Patent ID: 6129252
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: B60R,Y10S

Abstract:
A vertical shotgun or rifle mount for hunting boats and the like, comprising:mounting bracket means for holding a shotgun or rifle in a substantially vertical position with a muzzle of the shotgun or rifle pointing upward; the mounting bracket means including a first retaining means adjacent a base of the mounting bracket means for receiving and holding the butt end of a shotgun or rifle stock and maintaining the butt end of the shotgun or rifle stock above the bottom of a boat; the mounting bracket means including a second retaining means adjacent an upper end of the mounting bracket means for receiving and holding the receiver of a shotgun or rifle; and securement means located intermediate the base and the upper end of the mounting bracket means for securing the mounting bracket means to the side of a hunting boat with the base of the mounting bracket means less than thirteen inches below the securement means to keep the base of mounting bracket means above the bottom of a hunting boat to which the mounting bracket means is attached and with the upper end of the mounting bracket means less than twelve inches above the securement means to keep the upper end of the mounting bracket means from projecting more than twelve inches above a gunnel of a hunting boat to which the mounting bracket means is attached.