Patent ID: 8024883

Claim:
A firearm support for a firearm having an elongate sling extending along the firearm with two opposite ends attached in spaced relationship to the firearm between a stock end and a barrel end of the firearm, the support comprising: a rigid shooting support comprised of a rigid clamp attachment which transversely clamps to exterior surfaces of said sling with clamp jaws of a rigid non-flexible material; wherein the rigid clamp attachment is removably and selectively secured to and around said sling at different desired positions therealong without penetrating said sling; at least one support leg pivotally secured at a pivotal axis, which is transverse to the direction of extension of said sling to and depending from said attachment whereby said at least one leg may be pivoted from a storage position with said at least one leg extending along and substantially in alignment with said sling and to a deployed position at an angle relative to said sling for engaging a ground surface with a distal end of said at least one leg; said attachment having a forearm rest surface positioned on a side of said sling facing to said firearm for supporting said firearm thereon when said at least one leg is deployed; and said attachment rigidly secured at substantially a right angle relative to said at least one leg in the direction of said pivotal axis.