Patent ID: 7823317

Claim:
A shooting rest comprising: a rest assembly for receiving a forestock of a firearm having a longitudinal axis, wherein the rest assembly includes a base member and first and second movable upright members extending from the base member; and a support assembly coupled to the rest assembly, wherein the support assembly comprises a structure configured to simultaneously move the rest assembly in a first direction generally transverse to the longitudinal axis and in a second direction generally transverse to the longitudinal axis and to the first direction, wherein a sensitivity of the movement of the structure is adjustable; and wherein the support assembly includes: a housing cover including an opening therethrough; a first plate proximate to the housing cover, wherein the first plate includes an opening generally aligned with the opening of the housing cover; a second plate proximate to the first plate and including an opening and a first spherical bearing coupled to opening of the second plate; a housing body proximate to the second plate and attached to the housing cover and generally surrounding the first and second plates, wherein the housing cover includes an opening and a second spherical bearing coupled to the opening of the housing body; and a shaft having a first end portion, a mid portion, and a second end portion, wherein the first end portion projects from the housing cover, the mid portion extends through the opening in the housing cover, the opening in the first plate, and the first spherical bearing in the second plate, and the second end portion extends through the second spherical bearing in the housing body.