Firearm Shooting Rest with Multi-Sided Gripping and Sliding Surfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing firearm rests lack versatility and adjustability, limiting their ability to effectively support firearms in various orientations and surfaces, which can impact shooting accuracy and user preference.
Innovation Solution
A selectively configurable shooting rest with a body comprising multiple sides of gripping and slide-permitting materials, allowing for multiple orientations and channel configurations to securely support firearms, enabling sliding or gripping on different surfaces based on user preference.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a traditional firearm rest uses a single fixed orientation design, then the structure is simple, but the versatility and adaptability to different shooting positions and surfaces is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The rest body is designed with multiple firearm cradles (at least two) positioned on different sides, allowing the rest to support firearms in multiple orientations (prone, sitting, standing positions). Each side of the rest body can serve as a support surface, making the device universal for various shooting positions and surface types.
Solution Approach 2:
The rest body is divided into multiple sides, each with its own firearm cradle configuration. This segmentation allows independent optimization of each side for specific shooting positions while maintaining a unified rest body structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a firearm rest uses uniform gripping material on all surfaces, then the manufacturing is simple, but the ability to control firearm sliding and provide different levels of friction is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Different surfaces of the rest body are covered with different materials: gripping material (higher friction coefficient) on some surfaces to prevent unwanted sliding, and slide-permitting material (lower friction coefficient) on other surfaces to allow controlled firearm adjustment. This local differentiation of material properties enables precise control over firearm positioning and stability.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The rest provides enhanced shooting accuracy and user customization by allowing the firearm to be supported in various orientations, with adjustable firmness and compliance, improving stability and ease of aiming.
Implementation Method 1
A first set of sides of the plurality of sides comprises gripping material configured to frictionally engage the firearm or the support surface to grip the firearm or the support surface
Implementation Method 2
A second set of sides of the plurality of sides comprises slide-permitting material configured to permit the firearm to slide thereon or to slide on the support surface
Data Source
AI summary
A firearm rest for supporting a firearm on a support surface to facilitate a shooter in aiming the firearm at a target. The firearm rest includes a body comprising gripping material on different sides of the body. The rest can be used in different orientations such that the gripping material is in contact with both the firearm and the support surface, either the firearm or the support surface, or neither the firearm nor the support surface. The shooting rest includes a hub and protrusions extending from the body. Channels in various sides of the body facilitate use of the rest in different orientations.