US1973811A - Gun attachment - Google Patents

Description

Sept. '18, 1934.

" G. 1.. JESSUP GUN- ATTACHMENT Filed March 21, 1923 Patented Sept. 18, 1934 it STATES rAreN-r ig 2 Claims.

The invention relates to gun attachments and particularly to the stocks thereof, and has for its object to provide, in combination with a gun stock, a license plate holder in the form of a i sleeve encircling the stock and preferably laced thereon, and provided with a pocket in one side thereof, adapted to receive a license such as a hunting license or other articles.

A further object is to provide the sleeve with 14 an extension flap adapted to arch the rear side of the stock and to hold in engagement with the arm engaging portion of the stock shoulder pads.

A further object is to form the pads from triangular shaped members adapted to be arranged in various positions according to the shoulder of the operator.

A further object is to form the pad holding flap sufficiently long whereby it will engage under the sleeve at one side of the stock and to provide the flap with means for anchoring the pads thereto.

A further object is to provide the sleeve with a baggy pocket on one side so that when the sleeve is tightly laced around the gun stock, access may be easily had to the pocket.

A further object is to provide the rear end of the pocket with an opening having a corner flap closure and provided with fastener means cooperating with fastener means on the sleeve.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within 35 the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device, showing the same applied to a conventional form of gun stock.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the sleeve.

Figure 3 is a rear view of the sleeve.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a pair of triangular shaped pads, showing the same arranged 45 as a rectangular shaped pad.

Figure 5 shows another arrangement of the pads.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the stock of a conventional form of gun 50 and 2 the arm engaging portion thereof. The

stock at its forward end is provided with a conventional form of pistol grip 3, the rear end 4 of which forms means for preventing forward displacement or creeping of the sleeve 5 on the stock 1 by engagement therewith, at 6.

It has been found that hunters have no place to carry, and properly protect their hunting license and other small items, and to obviate this diificulty the sleeve 5 is provided, which is preferably formed from pliable material, for instance gm, leather and is adapted to encircle the stock 1 and to be held into close engagement therewith by a lacing 7, which passes through the eyelets 8, as clearly shown in Figure 2. Sleeve 5 is formed from a single piece of leather and at one do end and one side thereof is provided with a flap 9, adapted to arch the arm engaging portion 2 of the stock as clearly shown in Figure 1 and hold triangular shaped pads 10 which may be variously arranged for absorbing the recoil and pro- 1Q tecting the shoulder. Flap 9 is provided with apertures 11 for the reception of securing strings 12 for holding the pads in position through apertures 12a in the pads. It is to be understood that any number of pads may be used, or they may 15 be left out, leaving the retaining strap. Flap 9 tucks under the pocket side of the sleeve as clearly shown in Figure 1, and laces thereto through apertures 9a and 9b. The hunting license or other papers to be preserved may be placed in the waterproof container 14 within the pocket, thereby preserving the same under all weather conditions. The sleeve and pocket may be made of waterproof material.

Pocket 13 is formed from a single sheet of material, stitched at 14, 15 and 16 to one side of the sleeve. It will be noted that the stitching 16 is through a flange 17 which terminates spaced from the rear end of the sleeve and is turned under, thereby forming a baggy portion 18 in the pocket, and at the same time a triangularly shaped flap 19 having fastener means 20 adapted to cooperate with fastener means 21 carried by the sleeve, thereby allowing ready access to the pocket at all times.

From the above it will be seen that a license carrying sleeve is provided for gun stocks, which is simple in construction, the parts reduced to a minimum, and one which may be cheaply manufactured and sold. It will also be seen that forward displacement of the sleeve on the gun stock will be prevented by engagement with the portion 4 of the pistol grip, should it be desirable to remove by cutting, the extension strip encasing the butt plate when used on guns with a pistol grip stock.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is:

1. A sleeve for encircling a, gun stock, said sleeve comprising means for contracting said I sleeve onto a stock, an extension member carried and fastener means for attaching saidfiap to the sleeve.

2. A sleeve for forwardly tapered gun stocks having a pistol grip forming a projection, said around said stock in close engagement therewith and engaging the pistol gripextension, a pocket carried by said sleeve for the reception of articles,

an extension flap carried by one side of vthe sleeve and arching the rear end of a stock, a pad between said extension flap and the rear end of a stock, means for attaching said pad vto the extension member and means for attaching the extension member to the other side of the sleeve.

I GEORGE LEROY JESSUP.

sleeve comprising a pliable member extending

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