Patent ID: 7313884

Claim:
A gun support device for supporting a gun having a long barrel and a stock during shooting, the device compressing an elongated base having top and bottom surfaces, a barrel support saddle mounted on one end portion of said base and projecting above said top surface, saddle adjusting means for adjusting the height of said saddle above said top surface, a stock cradle mounting on and projecting above said top surface at the other end of said base, said stock cradle including an end wall and laterally spaced side walls cooperating to define a stock receiving pocket engaging the butt end and adjacent sides of the stock of a gun positioned on the device, means for releasably retaining a gun on the device with the gun stock resting in the stock cradle and the gun barrel resting in the barrel saddle, and hinge means for mounting the base member to a support surface, the hinge means having first and second hinged members pivotally connected by a hinge pin, and connecting means pivotally mounting said first hinged member to said base for movement about a bearing axis perpendicular to said base and for movement therewith about said hinge pin whereby, when the second hinge member is mounted to a support structure, the device and a gun supported thereon may be pivoted about said bearing axis and about the axis of said hinge pin.