Shooting stick and sling combination

Abstract

A selectively collapsible shooting support is mounted on a sling for supporting a weapon to which the sling is attached. A cover is selectively moveable with respect to the sling for concealing and housing the collapsed shooting support in stored condition on the sling, and for releasing the support for deployment. The shooting support preferably comprises two segmented or collapsible sticks connected to the sling and extendable to support a firearm during firing. Movement of the firearm to follow a target is possible without loss of support or repositioning of the sticks on a support surface or a body portion of a shooter.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED AAPLICATIONS [0001] Benefit is claimed of the filing date of Nov. 1, 2005 of applicant's co-pending expressly incorporated herein in its entirety.TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to shooting supports and more particularly, but not exclusively, to shooting sticks for use to steady a firearm for accurate shooting. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Shooting supports, known as shooting sticks, are well known in the art. Present shooting sticks are used with a weapon to support and hold steady the firearm, such as an elongated rifle, or other form of firearm, during firing. Known shooting sticks come in a variety of different configurations. For example, a shooting support can be in the form of a monopod, bipod or tripod configuration for example. These are either directly attached to a rifle by a variety of devices, or comprise separate support devices on which the rifle is rested. By placing the rifle on top of the shooti...

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Benefits of technology

[0010] To these ends and in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, a shooting support of monopod, bipod, or other configuration, including collapsible legs, is mounted directly to a sling used for carrying the weapon. The legs are quickly and easily erected to deployed configurations, and the weapon can be rested on the sling proximate the mounting structure for the legs for support. The sling includes a cover, sleeve, or pouch for housing the collapsed legs in stored or non-deployed condition on the sling. The sling is operatively coupled to the weapon for enabling conventional transport of the weapon by a user and the shooting support is operatively coupled to the sling, in stored condition but is quickly deployed for use.

[0011] The shooting support is preferably constructed with a base secured to the sling and having one or more concave sockets receiving the respective movable ends of one or more collapsible legs or sticks so that, when deployed, the rifle can be moved to follow a target without loss of support from the stick or sticks.

Problems solved by technology

One drawback of using these collapsible shooting sticks is that the shooting sticks are easily lost.

In addition, they can be misplaced during transport or simply laid down and forgotten.

Furthermore, some shooting sticks take a substantial amount of time to assemble.

Such devices are provided primarily in bipod configurations, and tend to be relatively heavy and somewhat unwieldy, making the weapon harder to carry and to handle.

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