Adjustable Handgun Support

Abstract

A novel handgun support includes a vertically adjustable stand and horizontally adjustable shoulder support that are pivotally mounted together with a handgun holder fixedly mounted on the top end. The assistance in holding a handgun from two directions greatly increases the steadiness in aiming a handgun in target shooting.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART

[0001] The present application relates to an adjustable support, and more particularly to an adjustable support for handguns in target shooting so that a handgun can be held firmly and steadily during shooting and aiming.

[0002] Note that the points discussed below may reflect the hindsight gained from the disclosed inventions, and are not necessarily admitted to be prior art.

[0003] Handgun shooting is difficult to control due to the fact that it is difficult to hold a handgun steady. A number of handgun support designs have been developed for the purpose of assisting a handgun user in holding the handgun. For example, the U.S. Pat. No. 6,016,620 describes a handgun support apparatus that is amounted to the elbow of a handgun user to steady the aim.

[0004] Another example is described in WO 2005/119161 A1 PCT patent application publication that describes an extractable shoulder support for a handgun with complicated locking mechanism.

[0005] However, most of the prior designs are not sufficient for accurate handgun target shooting. There exists a continuing need for a new and improved handgun support apparatus which is adjustable to a user's condition and assists a user in handgun target shooting.

SUMMARY

[0006] The present application discloses a novel adjustable handgun support apparatus that assists a user's arm in holding handgun during aiming from both horizontal and vertical directions.

[0007] In one embodiment, an adjustable handgun support includes an adjustable vertical stand support and an adjustable vertical shoulder support which are pivotally mounted together for storage and easy movability.

[0008] In one aspect of an embodiment, the handgun support comprises a plurality of sections of support rods that are slidingly assembled together and detachable with threaded nuts. The threaded nut assembles present a "closed" and "open" positions in adjusting the length of an assembly.

[0009] In one aspect of an embodiment, the upper portion of a threaded sleeve of the nut matches to a first sized support rod and the lower portion of the threaded sleeve of the nut matched to a second sized support rod, and the two sized support rods are adjustably assembled together with the threaded nut.

[0010] In one aspect of an embodiment, one upper support rod that is near to the sitting of a handgun is wrapped with foaming material for increased friction for hand gripping.

[0011] The disclosed innovation, in various embodiments, provides adjustability in both horizontal and vertical directions, thus greatly increasing the stability provided to the handgun in target shooting. Pivotally mounted stand support and arm support are assembled with a plurality of nuts threaded to match two different sizes, providing a simple mechanism for both flexibility and steadiness.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012] The disclosed invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which show important sample embodiments of the invention and which are incorporated in the specification hereof by reference, wherein:

[0013] FIG. 1A shows an example handgun support in "closed" position in accordance with this application.

[0014] FIG. 1B shows an example of handgun support in "open" position in accordance with this application.

[0015] FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional view of a nut assembly in "open" position of an example handgun support in accordance with this application.

[0016] FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of a nut assembly in "closed" position of an example handgun support in accordance with this application.

[0017] FIGS. 4, 5, 6 schematically show an example handgun support in use.

[0018] FIGS. 7A, 7B and 7C schematically show an example handgun sitting holder of a handgun support in accordance with this application.

[0019] FIGS. 8 and 9 demonstrate an alternative example of a handgun support in accordance with this application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF SAMPLE EMBODIMENTS

[0020] The numerous innovative teachings of the present application will be described with particular reference to presently preferred embodiments (by way of example, and not of limitation). The present application describes several embodiments, and none of the statements below should be taken as limiting the claims generally.

[0021] For simplicity and clarity of illustration, the drawing figures illustrate the general manner of construction, and description and details of well-known features and techniques may be omitted to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the invention. Additionally, elements in the drawing figures are not necessarily drawn to scale, some areas or elements may be expanded to help improve understanding of embodiments of the invention.

[0022] The terms "first," "second," "third," "fourth," and the like in the description and the claims, if any, may be used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable. Furthermore, the terms "comprise," "include," "have," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions, such that a process, method, article, apparatus, or composition that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limited to those elements, but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, apparatus, or composition.

[0023] It is contemplated and intended that the design apply to various designs of handguns and pistols by providing a set of standard fitting handgun holders. For clarity reason, only one type of handgun is shown in the figures. The handgun support may be made of any suitable material, and preferably light metal or hard plastic.

[0024] In reference to FIGS. 1A and 1B, an adjustable handgun support 100 includes a vertical stand 101 and horizontal shoulder support 103. Vertical stand 101 and horizontal shoulder support 103 are pivotally mounted together at one end, they can be disposed at a "closed" position shown in FIG. 1A with shoulder support 103 together with vertical stand 101 or the "open" position shown in FIG. 1B with shoulder support 103 swinging to horizontal position to support the shoulder of a handgun shooter.

[0025] Both vertical stand 101 and horizontal shoulder support 103 are adjustable in length. Stand 101 comprises a plurality of sections of rod assembly slidely mounted together with multiple threaded nuts 109. Each section can be slide out to form a stretched "open" position of stand 101 in adjusting the length. Shoulder support 103 is preferably comprised of two sections connected with threaded nut 109 with the free end mounted with an arm or shoulder handle 107 that is configured to fit the shoulder or upper section of a human torso. On the top end of stand 101 is mounted a handgun holder 105 that is configured to fit and hold the grip panel of a handgun.

[0026] In reference to FIG. 2, it shows an example adjustable support assembly. A plurality of tubular support rods 201, 203, and 213 are assembled with nuts 211 and 215. Rod 201 is configured to allow rod 203 slide through its interior tubular space; and rod 203 is configured to allow tubular rod 213 to slide through its tubular inside, and so forth, with additional rods. Both ends of the supports rods are threaded. The sleeves of nuts 211 and 215 are divided into two sections, the size of the upper section of nut 211 matches to the size of rod 201, allowing thread 205 to screw into thread 207 of nut 211 while the bottom section of nut 211 matches to the size of rod 203, allowing thread 217 of rod 203 to screw into nut 209. Similarly for nut 215 and thread 217 of rod 203 matches its thread 219 and thread 223 of rod 213 matches thread 221 of nut 215. With nut 211 screwed at thread 217 on the upper end of rod 203 and nut 215 screwed at the 217 on the lower end of rod 203, rod 201 and rod 203 are disposed at "open" and extended position.

[0027] In reference to FIG. 3, it shows an example "closed" position of rods 301, 303 and 305. Rod 303 slides into rod 301, and rod 305 slides into rod 303 while nut 307 is screwed on the bottom threads of 301 and the bottom threads of 303, nut 309 is screwed on the bottom threads of 303 and the bottom threads of rod 305.

[0028] In reference to FIG. 4, it shows an example handgun support has its vertical stand 403 extended to the ground with the vertical should support 401 is stretched to the right arm-shoulder of the shooter for him to hold the handgun support steady in the gun holder.

[0029] In reference to FIG. 5, it shows the handgun support shoulder support 501 may be stretched to the left shoulder of the shooter while the vertical stand 503 is stretched to stand on the ground.

[0030] In reference to FIG. 6, a shooter may use the handgun support to stabilize his holding the handgun and in aiming targets.

[0031] In reference to FIGS. 7A, 7B and 7C, gun holder 703 is configured to match the gripping panel 701 to allow the gun to be held steady by a user.

[0032] FIGS. 8 and 9 show that the vertical stand may be detached if the user does not need a support stand.

[0033] As will be recognized by those skilled in the art, the innovative concepts described in the present application can be modified and varied over a tremendous range of applications, and accordingly the scope of patented subject matter is not limited by any of the specific exemplary teachings given. It is intended to embrace all such alternatives, modifications and variations that fall within the spirit and broad scope of the appended claims.

[0034] Additional general background, which helps to show variations and implementations, may be found in the following publications, all of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein for all purposes: US 2010/0301186 A1, U.S. Pat. No. 6,016,620.

[0035] None of the description in the present application should be read as implying that any particular element, step, or function is an essential element which must be included in the claim scope: THE SCOPE OF PATENTED SUBJECT MATTER IS DEFINED ONLY BY THE ALLOWED CLAIMS. Moreover, none of these claims are intended to invoke paragraph six of 35 USC section 112 unless the exact words "means for" are followed by a participle.

[0036] The claims as filed are intended to be as comprehensive as possible, and NO subject matter is intentionally relinquished, dedicated, or abandoned.

Claims

1. An adjustable handgun support, comprising: a first adjustable stand having a top end and a lower end; a second adjustable shoulder support having a connection end and a free end; and a handgun holder fixedly mounted on said top end, configured to fit a handgun gripping panel, wherein said first adjustable stand and said second shoulder support are pivotally mounted at said top end and said connection end; and said free end is mounted with a handle shaped to fit the upper torso of a human.

2. The adjustable handgun support of claim 1, wherein said first stand comprises a plurality of rod sections mounted together by at least one threaded nut, and at least one rod section is configured to slide into a neighboring rod upon loosening said threaded nut.

3. The adjustable handgun support of claim 2, wherein said first stand adjusts its length by sliding said at least one rod section into its neighboring rod section.

4. The adjustable handgun support of claim 1, wherein said second shoulder support comprises a plurality of rod sections mounted together by at least one threaded nut, and at least one rod section is configured to slide into a neighboring rod upon loosening said threaded nut.

5. The adjustable handgun support of claim 4, wherein said second shoulder support adjusts its length by sliding said at least one rod section into its neighboring rod section.

6. The adjustable handgun support of claim 1, wherein said first stand comprises a plurality of tubular rod sections.

7. The adjustable handgun support of claim 1, wherein said shoulder support comprises a plurality of tubular rod sections.