| US 7,500,328 B1 | ||
| Method and apparatus for supporting a shotgun | ||
| Ron M. Bean, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (US) | ||
| Assigned to Hunter's Specialties, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 28, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/110,743. | ||
| Application 12/110743 is a continuation of application No. 11/160304, filed on Jun. 17, 2005, granted, now 7,380,486. | ||
| Int. Cl. F41A 23/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 42—94 [89/37.04] | 13 Claims |
| 1. A shooting stick for use with a firearm having a barrel, the shooting stick comprising:
an elongated member having a barrel attachment end and an opposing end;
a barrel-engaging member hingeably connected to the barrel attachment end of the elongated member and being configured to
fit at least partially around the barrel of the firearm;
a shooting stick storage retention clip being a single piece of resilient matter and having a barrel-engaging portion adapted
to fit only partially around the barrel of the firearm and a stick-engaging portion adapted to retain the elongated member;
wherein the firearm is a shotgun having a longitudinal viewing surface on the top of the barrel;
said barrel-engaging portion having a semi-circular void therein which is sized to match a predetermined barrel, so that said
barrel-engaging portion engages with more than half, but less than all of a circumference of the barrel of the firearm and
leaving a top portion of the barrel of the gun free of any matter extending above the longitudinal viewing surface; and
wherein the elongated member pivots between a shooting position with the elongated member extending away from the barrel of
the firearm and a storage position with the opposing end of the elongated member in close proximity to the barrel so that
the elongated member is substantially parallel to the barrel.
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