US 6,546,662 B1Granted

Collapsible shooter's platform

OwnerRobert S. Y. Chonginventor

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Abstract

A portable support assembly includes a central generally elongated panel piece flanked at both sides by lateral panel pieces which extend adjacent a portion of the central piece. Both the central piece and the two flanking pieces include a transverse slot for receiving an insert extending across the panel assembly. The lower common surfaces of the panels are slotted with three recesses, the first extending longitudinally from the front into the central piece and the other two aligned diagonally towards each other from the rear corners of the lateral pieces and into the central piece. Legs are then inserted into each recess to provide the support for the assembly and also to interlock the flanking pieces together to the center piece. One leg includes a mount for an adjustable front firearm support while a shaped transverse recess in the center piece receives a slide deploying an adjustable rear firearm support.

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Dependent claims

An assembly useful in forming a shooter's platform, comprising:

an elongate central panel member defined by a first enlarged forward end and a planar rear surface;
a pair of lateral panels each including a second enlarged forward end and a planar rear portion each said lateral panel being conformed for deployment along one of the lateral edges of said central panel said second enlarged forward ends thereof being aligned partially along the sides of said first enlarged forward end, said first and second enlarged forward ends each including a first slot conformed for a common transverse alignment upon the alignment of said side panels relative said central panel;
an elongate insert conformed for sliding receipt in the common interior of said first slots in said central and side panels for effecting an interlock therebetween;
a second slot formed in the forward end of said central panel extending generally centrally therein subjacent said first enlarged forward end;
a third slot extending transversely across the first enlarged forward end in substantially parallel alignment relative said first slot;
a fourth and fifth slot each respectively formed in the rear exterior ends of said lateral pieces, each extending generally along a diagonal through the underside of said lateral pieces and into said central panel towards the inner end of said second slot;
a first leg assembly including a received portion received in said second slot, said first leg assembly including an adjustable forward mount;
a second and third leg assembly each including a corresponding received portion received in said fourth and fifth slots;
and
a slidable mount piece including a sliding portion conformed for sliding receipt in said third slot and an adjustable rear mount at one end thereof.

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An assembly of a plurality of components each conformed for manual interconnection with the others to form a support structure useful in supporting a marksman, comprising:

a first generally elongate panel piece defined by an upper surface and a lower surface;
a second and third elongate panel piece each of a longitudinal dimension shorter than said first panel piece, each said second and third panel pieces being defined by an upper and a lower surface and each including a lateral edge conformed for alignment adjacent a selected one of the lateral edges of said first panel piece, said first, second and third panel pieces being each further defined by a forward and a rear end;
a first slot formed in said first panel piece extending from said front end generally longitudinally into the interior thereof in an alignment adjacent the lower surface;
a pair of slot ends extending transversely into the interior of said first panel piece towards the interior end of said first slot;
a second and third slot each respectively extending generally transversely through the corresponding second and third panel piece and aligned to communicate with one of said slot ends upon the alignment of each of said second and third panel pieces along a corresponding edge of said first panel piece;
a fourth slot extending across the aligned combination of said first, second and third panel pieces;
a transverse element slidably received in said fourth slot;
and
a first, second and third leg each including an insertable segment respectively received in the corresponding first, second and third slots, the insertable segments of said second and third leg further extending into the corresponding one of said slot ends.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.