Patent ID: 6517133
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: F16M,F41A,F41C

Abstract:
A sight mounting device comprising:a stock having an elongated stock body with a proximal end and a distal end, the stock body having a top opposite from a bottom, the stock having a hand grip extending from the bottom of the stock body at its distal end, the stock body having sufficient length such that a user can grasp the hand grip with one hand and grasp the stock body with the other hand in manner such that the stock is balanced, the stock body having a mount screw aperture extending through the stock body from the top to the bottom of the stock body, the body having a mounting plate recess on the top of the stock body, the top of the stock body having a surface that is generally flat around the mounting plate recess and that is adapted for receiving a variety of sighting devices, an elastomeric mounting plate positioned into the mounting plate recess on the top of the stock body in flush contact with the top of the stock body in the mounting plate recess, the mounting plate having an aperture positioned in alignment with the mount screw aperture of the stock body, and a mount screw having a grasping portion opposite from mounting threads, the mount screw having sufficient length to extend from the bottom of the stock body, through the mount screw aperture and beyond the top of the stock body to receive sighting devices in a threaded engagement.