Patent ID: 7774972

Claim:
A shooting rest assembly for supporting a firearm having a first section and a second section spaced apart from the first section, the shooting rest assembly comprising: a first base portion having an exterior surface, an inner surface, a bottom surface defining a bottom surface plane, and an inner volume defined at least in part by the inner surface and the bottom surface plane; a second base portion engaged with the first base portion in a configuration selected from a first shooting rest arrangement and a second shooting rest arrangement; and a third base portion, wherein the first shooting rest arrangement includes the second base portion and the third base portion received at least approximately completely within the inner volume of the first base portion in a nested configuration; and the second shooting rest arrangement includes the first base portion positioned to support the first section of the firearm, the second base portion positioned to support the second section of the firearm, and the third base portion positioned relative to the first base portion and the second base portion.