US2635246A - Gun rest - Google Patents

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E. W. OLSON April 21, 1953 GUN REST 2 SHEETS-SHEET 11.

Filed July 16, 1951 Ada /V70? Wm 4770mm /5 April 1953 E. w. OLSON 2,635,246

GUN REST Filed July 16, 1951 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Patented Apr. 21, 1953 UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE GUN REST Earl w. Olson, Willmar, Minn. Application Jun e, 1951, Serial No. 237,030

This invention relates to gun rests. More particularly, it relates to a gun rest adapted to be mounted on a hunting jacket or the like for use by the hunter in supporting his gun while walking through a field or brush.

i This invention constitutes an improvement upon my former invention as disclosed in Patent Number 2,520,285, issued August 29, 1950, and entitled Gun Support. 1 I It is a general object of my invention to pro vide a novel and improved gun rest of cheap and simple construction which can be attached to ahunting jacket within a pocket and which can be collapsed against the jacket and within the pocket when it is desired not to use the same and which can be extended from the jacket pocket to receive and sup-port the butt of a gun as the hunter walks through the hunting grounds and permits the holding of the gun in such position that the gun can be readily swung down for the. hunter in maintaining his gun in erect. po.

sition.

; Another object is to provide an improved gunrest constructed to permit the same to be collapsed and carriedwithin the confines of a pocket from which it extends to prevent the samefrom engaging brush and the like when not in use.

1 These and other objectsand advantages of my invention will more fully appear from the fol-' lowing description made in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein like reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the:

several views and in' which:

1 is'a view showing a hunter wearing a huntingjacket, incorporating therein a gun rest of" the present invention, the gun rest being shown in an inextended position to receive the butt end of a gun therein and to support the 50. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of the portion of the hunting jacketwhich carries the gun. rest, the;

same.

gunrest being in collapsed positionand within the confines of the pocket and the zipper onthe;

pocket being shown in closed position Claims. (Cl. 2.-94)

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken through the front area of the hunting jacket which supports the gun rest with the gun rest being shown principally in side elevation.

Fig. 4 is a front elevational' view of the portion of the hunting jacket Which supports the gun rest with portions of the pocket broken away to show the method of securing the gun rest to the jacket.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one embodiment of my invention detached from the hunting jacket.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the blank form from which the gun rest shown in Fig. 5 may be formed.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of my invention detached from the hunting jacket.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the blank form from which the gun rest shown in Fig. '7 may be formed.

Shown in Fig. 1 is a pocket indicated generally as i3. As best shown in Fig. 2, this pocket I3 is equipped with. a zipper One embodiment of my invention may include as shown in Fig. 5 a socket-like member indicated generally as ll.

Fig. 6 or from the blank form shown in Fig. 8. The blank form shown in Fig. 6 is cut from a piece of flexible material, preferably a relatively.

heavy fabric, to provide a generally rectangularly shaped base portion 18. slightly greater in width than the width of a conventional gun butt. The brokenlines of Fig. 6 show the lines along which the material will be creased in forming the socket-like member [1. The blank form has a pair of side portions l9 and 20 which become side webs when the memher is properly assembled. Each of these side portions 19 and 20 are of generally right triangular shape. The base legs l9a and 20a of these side webs are secured as by stitching or some other suitable means to the corresponding side hunting jacket indicated generally as It! being worn by a hunter and" having a front area H, a-rear area 112, and a This socket-like member may be formed from the blank form shown in.

This base portion isedges, [8a of the base portion 18. Fig. shows these edges being attached to each other by stitching as at 2|.

The vertical legs [9b and 20b of the side webs l9 and 28' are connected to the front area of the jacket within the confines of the pocket l3. This connection may be established by direct sewing or stitching of the side legs to the front area of h J ket a d wi hi t ocket or, ass h, by stitching theic entral portion 22 :to the jacket. The top edges 19c and 200 of the side portions 19 and 2!] may be folded over and stitched in the manner shown in Figs. 3 and 5. These top portions may also be stitched to the jacket wall within the confines of the pocket l3.

Fig. 8 shows another blank form cut 'rrom flexible material such as a hegayy fabric in such a manner as to provide a lower portion 24 and an upper portion 25. As shown the lowerportion has the general shape of an isosceles trapezoid. The up e portion .2. aehehallyhelyseha i shape and .h 'a eth r sid 2 c lightlys ea er in width than i s ,lewe the 2.51 sihee the s et shown is est. a single iece .eI L hbrie, theiewer. s de 1259 or the up r --pertieh 1 2. al eehst thtesthe s nner; de .259 hi the hwe he t eh 4,- As shown, Jews? -.,r Q t. 9h has a bot m ideHhh dtwe sdhals le 2.4. The upper portion also has two equal sides g5; and see which ext nd upwardl a d eht-ward y from th hate n fi hthhh lfi te ei h r.- The width of the bottom side 2551) is substantially easel .th the .width hi it eehv htiena huh b t Th 'PIQKQI lihe sh aths: alone wh h the material is creased when the socket-like 5 9i Elsi-71 i ri hdt :T :form the scche dikemem er 6.. h material of the blank form shown in ,8 i f lglegi alon the crease lines indi ated t e e u les 'ZAea 2M areattaehed t the equa sides 25c and 25d of the upper portion. This attach: ment providesa baseiportion flror he'sdcketlike member and a .pair oispaced side vwebszfl and 2.9, these ..side webs being generally .-righ.t triangular ihshane- Theimn r partof the-inertical legs of. these righttriangular side :webs may be secured to the -.jacket .in the. same manner as describedfor the structureshown in-Figs. 5'and 6- Li ewise, he si ei tiohs oi theetop ed e of the .iipper -p,ortio n :25 may :be rolded in and stitched. in they manner described with respect to thestructure shownin Fig.5.

hegun restishotinuse, .the base nor.- tions 18, 21 are swung upwa-rdlywithin the cone fines of the pocket .13 to he in vertical position along the inner-wallof the pocketand the front area of the iacketl'il. The side webs-1,9,.20-or 28, 2.9 collapse and fold therewith so that the entire un ,rest Will .lie .flat along the front area :of the hunting jacketsothatthelzipper 14 may he drawnto closed position to completely encase the gun rest. This is best shown in Fig. '2. Thus, it can be seen that while the gun rest is not being utilized,there.is absolutely no danger .of it catchin onbrushnetc, The entire unit disposed inan oute-of-way position and :is protected from engagement with brush and the :like by the pocket. The-flexible material from which the un rest is made permits such swinging on the part of the base portion andesuch collapsing .on the part .of the side webs without any difficulty.

When the hunter desires to utilize thegun rest, he merely ,opens the zipper l4 anddraws the socket-like member 11,25 to extended position. In so doing thebase-portion 48, 21 swings tout.-

- tthe same have u sh ded hepqss ihtr the outward swinging movement of the base portions and form therewith a socket-like member adapted to receive therein the butt of the hunter's gun.

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hunt r i s t ghh butt 4 6 into t e socket 'like'mem'ber I1, 26 so that the weight thereof Because.

will rest upon the base portion I8, 21. of the flexible nature of these base portions 18,

Bl the weight of the gun, in addition to causing 1 the side webs to become taut, will also cause the 5 base portion -to assume more or less the shape of the end or the gun butt. The base portion, will support the weight of the gun so that the hunter may walk through the field relatively relaxed and without tiri ng. The gun [5, in addit qh-t b ing lph te hythe ghnrest. i insi ta ed i 'pl l' -Qiewhy ahdsrela iv sa e nes ever he ess, th shuts read lyavailebl fsmu cls e oet hs eetieh io hensame ppears the hunter y instantl comm nce ra ing his un wher hh t w ight th eof wi l lin d firemt e besepe t eh lit 2 an it wi te dto resu e its ori ina res arts 1h shape.- .In words, as soon as the weight i the gun is ed ofi -the base portion, the ehtihe VSQ-QKQF $59 1. laterall thetthesoeket, hermitet eguh butt to he .ireely w th r er i hhthese ishe dehsene t es h h t bec m n en ged b t e seek -.t uht is tte hpt t9 eyelihisshh i tehtteeeu e the same e eer 1. mm the-sh. heveztehhd at h shhtru tih m ssh .est n t e .m hh. r d e i, have attain d the ad e-h ases ve having a ivel el sefit in se re tf r thesuh but of the hunter .beihgh hdereddh h theraisihs movement otthezsuh. Ahysuh rest wi al1$1lh hitl flzadr l fi ag ravation $9112 1? hhter, w l -.c use :him emiss ame w ich h. otherwise mi htkill. and may even result in j y due t idental dischar e of the sun caused by the gun butt .loeeoming en a ed du hglsuch upward movement.

It .should'benoted-that-the-side webs 119,320 and 2.8, :29, becoming-taut due to the weight ofthe gun butt upon the base portion, arexdrawn so as to extendtinvzcloseelying relation-to. the sides of the gun butt. In fact, with most gun butts the side edgesof the hypotenuse of the right :triangle will positively :engage .the sides of the gunbutt. Through this close=lying relationship, the side -webs 19, :24] and 28, -29=posis tively assist-the hunter in maintaining the gun in erect position and inpreventing'r the gun from tipping sideways. *In other word s ,-the gunrest provides positive assistance in maintaining the gun in its optimum position and at the ;same time readily assumes a shape when the weight of theehn s li ted t e e rein whi l P m the sun bu t to h withdrawn uickly ithne anger of t s en age ent by theseehet mem ber.

Thus tem e seen that I ha pr v d da new and improved gun rest capable of cheap nd simp e eeh tr c ie and adapted 9 b phas d in a eemhletels hesitiehovenl have elimina ed ..t1 '=I. Q rela i ely x ensi e metal ers and heveprevided mu h;

which will support the gun butt with greater efficiency and effectiveness.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made in the form, details, arrangement and proportions of the parts without departing from the scope of my invention.

What I claim is:

1. In a hunting jacket having a front area and a back area, a gun rest carried by said front area, said gun rest comprising a socket member having a flexible base portion of generally rectangular shape and having a pair of opposite generally right triangularly shaped side portions, the base legs of said side portions being attached to the sides of said base portion throughout its length, said side portions being connected by the upper parts of their vertical legs to the lower part of the front area of the jacket, said side portions also being flexible to permit said base portion to swing upwardly and lie against the front area of the jacket and being collapsible therewith, the vertical legs of said side portions being attached to said front area adjacent said base portions a distance apart substantially equal to the width of a conventional gun butt and a substantially less distance apart adjacent the upper parts of their vertical legs whereby when a gun butt is rested upon said base portion said side portions will extend closely along the sides of such gun butt and coo erate with said base portion to form a loose-fittin three-wall support for the gun butt which will simultaneously bear the weight of the gun and positively assist in preventing the gun from tilting sidewise.

2. In a hunting jacket having a front area with a vertically extending zipper in the outer lining thereof and a back area, a gun rest carried by said front area and extending outwardly through such zipper when the latter is open, said gun rest comprising a flexible normally horizontal support member, and a pair of generally right trianeularly shaped side webs attached along their base legs to said su port member along its side edges and throughout its length and extending upwardly from the side edges thereof, said. side webs being also connected along the upper portions of their vertical legs to the lower portion of the front area of the jacket and extending outwardly therefrom, said side webs also being flexible to permit said support member to swing upwardly from substantially horizontal position to lie flat relative to the front area of the jacket and being readily collapsible therewithin, said side webs being attached to said front area a distance apart substantially equal to the width of a conventional gun butt whereby when a gun butt is rested upon said support member said side webs will extend closely along the sides of such gun butt and cooperate with said support member to form a three-wall support for the gun butt which will simultaneously bear the weight of the gun and positively assist in preventing the gun from tilting sidewise, said gun rest being collapsible to pass inwardly to a position inward of such zipper to permit the latter to be closed and completely conceal said gun rest.

3. In a hunting jacket having a front area and a back area, a gun rest carried by said front area, said gun rest comprising a socket-like member having a flexible base of generally rectangular shape, said socket-like member being formed of a piece of flexible material having an upper portion and a lower portion, said lower portion of said piece being generally of the shape of an isosceles trapezoid the upper side of which is substantially equal in length to the width of a conventional gun butt and the upper portion being polygonal in shape and having a pair of side edges equal in length. and which, when said piece is in blank form, extend upwardly and laterally from the upper part of said lower portion, said side edges being attached to the equal sides of said lower portion to form said socketlike member, said upper portion being attached to the lower front area of the hunting jacket.

4. In a hunting jacket having at the front thereof a pocket with an inner and an outer wall, a collapsible gun rest carried by said pocket within its confines when in collapsed position and extending outwardly therefrom when in extended position, said gun rest comprising a socket-like member having a flexible base portion of generally rectangular shape and having a pair of opposite generally right triangularly shaped side portions, the base legs of said side portions being attached to the sides of said base portion throughout its length, said side portions having the upper parts of their vertical legs connected to the inner wall of the pocket, said side portions also being flexible to permit said base portion to swing upwardly and lie against the inner wall of the pocket and being collapsible therewith to a position within the confines of the pocket as said base portion is moved from an outwardly extending position to upright position and cooperating with said base portion when the latter is in extended position to form a loose fitting three wall support for a gun butt which will simultaneously bear the Weight of the gun and positively assist in maintaining the gun from tilting sidewise.

5. In a hunting jacket having a front area and a back area, a gun rest carried by said front area, said gun rest comprising a socket-like member having a flexible base of generally rectangular shape, said socket-like member being formed of a piece of flexible material having in blank form an upper and a lower portion, said lower portion of said piece being generally of the shape of an isosceles trapezoid the upper side of which is substantially equal in length to the width of a conventional gun butt, said upper portion being polygonal in shape and secured to the lower front area of the jacket and having a pair of side edges equal in length and when in blank form extending upwardly and laterally from the upper part of said lower portion, said upper portion having a top side slightly greater in length than its bottom side and the upper side of said lower portion, said side edges of said upper portion being attached to the equal sides of said lower portion to draw the same upwardly and thereby form said rectangulariy shaped base, the extreme lateral sections of said upper portion adjacent its top edge being folded over outwardly and then toward each other and secured along said top edge to complete said socket-like member and form a loose fitting three-wall support for a gun butt which will simultaneously bear the weight of the gun and positively assist in maintaining the gun from tilting sidewise.

EARL W. OLSON.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,520,285 Olson Aug. 29, 1950 2,543,703 Pelton Feb. 27, 1951

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