Reconfigurable rifle stock system

• US 7,418,797 B1
• Filed: 04/20/2005
• Issued: 09/02/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Charles R. Crose
• Original Assignee: Charles R. Crose
• Inventors: Crose, Charles R.
• Primary Examiner(s): HAYES, BRET C
• Application Number:
  US11/110,030
• Time in Patent Office: 1,231 Days
• Field of Search: 42/710.1, 42/710.2, 42/72, 42/73, 42/74, 42/750.1, 42/750.3, 42/751
• US Class Current: 42/74
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 23/04 Folding or telescopic stocks or stock parts articulated or collapsible guns F41A11/04
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 23/14 Adjustable stock or stock parts, i.e. adaptable to personal requirements, e.g. length, pitch, cast or drop

Abstract

A shoulder support is fabricated of a light weight material. The shoulder support has a generally cylindrical front portion. The shoulder support has a connecting end and a rear portion. In this manner a generally triangular configuration is formed. The shoulder support has a central extent having a top end and a rear end with an intermediate portion. The rear portion has a concaved resting member. The resting member is adapted to rest against the front of a shoulder of a user. A coupling means is rotatable about a vertical axis and is adapted to couple the shoulder support to an end of a rifle.

Claims

1. A reconfigurable rifle stock system comprising:

a shoulder support fabricated of a light weight material having a generally cylindrical front portion with a connecting end and a rear portion forming a generally triangular configuration with an open central extent, the shoulder support having a top end and a rear end with an intermediate portion, the rear portion having a concaved resting member adapted to rest against the front of a shoulder of a user;

a cheek support rotatably coupled to the shoulder support, the cheek support having a stored orientation being within the open central extent of the shoulder support and a deployed orientation being outside of the open central extent of the shoulder support; and

a coupling means rotatable about a vertical axis and adapted to couple the shoulder support to an end of a rifle.

2. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the coupling means has a first assembly adapted to couple a rear of a rifle adjacent to a side edge and having a pair of coaxial hollow cylinders with the central open region running vertically adjacent to the side edge, the first assembly also having a recess notch toward a central region of a rear of the rifle and being adjacent to the coaxial hollow cylinders, the coupling means also having a second assembly formed in the connecting end of the shoulder support, the second assembly also having a cylindrical pin adapted to reside within the coaxial hollow cylinder and having an L-shaped finger fixed to a central portion of the pin such that the finger resides in the central open region between the pair of coaxial cylinders and held in place by a retaining spring, the system having a stored orientation where the shoulder support is rotated parallel to the body of the rifle, the system having an operative orientation where the shoulder support is rotated in line with the body of the rifle, the shoulder support being adapted to rotate around the hinge formed between the coaxial cylinder and the pin, the shoulder support is further adapted to be locked into the operative orientation by the finger being retained in the recess notch of the first assembly.

3. The reconfigurable rifle stock system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the top end of the shoulder support has a central rotatable cylinder, an urging spring and a plurality of locking fingers at a forward extent thereof and having associated notches to allow locking at various angles, the shoulder support further having a pair of parallel radial bore apertures within the central rotatable cylinder;

and further including

the cheek support having a convex upper portion and a pair of support pegs each having a plurality of axially spaced annular recess there around, the pegs being adapted to be received in the bore apertures of the rotatable cylinder with spring urged bearings locking the pegs in place by the bearings entering the annular recesses of the pegs, thereby allowing the user to adjust the cheek support angle around the rotatable cylinder including the storage position within the open central extent of the shoulder support and wherein the height of the cheek support is adjustable by the movement of the pegs with respect to the spring urged bearings.