding the thermoplastic material into a molded shape complementary to the shape of the portion of the face of the shooter which is adjacent the contact location;
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• allowing the thermoplastic material to cool and harden in the molded shape.

A cheek rest for use with a firearm stock, comprising:

• an upper saddle, the upper saddle having an upper saddle body extending between an upper distal end and an upper proximal end, and having a downwardly oriented U shape, wherein the upper saddle body comprises a top portion which connects a left side flange and a right side flange, the left side and right side flanges each extending downwardly to an outwardly protruding lip ending in a downwardly extending upper lace flange, wherein each downwardly extending upper lace flange further comprises a plurality of lace holes defined by lace hole edge walls, the upper saddle comprising an outer upper surface, the outer upper surface extending rearward from the distal end to the proximal end, wherein the upper saddle body further comprises a cheek rest mounting surface and a first part of a two-part fastener system;
• a lower saddle, the lower saddle having a lower saddle body extending between a lower distal end and a lower proximal end and having a upwardly oriented U shape, wherein a bottom portion connects a bottom left side flange and a bottom right side flange, the bottom left side and bottom right side flanges each extending upwardly to a lower outward lip ending in an upward extending lower lace flange, wherein the left side lower lace flange and the right side lower lace flange each further comprises a plurality of lace holes defined by lace hole edge walls;
• a left side lace and a right side lace, the left side lace sized and shaped to pass through lace holes, wherein the left side lace joins the lace holes in the left side upper lace flange and the left side lower lace flange, and wherein the right side lace joins the lace holes in the right side upper lace flange and the right side lower lace flange;
• a pouch, the pouch comprising an elongate pad with an obverse pad portion and a reverse pad portion having a reverse pad surface, the reverse pad portion and the obverse pad portion each having edge portions, wherein edge portions of the reverse pad portion and edge portions of the obverse pad portions are joined together along a plurality of their respective edge portions, wherein a container portion is defined in the pouch, and wherein the container portion further comprises a closure mechanism to enable open access to, and closure of, the container portion;
• a flap, the flap affixed to the pouch along an elongated inner edge, the flap having a reverse flap surface, wherein the reverse pad surface and the reverse flap surface each include a second part of a two-part fastener system, wherein the first part and the second part of the two-part fastener system cooperate when in mutual interlocking contact secure the pouch to the outer upper surface of the firearm stock;
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• a bead sac, the bead sac comprising a heat resistant porous fabric adapted to hold therein a thermoplastic bead material adapted for forming a cheek rest, and wherein the bead sac is sized and shaped for insertion into the container portion of the pouch.