Offset Shooting Rest with Adjustable Arms for User Space
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional shooting rests lack versatility and compactness for storage and transport, and often interfere with the user's space, especially in hunting environments, while also failing to provide adequate support and adjustment for various weapon types and angles.
Innovation Solution
The shooting rest features offset support assemblies that can be adjusted and fixed, includes flexible ribs for weapon stock support, and is integrated with a monopod and adjustable arm system allowing for use in confined spaces and multiple shooting angles without removing the weapon, along with a camera mount for simultaneous use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If conventional shooting rests are designed with central support structures, then stability is improved, but they interfere with user space and lack compactness for storage
Solution Approach 1:
The support assemblies are offset from the central longitudinal axis of the base, creating an asymmetric configuration. This asymmetry allows the weapon to be positioned in the central space without interfering with the user's legs or chair, while the offset supports maintain structural stability. The asymmetric layout resolves the contradiction by redistributing support functions away from the center where user space is needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The shooting rest utilizes lateral offset positioning rather than vertical height adjustments alone. By moving supports laterally offset from the central axis, the design creates three-dimensional spatial efficiency, allowing user space underneath while maintaining support functionality at the periphery.
2Stability of the object's composition
If shooting rests are designed for stability and support, then weapon support capability is improved, but they lack compactness for storage and transport
Solution Approach 1:
The support assemblies are designed to be movable relative to the base, allowing them to be repositioned or collapsed during storage. The adjustable arms can be rotated and repositioned, transforming the structure from a stable shooting configuration to a compact storage configuration, thus resolving the contradiction between stability during use and compactness during transport.
Solution Approach 2:
The shooting rest is divided into separate modular components: the base, multiple adjustable arms, and support assemblies. This segmentation allows individual components to be repositioned, collapsed, or stored separately, reducing overall volume for storage while maintaining full support capability when assembled.
3Device complexity
If shooting rests provide fixed support positions, then structural simplicity is improved, but versatility for different weapon types and angles is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The support assemblies incorporate adjustable arms that can be repositioned to different angles and positions. The arms can be rotated about vertical axes and tilted about horizontal axes, providing dynamic adaptability for different weapon types and shooting angles while maintaining relatively simple structural components.
Solution Approach 2:
The offset support assemblies are designed to accommodate multiple weapon types including rifles, shotguns, and crossbows. The universal offset configuration provides space for various weapon stocks and grips, allowing a single rest design to serve multiple functions across different weapon platforms.
4Measurement precision
If shooting rests are designed for stability, then accuracy is improved, but they interfere with user space in hunting environments
Solution Approach 1:
The asymmetric offset positioning of support assemblies creates open space in the central and lower regions where the user's legs and chair can be positioned. This asymmetric layout maintains shooting accuracy through stable offset supports while preserving user space in the hunting blind environment.
Data Source
AI summary
A shooting rest for different weapons provides ends that are offset from the central portion of the rest to provide a space that accommodates a portion of the weapon being used with the rest. The shooting rest can be used with one or two supports that engage the weapon being used with the rest. Each support can be rotationally adjusted about a vertical axis and tilted about a horizontal axis. Each support can be tilted inwardly to a storage position for storage and transport of the rest. When in use, the entire rest can be tilted about its main support. A support assembly includes an adjustable arm that carries the shooting rest from the top of a monopod that is anchored to allow repositionable use without interference with the hunter's legs.