Backpack Long Gun Mount for Quick Quiet Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing long gun mounting systems require the hunter to remove their backpack to attach or detach the gun, are cumbersome, or involve complex mechanisms that are noisy and unstable, making them inconvenient and potentially alarming to game.
Innovation Solution
A modified long gun mounting device with a rigid lower member and grasping mechanism that secures the gun's butt and barrel/forend, allowing quick and quiet attachment and detachment without removing the backpack, using elastic restraints and adjustable components for various gun sizes and user preferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the hunter uses a gun sling to suspend the long gun from their shoulder, then the long gun can be maintained in a hands-free manner when immobile, but one hand must be used to prevent the long gun from swinging around and sliding off when in motion
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a backpack as an intermediary carrier between the hunter's body and the long gun. The gun sling is modified to attach to the backpack rather than directly to the hunter's shoulder, allowing the backpack to bear the weight and stabilize the gun during movement, while still enabling hands-free operation when stationary.
2Reliability
If the hunter uses a prior art mounting device that requires removing the pack to access the long gun, then the long gun can be securely attached to the backpack, but the wearer must remove the pack to remove or reattach the long gun, resulting in considerable movement that can alarm game and consume time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the attachment system into separate components: a permanent backpack attachment point and a removable gun mounting mechanism. This segmentation allows the gun to be quickly detached from the backpack without removing the entire pack, enabling rapid access to the long gun while maintaining secure attachment during transport.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs dynamic attachment mechanisms that allow the gun mounting system to transition between securely attached and easily removable states. The modified gun sling and backpack attachment points are designed to provide firm holding during normal use but enable quick release when needed, adapting to the hunter's immediate needs.
3Ease of operation
If the hunter uses a prior art mounting device with multiple straps and fasteners, then the long gun can be attached to the backpack without removing the pack, but the hunter must remove the backpack after every encounter with game to reattach the long gun
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex system of multiple straps and fasteners from the backpack itself and replaces it with a simplified attachment point. The gun mounting functionality is separated into a distinct, simplified mechanism that attaches to the backpack, reducing the number of components the hunter must manipulate while maintaining secure attachment.
4Adaptability or versatility
If the hunter uses a gun scabbard attached to the backpack, then the long gun can be removed and reattached without removing the pack, but the wearer must grasp and manipulate the long gun from a position above and behind their shoulder, which is beyond the physical range of motion of many people
Solution Approach 1:
The patent repositions the gun attachment mechanism from a vertical orientation (above and behind the shoulder) to a more accessible position that utilizes horizontal and lateral dimensions. The modified mounting system allows the hunter to access and manipulate the long gun from positions within natural reach, eliminating the need for awkward overhead movements.
Data Source
AI summary
A mounting device attachable on a backpack or the like is described that allows a backpack wearer to remove a long gun from the backpack and reattach it without removing the backpack, without assistance from a second person, and without complex mechanical devices. The mounting device includes a generally rigid, length adjustable base member with a generally rigid lower member pivotally attached to a first end, wherein the lower member includes a horizontal surface for receiving a long gun butt and a means for securing the butt to it. A grasping mechanism is attached to a second end of the base member and receives and secures a long gun barrel or barrel and forend with the use of a gun sling or leash. A coupling means is also included that allows the mounting device to be attached to a multiplicity of backpack types.