Portable bench rest shooting stand and gun case holder

Claim 1

A portable gun holder comprising; a front-end support member comprised of a support pad, a shaft, a hollow tube, a height adjustment means and a locking means wherein said support pad is mounted atop said shaft which is telescopically connected to said hollow tube, said shaft further being equipped with a height adjustment means which allows the shaft to be adjusted in height with respect to the hollow tube and is held in place by said locking means; a rear-end support and clamping member which is comprised of a support shaft, a central body member, a pair of clamping arms, each clamping arm having an articulated aperture passing through said arm and further each clamping arm having a clamping pad adjustably mounted on one end of the arm, and a pair of tightening handles and further wherein an aperture passes through said central body member, two pairs of support flanges extend outward in opposite directions from the central body member and a tightening rod also extends outward from each side of the central body member in the same direction as the support flanges such that the support shaft passes through the aperture in the central body member, and a clamping arm is pivotally attached to each pair of support flanges such that the tightening rod passes through the articulated aperture in said clamping arms and a tightening handle is connected to the end of each tightening rod; and a pair of mounting brackets, said mounting brackets including means for receiving the adjustable front-end support member and the rear-end support and clamping member and said mounting brackets further including means to affix said mounting brackets to a support.