Patent ID: 8336441

Claim:
A mount for a gun, comprising: a generally tubular bar having a pivot and lock structure on one end, the bar including a pair of slots formed on opposing sides of the bar; a locking sleeve slidable on the bar; a fastener fixed to the locking sleeve and translatable in the pair of slots in the bar; a second generally tubular bar having a yoke at one end and a hinge assembly at another end, the yoke being rotatably engaged with the pivot and lock structure; the pivot and lock structure including a locking groove and an angled surface having one edge at the locking groove, the angled surface sloping inwardly from the one edge toward another end of the generally tubular bar; a spring-loaded locking plunger translatably disposed in the yoke and having a protrusion that is selectively engagable with the locking groove; and a spring-loaded lock release translatably disposed in the generally tubular bar and engaged with the fastener wherein the protrusion of the locking plunger is disengaged from the locking groove of the pivot and lock structure by translation of the spring-loaded lock release, and, further comprising a pintle socket fixed to the second generally tubular bar, and, further comprising a pintle and a gun cradle, the pintle having one end disposed in the pintle socket and the other end fixed to the gun cradle, and further comprising an ammunition container supported by the gun cradle.