Portable long barrel firearm stand for rifle or shotgun

Claim 1

A portable long barrel firearm stand adapted for use with a rifle or shotgun having a barrel and a fixed stock comprising an elongated support member having a hollowed out central area extending axially therethrough, said support member terminating in a pointed stud, said hollowed out central area extending from the pointed stud end to the other end of the support member and terminating in said other end in an aperture which defines a locking guide surface communicating with the hollowed-out central area in a plane substantially perpendicular to the axis of the hollowed out central area; a guide and alignment support formed into a substantially U-shaped member wherein one leg thereof is an elongated guide support having an external cross section which is adapted to be inserted into and passed through the aperture defining the locking guide surface and adapted to cooperate with the locking guide surface to prevent rotation therebetween, and the other leg thereof defining an alignment support which is substantially shorter than the one leg forming the elongated guide support, said alignment support being spaced a predetermined distance from the elongated guide support, said predetermined distance being equal to that distance required to enable a firearm having a barrel and a fixed stock to be held substantially parallel to the axis of the elongated support member; a conical shaped, self-aligning support member having a base of the conical shaped portion which is connected to the alignment leg and an apex of the conical shaped portion forming an angular shaped tipped member having an acute angle which is less than 30° which is adapted to be inserted into the opening of a barrel engaging the inner peripheral edge surface of the barrel opening and concurrently aligning and supporting a barrel of a firearm in a substantially parallel relationship relative to the center axis of the elongated support member; and a butt support member fixedly mounted to the elongated support member adjacent the pointed stud, said butt support member being positioned a predetermined distance above the pointed stud to enable the butt end of a fixed stock of a firearm to be inserted into said butt support member, said guide and alignment support being positioned within said elongated support member with the conical support member on the same side as said butt support member, said guide and alignment support being adapted to have the elongated guide member slideably move within said hollowed out central area to form a movable support for a firearm defined by the sides of the conical support member engaging the opening of the barrel and the butt support member and wherein the external surface of the elongated guide member cooperates with the locking guide surface to prevent rotation therebetween due to the rotational moment applied thereto by the weight of the firearm.