Patent ID: 7992339

Claim:
A gun, comprising: (a) a stock having a fore end; (b) a receiver carried by said stock; (c) a barrel attached to said receiver, said barrel having a major axis, said stock including a fore end portion forward of said receiver for supporting said barrel, said fore end having a channel formed therein having an opening; (d) a fire control system carried by said receiver and operated by a trigger for enabling a user to fire a round of ammunition through said barrel; (e) a bracket attached to said fore end of said stock; (f) a brace attached to said bracket; (g) a first pivot housing and an opposing second pivot housing, said first and said second pivot housing bearing on said brace and being pivotally carried by said bracket, said first and second pivot housing having a hole formed therein; (h) two parallel, spaced-apart channels formed in said fore end of said stock; (i) a first leg slidably carried in said hole of said first pivot housing, said first leg dimensioned to fit within said first channel and to slide between a stored position in said first channel and an extended position outside said first channel, said first leg pivoting with said first pivot housing when said first leg is pivoted from said extended position to an in-use position approximately perpendicular to said barrel; (j) a second leg slidably carried in said hole of said second pivot housing, said second leg dimensioned to fit within said second channel and to slide between a stored position in said second channel and an extended position outside said second channel, said second leg pivoting with said second pivot housing when said second leg is pivoted from said extended position to an in-use position approximately perpendicular to said barrel, said brace being formed so that, when said first and said second pivot housing are pivoted with respect to said brace, said first and second legs, pivotally carried by said first and second pivot housings, respectively, are parallel in said extended position and splayed in said in-use position; (k) a first foot carried by said first leg and extending from said fore end of said stock when said first leg is in said stored position, said first foot serving as a handle for moving said first leg from said stored position to said extended position; and (l) a first foot carried by said first leg and extending from said fore end of said stock when said first leg is in said stored position, said second foot serving as a handle for moving said second leg from said stored position to said extended position.