Patent ID: 8087193

Claim:
A firearm buttstock assembly comprising: a buttstock body having a nominal length, a nominal width and a nominal height, said buttstock body including: a body wall at least partially defining a first passage extending lengthwise along said buttstock body; an end wall extending in an approximately transverse orientation to said first passage between a first end and a second end spaced from said first end in a heightwise direction; and, a bottom wall disposed in spaced relation to said body wall in a heightwise direction; and, a buttpad assembly disposed along said end wall of said buttstock body and including: a base wall extending longitudinally between opposing first and second ends and including opposing first and second sides, said first side disposed in abutting engagement with said end wall of said buttstock body; a cushion body disposed along said second side of said base wall; and, a guard element operatively connected to said base wall, said guard element projecting outwardly from said base wall and said cushion body beyond said bottom wall of said buttstock body such that said guard element forms an outermost extent of said firearm buttstock assembly in said heightwise direction.