Patent ID: 8910410

Claim:
A firearms carrying device comprising: a receiver assembly including a base plate and a cover plate connected to the base plate, the receiver assembly having a top and a bottom, the cover plate defining a channel cutout, an open top end of the channel cutout defined along a top edge of the cover plate, the top edge of the cover plate offset vertically from a top edge of the base plate when the receiver assembly is in an upright position so that the top edge of the cover plate is lower than the top edge of the base plate, the base plate having a continuous planar front surface facing towards the cover plate and extending upward past the top edge of the cover plate and downward to at least to a bottom edge of the cover plate distal from the top edge, the front surface of the base plate and the channel cutout of the cover plate defining a channel, the front surface thereby defining a channel bottom of the channel, the channel bottom extending from the top edge of the cover plate to a lower edge of the channel cutout distal from the top edge; and a link arm linkable with the receiver assembly, the link arm mountable on a firearm, the receiver assembly configured to bear the weight of the firearm when the top of the receiver assembly is positioned higher than the bottom of the receiver assembly, the link arm slidable within the channel cutout.