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US 5,933,999 AGranted
Gun rest
OwnerJohn H. McClure, Mary Anne McClureinventors
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Abstract
A gun rest is described that includes an arcuate elongate rocker member having a first substantially U-shaped bracket at one end thereof for supporting the barrel of the firearm and a second substantially U-shaped bracket at the other end for supporting the firearm forward of the trigger or receiver thereof, the rocker member being pivotally attached to a yoke and rotatably mounted on a vertical support member having structure thereon for attachment to a vehicle or otherwise anchored at a selected other location.
Claims10
A gun rest for a firearm, comprising:
- (a) a generally arcuate shaped elongate rocker member having first and second ends, said rocker member having an elongate slot defined through a thickness thereof along a preselected portion of a length thereof between said first and second ends;
- (b) a first substantially U-shaped bracket disposed near said first end of said rocker member and sized for supporting a barrel of a firearm, and a second substantially U-shaped bracket near said second end of said rocker member and sized for supporting the firearm in front of the trigger or receiver thereof, said rocker member sized in length to support the firearm at said first U-shaped bracket at the barrel of the firearm and at said second U-shaped bracket intermediate the barrel and trigger of the firearm;
- (c) a yoke disposed around and receiving and pivotally supporting said rocker member and a bolt transversely disposed through said yoke and said slot in said rocker member for releasably securing said rocker member within said yoke, whereby the firearm resting on said U-shaped brackets may be selectively elevated about a first axis defined through said bolt;
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- (d) a support member having first and second ends, said support member rotatably connected at said first end thereof to said yoke whereby said yoke and said rocker member may be rotated about a second axis defined through said support member.
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A gun rest for a firearm, comprising:
- (a) a generally arcuate shaped elongate rocker member having first and second ends, said rocker member having a plurality of holes defined through the thickness thereof and spaced along a preselected portion of the length thereof between said first and second ends;
- (b) a first substantially U-shaped bracket disposed near said first end of said rocker member and sized for supporting the barrel of a firearm, and a second substantially U-shaped bracket near said second end of said rocker member and sized for supporting the firearm forward of the trigger or receiver thereof, said rocker member sized in length to support a firearm at said first U-shaped bracket at the barrel of the firearm and at said second U-shaped bracket intermediate the barrel and trigger of the firearm;
- (c) a yoke disposed around and receiving and pivotally supporting said rocker member and a bolt transversely disposed through said yoke and one of said plurality of holes in said rocker member for releasably securing said rocker member within said yoke, whereby the firearm resting on said U-shaped brackets may be selectively elevated about a first axis defined through said bolt;
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- (d) a support member having first and second ends, said support member rotatably connected at said first end thereof to said yoke whereby said yoke and said rocker member may be rotated about a second axis defined through said support member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.