US2468349A

US2468349A - Gun recoil pad

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Publication number: US2468349A
Application number: US624205A
Authority: US
Inventors: John A Stewart
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1945-10-24
Filing date: 1945-10-24
Publication date: 1949-04-26
Anticipated expiration: 1966-04-26

Description

p f 1949. J. A. STEWART GUN RECOIL PAD Filed Oct. 24, 1.945

INVEN TOR. JOHN A. STEWART BY jg 7 ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 26, 1949 UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE- Application 0ctober24, 1945, Serial No. 624,205 3 Claims. :(0'1. 4244) This. invention relates to gun recoil pads, and more especially is related to recoil pads in combination with gun-stock protectors or boots that are mounted on gun stocks to protect them from the elements, and from impacts due to careless handling while inuse.

The chief objects of the invention are to provide a novel and useful gun-stock attachment of the character mentioned; to provide a protector of the character mentioned that adequatelywill cushion the recoil of the gun; to provide a protector of the character mentioned that will hug the gun-stock tightly so that no foreign matter may find-its way'between the gun-stock and the protector; to provide a protector that requires no lacing or other fastening means; to provide a nice fit of the recoil pad against the butt of the gun; and to assure that there will be no relative move ment between the recoil pad and the butt of the gun while the gun is in use. will be manifest as the description proceeds.

Of the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the gun-stock protector per se, a portion thereof being broken away and in section;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof as viewed from the right of Fig, 1;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the protector, and a resilient recoil pad in operative association therewith, parts thereof being broken away and in section;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 4, and a gun-stock on which it is mounted for use.

Referring to the drawing, there is shown a gunstock protector or boot it, the same consisting of a stretchable boot having the general shape of a gun-stock, and capable of being stretched into place thereover. The boot is made by the dipping process from natural or artificial aqueous dispersions of rubber, such as rubber latex, or from dispersions of synthetic rubber-like compositions. In the manufacture of the boot, the dipping form (not shown) after being dipped in the Composition aforementioned, is suspended with its larger end lowermost while the deposit thereon is being dried and vulcanized, at which time there is an appreciable flow of the fluent deposit toward the lower end of the form, with the result that the deposit at the larger end of the form is somewhat thicker than the smaller end thereof. This is a desirable feature since the thinner wall at the small end of the boot thereby Other objects has greater elasticity so that it may be pulled easily over the large butt end of the gun, stretched somewhat beyond its final position of rest and allowed to snap back, with the result that a very tight and secure lodgment is achieved, and the recoil cushion is brought firmly to position where it will resist shifting,

The boot I8 is open at its smaller end, and at its large end is closed by an end Wall or bottom 12, the latter being integral with the remainder of the boot structure, and being flat in the un stressed condition of the boot shown in Fig. 1. Although the major portion of the boot tapers toward the small end thereof, there is a relatively narrow circumferential region I 3 contiguous with the end wall or bottom [2 that does not taper; instead, the circumferential wall of the region [3 is perpendicular to the end Wall I2. The region i3 is joined to the tapering portion of the body It] by a shoulder 20 for a purpose to be later explained.

Located interiorly of the boot in said region l3 thereof is a recoil pad [5. Said pad I5 is composed of resilient yielding material, preferably cellular or sponge rubber. The thickness of the pad I5 is the same or substantially the same as the width of the region [3, said pad normally being flat with its marginal face perpendicular to its top and bottom faces. The profile of the pad I5 is complementary to the circumference of the region l3, interiorly of the boot, which is somewhat of oval shape as will be observed in Fig. 2.

In Fig, 5 the device is shown mounted on a gun stock [8. As shown, the size of the stock is such as to take up the step in the rubber sleeve so that the forward portions thereof appear as a direct prolongation of the sides of the region l3. Thus, the tapering portion of the sleeve is gripping the stock in tension longitudinally thereof, which holds the cushion l5 firmly in place; the cushionbearing end is not offset either way from the stock, which condition would tend to cause it to be moved about from time to time by accidental contacts, and, finally, the pleasing continuity of line is maintained in the stock end of the gun. If the sleeve were straight in the normal unstressed condition, either the holding power or the appearance would have to be sacrificed. The secure lodgment of the cushion would be impaired in any case if the sleeve were normally straight.

As shown in Fig. 5, the sleeve ID engages the stock tightly due to the reduced section just discussed, and it will, in general, trap air as at [6.

It is well known that gun stocks fall in certain classes as to size. and in each class there are shoulder, and a removable shock absorbing pad, of resilient porous material in the said compart- Although the embodiment of the invention shown and described herein is the preferred form thereof, it will be understood that it is for illustrative purpose only, and that changes in material, dimensions, and proportions may be made without departing from the-spirit of the invention or the scope thereof as defined by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In combination, a gun butt pad comprising a unitary boot of rubber-like material having a tapering profile corresponding generally to that of a gun stock, said boot having an enlarged rear compartment generally rectangular in profile at the top, as viewed from the side, and joined to the tapering portion by a curved portion directed inwardly and forwardly of the sleeve, and

a removable shock absorbing pad of porous, resila ient material in the said compartment.

2. In combination, a gun butt pad comprising a unitary boot of rubber-like material having a tapering profile corresponding generally to that of a gun stock, said boot having an enlarged rear compartment generally rectangular in profile atthe top, and of uniform wall thlck-* ness, a curved portion connecting the said com-- partment and the tapering profile portion, and

directed inwardly and forwardly of the sleeve, the wall thickness of the said tapering portion diminishing in the direction away from the '3. In combination, a gun butt pad comprising a unitary boot of rubber-like material having a tapering profile corresponding generally to that of a gun stock, said boot having an enlarged, rear compartment generally rectangular in profile at the top as viewed from the side, and joined to the tapering section by a curved portion directed inwardly and forwardly of the sleeve, said enlarged compartment adapted to snugly receive a shock absorbing pad of porous resilient material.

- JOHN A. STEWART.

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