Portable arm support

• US 6,829,856 B1
• Filed: 11/01/2001
• Issued: 12/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Charles W. Moorman
• Original Assignee: Charles W. Moorman
• Inventors: Moorman, Charles W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Carone, Michael J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HAYES, BRET C
• Application Number:
  US10/001,482
• Time in Patent Office: 1,139 Days
• Field of Search: 42/94, 248/118, D22/199
• US Class Current: 42/94
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 33/001 Shooting harnesses; Stabilising devices, e.g. straps on the body balancing arrangements on the gun itself F41C27/22

Abstract

A portable arm support (10) for attaching to a user to support or steady firearms, cameras, binoculars, or the like. The portable arm support (10) includes a saddle (12) having fastening straps (20) which secure the saddle (12) to the forearm of the user, and a belt pocket (42) which is mounted to the belt of a user. A support tube (14) is pivotally secured to the saddle (12) and is telescopically extensible for adjusting an overall length of the support tube (14) to extend from the saddle (12) and into the belt pocket (42). The support tube (14) is telescopically adjustable to extend and then latch in an extended position with the lower end of the support tube (14) disposed within the cavity (60) of the belt pocket (42) to support the saddle (14) in fixed relation to the belt pocket (42).

Claims

1. A portable support for attaching to a user, comprising in combination:

a saddle adapted for being fixedly secured to a forearm of a user, said saddle having an end portion which is disposed adjacent a band of the user;

fastening straps secured to and extending on opposite sides of said saddle, a first end of said straps having buckles and a second end of said straps having apertures for securing said buckles to said second end of said straps to secure said saddle to the forearm of the user;

a belt pocket defining an upwardly facing cavity and having a belt fastener strap mounted to one side of said belt pocket;

a support tube pivotally secured to said saddle and telescopically extensible for adjusting an overall length of said support tube to extend from said saddle and into said belt pocket;

wherein said support tube is telescopically adjustable to extend and then latch in an extended position with said lower end of said support tube disposed within said cavity of said belt pocket to support said saddle in fixed relation to said belt pocket;

wherein a portion of said first and second saddle member defines a steady rest directly engaging against an object being supported in the hand of a user, to provide further support for the object; and

wherein the support tube comprises inner and outer tube sections, said inner tube section slidably secured within said outer tube section for telescolically extending in sliding relation therewith to selectively adjust an overall length of said support tube, an attachment member which extends between said inner and outer tube sections to prevent said inner and outer tube sections from telescopically moving in sliding relation until said tube sections are pulled fully apart such that said inner tube section cannot be fully removed from within said outer tube, and wherein said attachment member comprises flexible line which is attached to opposite ends of said inner and outer tube sections.

2. The portable arm support according to claim 1, further comprising:

a generally U-shaped, flexible, metal retaining clip fixedly secured to said first saddle member for receiving said support tube, said retaining clip being of a size for releasably securing said support tube to said first saddle member when said support tube is disposed within said retaining clip;

said first saddle member being of a larger size than said second saddle member and being of an I-shaped configuration, having a central, elongate middle portion end two end portions that are disposed such that longitudinal lengths of said two end portions are disposed in perpendicular relation to a longitudinal length of said middle portion and in parallel;

said second saddle member being of a T-shaped configuration, which comprises an upper portion and a lower portion, a first longitudinal length of said lower portion being disposed in perpendicular relation to a second longitudinal length of said upper portion;

a swivel aperture extending through said second saddle member proximate a juncture of said upper and lower portions;

a swivel pin having first and second ends and being formed into an L-shaped configuration, said first end of said swivel pin being fixedly secured to an upper end of said support tube and said swivel pin extending through said swivel aperture in said saddle member;

a swivel anchor secured to said second end of said swivel pin, said swivel anchor being of a larger size than said swivel aperture in said second saddle member for securing said swivel pin within said swivel aperture, which pivotally secures said support tube to said saddle.