Gun stock retainer, inclined seat pad, and knee mountable gun rest for a shooting garment

摘要

A gun stock retainer, a gun rest operable to mount on a human knee, and an inclined seat pad may be used separately or included in a single garment (e.g., a hunting vest). The gun stock retainer includes an opening in a base material and a retaining strap including a nonslip material operable to engage the stock and pull the stock into the base material and the opening. The gun rest includes a knee cup shaped to conform to a front of a wearer's knee, a knee strap to hold the knee cup to the wearer's knee, and a cradle attached to the knee cup and sized to receive a fore-end of a gun. The inclined seat pad is generally wedge-shaped and is attached or releasably attached to a back portion of fabric of the garment via a hinge.

主权项

1. A gun rest operable to mount on a human knee and hold a fore-end of a gun, said gun support comprising:
a knee cup generally shaped to conform to a front of the human knee, wherein the knee cup has a concave face operable to face the human knee and a second face operable to face out from the human knee; a knee strap operable to attach to the knee cup near opposing edges of the knee cup, pass behind the human knee, and hold the knee cup to the front of the human knee; and a cradle sized to receive a fore-end of a gun, wherein the cradle is affixed to the second face of the knee cup near a center of the second face of the knee cup, wherein the second face of the knee cup comprises a ramp to which the cradle is attached, and the ramp has an angle such that a valley of the cradle substantially aligns with a shoulder of a wearer when the wearer is wearing the gun rest on the human knee of the wearer and in a seated position.