Shooting rest chair
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Solution Overview
Problem
Shooting rest chairs often lack adaptability for both left and right-handed shooters, limiting their usability.
Innovation Solution
A shooting rest chair with a pivotable weapon support arm assembly and adjustable base that allows for configuration between operational and stowed positions, enabling adaptation for both left and right-handed shooters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the weapon support arm assembly is made fixed and non-pivotable, then the structural simplicity is improved, but the adaptability for left and right handed shooters deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The weapon support arm assembly is made pivotable with respect to the base and seat about a first pivot connection, allowing the assembly to rotate between left and right positions. This dynamic capability enables the same chair to adapt to both left-handed and right-handed shooters, resolving the contradiction between structural simplicity and adaptability.
2Ease of manufacture
If the chair is designed as a single fixed configuration, then the manufacturing complexity is reduced, but the versatility for different shooting positions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The chair is designed with a pivotable weapon support arm assembly that can be positioned for both left-handed and right-handed shooters. This universal design allows a single chair configuration to serve multiple shooting positions and user preferences, maintaining ease of manufacture while achieving versatility.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the base and seat are made non-pivotable, then the structural stability is improved, but the adaptability for different shooting configurations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The pivotable weapon support arm assembly allows the system to maintain structural stability through the base and seat while achieving adaptability through the movable arm assembly. The pivot connection enables configuration changes without compromising the stability of the main chair structure.
Data Source
AI summary
A shooting rest chair, components thereof, and associated methods. The shooting rest chair includes a base configured to rest on a support surface. A seat supported by the base is sized and shaped to support a shooter when the shooter is sitting in the seat. A pivot hub is supported by the base and connects the base to the seat. A weapon support arm assembly connects to the pivot hub by a first pivot connection. The weapon support arm assembly is configured to support the weapon and is pivotable with respect to the base and the seat about the first pivot connection.