US 4,393,614 A · Gun rest

Abstract

A gun rest for firearms which is characterized by a monopod having a base tube or cylinder and a plurality of nesting, tapered interior tubes or cylinders, each having a successively smaller diameter and arranged in a concentric, normally retracted, telescoping configuration inside the base tube. A monopod clamp is removably attached to the firearm barrel forward of the forestock, and pivotally carries the closed end of the base tube to secure the base tube to the barrel. When not in use the monopod is positioned in an essentially parallel, retracted relationship to, and beneath the barrel of the firearm. In its functional position the monopod is pivoted on the monopod clamp in an essentially perpendicular relationship to the firearm barrel, with the interior tubes or cylinders selectively and telescopically extended from the base tube and temporarily locked to provide a secure rest for aiming and shooting the firearm.

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Dependent claims

A gun rest for supporting a firearm comprising:

(a) a monopod characterized by a round, hollow and elongated base support member having a pivoted end and an open end opposite said pivoted end, and tapered from a top base support diameter at said pivoted end to a smaller bottom base support diameter at said open end, and a plurality of round, hollow and elongated interior support members carried by said base member and tapered from a first interior support diameter at the top ends thereof, respectively, to a smaller second interior support diameter at the bottom ends, thereof, respectively, to permit said interior support members to successively rest in, and selectively telescope from said open end of said base support member;
and
(b) a monopod bracket pivotally attached to said pivoted end of said monopod and further comprising clamp means carried by said bracket for removable engagement with the barrel of said firearm to secure said monopod bracket and said monopod to said firearm.

A gun rest for mounting on the barrel of a firearm and steadying the firearm comprising:

(a) a monopod having a round, hollow base support member which tapers from a top base support diameter at a closed, top end to a smaller bottom base support diameter at an open end opposite said top end, and a plurality of round, hollow interior support members normally positioned in retracted configuration partially inside said base support member, each of said interior support members successively tapering from a top interior support diameter to a smaller bottom interior support diameter, with said top interior support diameter of the largest of said interior support members being larger than said bottom base support diameter of said base support member, and the top interior support diameters of each successive one of said interior support members, respectively, being larger than the corresponding bottom interior support diameter of the next largest and cooperating one of said interior support members, respectively, to facilitate extension of said interior support members from said base support member to form an essentially rigid firearm support monopod;
and
(b) a monopod bracket removably fitted to said barrel and having a pair of legs extending in generally parallel relationship downwardly from said barrel and pivotally attached to said top end of said monopod.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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