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US 4,823,673 AGranted
Swivel adapter for a gun holder
OwnerWilliam A. Downinginventor
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Abstract
A device to be positioned intermediate the bar and a mounting bracket of a gun mount, thereby permitting guns mounted thereon to be normally positioned at an angle intermediate the axis of a vehicle and the prependicular thereto.
Claims12
An adapter for a gun mount carried by a handle bar guided wheeled vehicle, said vehicle including at least one front wheel, said adapter comprising:
- first and second members rotatably connected;
- means for releasably linking said first and second members in a plurality of positions;
- means for connecting one of said members to said gun mount and means for joining the other of said members to said handle bar carried by said vehicle;
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- said plurality of positions includes at least one position wherein a gun carried by said gun mount points in a direction comprising forward movement of said vehicle, another position wherein said gun so carried points in a direction substantially perpendicular to said direction of forward movement, and a further position wherein said gun so carried points in a direction intermediate said directions of forward movement and substantially perpendicular thereto.
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An adapter for a gun mount, said adapter comprising:
- first and second members;
- means for releasably and rotatably securing together said members in a plurality of positions, said means including a plurality of pin-receiving passageways through each member;
- said plurality of positions comprises a first position wherein said passageways through each of said first and second members are aligned with their counterpart passageways through the other of said members, and a second position wherein at least some of said passageways are misaligned;
- and one of said members comprises a housing with inwardly turned lips, while the other of said members includes outwardly turned lips.
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A swivel mechanism for use with a gun mount carried by a handle bar guided, wheeled vehicle, said vehicle including at least one front wheel, said mechanism comprising:
- first and second members rotatably connected;
- means for releasably linking said members in a plurality of positions;
- means for connecting one of said members to said gun mount and means for joining the other of said members to said handle bar carried by said vehicle;
- and said plurality of positions includes at least one position wherein a gun carried by said gun mount points in a direction comprising forward movement of said vehicle, another position wherein said gun so carried points in a direction substantially perpendicular to said direction of forwardly movement, and a further position wherein said gun so carried points in a direction intermediate said directions of forward movement and substantially perpendicular thereto.
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A swivel mechanism comprising:
- first and second members and means for permitting the securing of said members, respectively, to struts of a wheeled vehicle and to a gun mount;
- means for rotatably securing said first and second members together in a plurality of positions, said means for rotatably securing including a plurality of pin-receiving passageways through each of said members;
- said plurality of position comprises a first position wherein the said passageways through each of said first and second members are aligned with their counterpart passageways through the other of said members, and a second position wherein at least some of said passageways are misaligned;
- and one of said members comprises a housing with inwardly turned lips, while the other of said members includes outwardly turned lips.
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A vehicular gun mount for use with a handle bar guided wheeled vehicle, said vehicle including at least one front wheel, said gun mount comprising:
- bracket means having means for permitting the securing of said bracket means to said handle bar carried by said vehicle;
- clamp carrying rod means;
- first and second members rotatably connected;
- means for releasably securing together said members in a plurality of positions;
- means for connecting one of said members to said bracket means and means for joining the other of said members to said rod means;
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- said plurality of positions includes at least one position wherein a gun carried by said rod means points in a direction perpendicular to an axle of a front wheel of said vehicle, another position wherein said gun so carried points in a direction parallel to said axle, and a further direction wherein said gun so carried points in a direction intermediate said directions perpendicular to and parallel to said axle.
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A vehicular gun mount comprising:
- bracket means and means for permitting the securing of said bracket means to a vehicle;
- clamp carrying rod means for receiving weaponry;
- swivel mechanism linking said bracket means and said rod means, said swivel mechanism including first and second members, and means for rotatably securing said first and second members together in a plurality of positions;
- said means for rotatably securing including a plurality of pin-receiving passageways through each said member;
- said plurality of positions includes a first position wherein the said passageways through each of said first and second members are aligned with their counterpart passageways through the other of said members, and a second position wherein at least some of said passageways are misaligned;
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- one of said members comprises a housing with inwardly turned lips, while the other said member includes outwardly turned lips.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.