Patent ID: 6860055

Claim:
A rifle support apparatus for a rifle, the apparatus comprising: a) a case having a long axis; b) an elongate recess in the upper surface of the case extending along the long axis, the recess having two long sides, and two short sides; c) a first panel having a first end hingedly attached to one of the short sides of the recess; d) a second panel having a first end hingedly attached to a second end of the first panel; e) a third panel having a first end hingedly attached to a second end of the second panel, the third panel mounted within the recess for sliding translatory motion along the long sides toward and away from the first end of the first panel; f) a rifle rest mounted at the junction of the second end of the first panel and the first end of the second panel, the rest constructed to move up and down with the junction as the third panel moves toward and away from the first end of the first panel; and g) a motion control means connected to the third panel for translatory motion of the third panel.