Gun rest for supporting the buttstock

Claim 1

A portable and pivotally adjustable gun rest for supporting and controlling a buttstock of a firearm comprising: a vertical support assembly including a generally horizontal rigid base disposed transversely to the general orientation of said firearm, having top and bottom surfaces, and front and rear sides, and an upwardly extending elongated support member issuing from and rigidly affixed to the uppermost surface of said base and effectively shaped and dimensioned to provide a rigid and secure vertical support, a vertical slide substantially rectangular in its cross section and of sufficient dimension to receive an aperture through its vertical length and cooperatively interconnected with said elongated support member through said aperture, enabling said vertical slide to raise and lower in elevation, a lock screw for releasably securing said vertical slide at desired elevations along the length of said elongated support member, and means issuing from and aligned to the rear of said vertical slide to facilitate the removable attachment of a recoil dampening pad so as to remain in the proper alignment during the pivotal adjustment and vertical adjustment of said gun rest, a pivotally adjustable attaching bracket effectively shaped, dimensioned and contoured to secure and support said buttstock in an adjusted and controlled position, fastening means affixed to at least one end of said attaching bracket to facilitate the removable attachment from said attaching bracket to said buttstock, pivotally connecting means issuing from at least one edge of said attaching bracket and effectively positioned to pivotally connect said attaching bracket to said vertical slide, and releasable securing means issuing from at least one edge of said attaching bracket effectively shaped and positioned to releasably secure the pivotal motion from said attaching bracket to said vertical slide, whereby said firearm can be pivoted from side to side adjusting the firearm sights, be they open or telescopic, perfectly vertical for the proper eye to sight alignment regardless of the contour of said buttstock, forming a secure, portable and fully adjustable rear gun rest for sighting and shooting.