Patent ID: 8813408

Claim:
A gun stock retainer operable to hold a stock of a gun, said gun stock retainer comprising: a base material having an opening, wherein the opening is operable to receive a butt of the stock of the gun; and a retaining strap comprising a nonslip material operable to contact the stock when the gun stock retainer is holding the stock, wherein the retaining strap is operable to engage a top of the stock of the gun and pull the butt of the stock into the opening when the gun stock retainer is holding the stock; wherein: the opening has a first dimension and a second dimension; the second dimension is substantially coplanar with and perpendicular to the first dimension; the first dimension is substantially vertical and the second dimension is substantially horizontal when the base material is upright; the first dimension is greater than the second dimension; the first dimension is less than a vertical dimension of the butt of the stock of the gun when the gun is in an upright position; the second dimension is equal to or greater than a horizontal dimension of the butt of the stock of the gun when the gun is in the upright position; a first end of the retaining strap and a second end of the retaining strap are attached to the base material; the first end of the retaining strap and the second end of the retaining strap are separated by a distance at least as great as a width of the opening; the first dimension of the opening is between half and three fourths of a corresponding vertical dimension of the butt of the stock of the gun; and the first and second ends of the retaining strap are attached to the base material at or below a top edge of the opening when the base material is upright.