Support for the arm of a pistol shooter

Abstract

A support for the arm of a shooter includes an elongated body having a first support surface for a shoulder region, and a handle for a hand at the front end. The handle forms a second support surface open to the front, for absorbing the recoil when shooting. The handle has a recess open to the front, into which fits the contour of the rear part of the grip of a portable firearm. The hand grasps both the handle and the grip of the portable firearm at the same time. The support optionally contains a wide variety of overmolded metal parts, such as a metal pin or knife blade.

Claims

1. A support for the arm of a shooter, comprising: an elongated body, the rear end of which terminates in a first support surface for the shoulder region of the shooter, wherein at the front end, a handle for the hand of the shooter and a second support surface open to the front for absorbing the entire reactive force of a pistol as a portable firearm, and a recess open to the front, into which fits the contour of the rear part of the grip of the portable firearm, are formed, the fixing taking place exclusively by the manual force of the shooter, wherein the elongated body comprises, to the front, an upper strut and a lower strut, front ends of the upper strut and the lower strut are connected to one another via the handle, so that a clearance is provided between the body, the upper and lower struts and the handle, and wherein the second support surface, together with the upper strut and the lower strut as well as with a rear part extending from the body and connecting the upper and lower struts, forms an integral closed-loop injection-molded plastic frame element where an underside of the grip of the pistol is freely accessible.

2. The support according to claim 1, wherein the injection-molded plastic frame element contains overmolded metal parts.

3. The support according to claim 2, further comprising a hard overmolded metal part projecting transversely to the longitudinal direction near the first support surface.

4. The support according to claim 1, further comprising, as an overmolded metal part, a knife blade projecting into a U-shaped slot.

5. The support according to claim 4, wherein the U-shaped slot extends in a longitudinal direction and is open to the front.

6. The support according to claim 5, wherein the U-shaped slot is closeable by a cover element guided therein.

7. The support according to claim 6, wherein the cover element is adapted as an alarm whistle.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) Below, the invention will be further discussed on the basis of preferred embodiments shown in the drawing, wherein

(2) FIG. 1 is a side view of a pistol comprising the support according to the invention;

(3) FIG. 2 is a side view of the support alone of FIG. 1;

(4) FIG. 3 is a front view of the support of FIGS. 1 and 2;

(5) FIG. 4 is a top view of the support of FIGS. 1 and 2, partially cut in accordance with line IV-IV in FIG. 2; and

(6) FIG. 5 is a detail of FIG. 2.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(7) In FIG. 1 a support according to the invention is indicated by 1 on the whole, and furthermore a pistol 2 is shown by way of example. The visible parts of pistol 2 include a housing 3, a carriage 4 and a grip 5. The support 1 contains a first support surface 6 on its back end, which in use abuts on the shoulder region of a shooter, and a second support surface at its front end 7. Here, just as well as in the below, front end means the side facing the target and rear end means the side facing the shooter.

(8) FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 show the support 1 in more detail. This support 1 essentially comprises an elongated body 10, a rear part 11 and a front part 12. In the illustrated embodiment, the elongated body 10 is a vertical plate in operating position, comprising edge stiffeners 9. The rear part 11 has the contour of a gun shaft and terminates in the support surface 6. In the front part 12, the body 10 branches into an upper strut 13 and a lower strut 14, the front ends of which merge into a handle 15 connecting them.

(9) With reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. 4 the handle 15 will now be described in more detail. For this, a cross-section IV-IV is laid through the handle 15 according to FIG. 2. The handle 15 is hollow and forms a recess 16 open to the front. In FIG. 2, the vertical contour of the recess 16 is shown in a dashed line and designated with 17, and it corresponds to the contour of the grip 5 of the pistol 2. In FIG. 4 the horizontal contour of the recess 16 is designated with 18 and corresponds to that of the grip 5 of the pistol 2. The contours 17, 18 form the above-mentioned second support surface. Thus, the grip 5 of the pistol 2 fits in the recess 16 in positive engagement, so that the recoil force of the shot is extensively guided into the handle 15 and thus into the support 1. Side walls 19 of the recess 16 laterally support the grip 5 of the pistol 2.

(10) In use the hand of the shooter jointly grasps the handle 15 and the grip 5 of the pistol, the hand being partially in the open clearance 8 between the struts 13, 14 and the handle 15.

(11) In FIG. 2 further details can be seen. The support 1 is preferably a molded part made of plastic with overmolded metal parts 20, 21, cf. also detail X of FIG. 2. In this case, a metal pin 20 is mounted in the vicinity of the first support surface 6 on the bottom side of the rear part 11 of the support 1. If the support 1 is held on the upper strut 13 or the lower strut 14, the metal pin 20 can be used to smash glass panes. Likewise, a metal part in the form of a hammer face (not shown) could be provided on the upper side of the rear part 11.

(12) A metallic knife blade 21 is located at the junction of the body 10 of the support 1 in its rear part 11. The overmolded part of the knife blade 21 is drawn in dashed lines. Its oblique cutting edge extends in an elongated slot 22, which extends in the longitudinal direction of the body 10 and is open to the front. Safety belts can be cut in that the support 1 is held by the handle 15 and the former is pulled against the resistance of a belt. In FIG. 2 the slot 21 is closed with a cover part 23. The arrow X shows the detail without the cover part 23.

(13) FIG. 5 finally shows the cover part 23 separately. It consists of two legs 25 interconnected at the front end, including therebetween a recess 24 for the knife blade 21. Furthermore, the cover part 23 may be configured as an alarm whistle or whistle, not illustrated in detail.