Firearms – Implements – Rests
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-16
2001-07-03
Carone, Michael J. (Department: 3641)
Firearms
Implements
Rests
Reexamination Certificate
active
06253482
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The prior art for this field includes a shooter's rest for supporting the front end of a rifle or pistol while the shooter supports the other end of the firearm, examples being the cross-sticks type shooting rests shown in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,406,732 and 5,930,932. Another arrangement sometimes used for accurate shooting is to have a firearm supported on a sandbag placed on top of a table or other support.
There continues to be a need for a portable, i.e., lightweight, shooter's rest that facilitates high accuracy shooting in the field; a level of accuracy higher than that which can be attained by using the prior art crossed-sticks shown in the aforementioned U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,406,732 and 5,930,932.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention, in its simplest form, is a specially-equipped lid or cover for a three, five, or seven (or other) gallon bucket. An adjustable twelve-inch ACME threaded rod is fitted at its top end with a gun pivoting yoke. The threaded rod is vertically adjustable through rotation of a hand-turned mariner's wheel. The fluted rubber shooting yoke will support either the buttstock or the fore-end of the rifle or other firearm. The shooting rest may be used by the shooter by itself, or in combination with one of the prior art means for supporting the fore-end of the rifle, such as the apparatus shown in the above-mentioned U.S. Pat. No. 5,406,732, or a cross-stick product, Steady-Stix™, sold by Stoney Point Products, Inc., New Ulm, Minn. and shown in Applicant's U.S. Pat. No. 5,930,932.
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Carone Michael J.
Chambers Troy
Jensen Roger W.
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