Modular cheek rest and storage assembly

• US 7,805,873 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2006
• Issued: 10/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC (Vista Outdoor Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Blackhawk Industries Products Group Unlimited LLC (Northrop Grumman Corporation)
• Inventors: Bentley, James K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson; Stephen M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Troy; Daniel J
• Application Number:
  US11/594,578
• Publication Number:
  US 20070101631A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,427 Days
• Field of Search: 42/701.1, 42 7101- 74, 42/90
• US Class Current: 42/74
• CPC Class Codes: F41C 23/14 Adjustable stock or stock parts, i.e. adaptable to personal requirements, e.g. length, pitch, cast or drop
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 39/02 Cartridge bags; Bandoleers

Abstract

A modular cheek rest assembly for a gunstock. The major members of the assembly are a low level cheek rest, a high level cheek rest, a storage container, a shotgun shell holder and a magazine holder. The low level cheek rest is the principal member that has engagement structure adjacent the bottom ends of its side walls for detachably securing the low level cheek rest to the butt stock of a firearm. There are attachment structure on the outer surface of the side walls of the low level cheek rest for disengageably attaching the other members. There is the ability to attach these members on either the right or left side depending on the preference of the user. If the high level cheek rest is needed, it nests over the top of the low level cheek rest.

Claims

1. A modular cheek rest assembly for a gun stock comprising:

an elongated tunnel-shaped cheek rest having a front end and a rear end and a top wall portion connected at its opposite ends by a left side wall and a right side wall;

said left and right side walls each having an outer surface, an inner surface and a bottom end; and

engagement means adjacent said bottom ends of said left and right side walls detachably securing said cheek rest to a butt stock of a firearm, wherein said engagement means comprise a plurality of longitudinally spaced teeth that extend inwardly from said inner surfaces of said left and right side walls.

2. A modular cheek rest assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said outer surface of said left and right side walls have attachments means for securing auxiliary parts thereto.

3. A modular cheek rest assembly as recited in claim 2 wherein said attachment means are longitudinally spaced threaded holes in said outer surface of said left and right side walls.

4. A modular cheek rest assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said engagement means are detachably engageable with corresponding recesses in the respective left and right recesses in the outer surface of said butt stock.

5. A modular cheek rest assembly as recited in claim 4 in with said butt stock having left and right outer surfaces that have longitudinally spaced recesses for detachably engaging said teeth of said cheek rest.

6. A modular cheek rest assembly as recited in claim 4 wherein said cheek rest is made of a semi-rigid material that allows said left and right side walls to be temporarily sprung apart in order for said teeth to be engaged in recesses in a butt stock.

7. A modular cheek rest assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said top wall portion is substantially semi-cylindrical in shape.

8. A modular cheek rest assembly as recited in claim 1 further comprising primary alignment means in said outer surfaces of said left and right side walls that aligns with mating secondary alignment structure on auxiliary parts that are detachably secured thereto.

9. A modular cheek rest assembly as recited in claim 8 wherein said primary alignment means comprises elongated protrusions on the outer surfaces of said left and right side walls.

10. A modular cheek rest assembly as recited in claim 1 further comprising a shotgun shell holder detachably secured to one of the side walls of said cheek rest.

11. A modular cheek rest assembly as recited in claim 1 further comprising an elongated tunnel-shaped high level cheek rest detachably secured to the outer surfaces of said cheek rest.

12. A modular cheek rest assembly as recited in claim 1 further comprising a storage tube detachably secured to one of said side walls of said cheek rest.

13. A modular cheek rest assembly as recited in claim 1 further comprising a magazine holder detachably secured to one of said side walls of said cheek rest.

14. A modular cheek rest assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said engagement means comprise a plurality of longitudinally spaced teeth that extend inwardly from said respective bottom ends of said inner surfaces of said left and right side walls.

15. A modular cheek rest assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said engagement means are integral extensions of said side walls.

16. A modular cheek rest assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein when said modular cheek rest is secured to said butt stock via said engagement means, said modular cheek rest is stationary with regard to said butt stock.