Cleaning, maintenance, and servicing rest for accommodating either a long gun, a long gun having a scope and being inverted, or a long gun having an upper receiver pivoted to a lower receiver

Abstract

A cleaning, maintenance, and servicing rest for accommodating either a long gun, a long gun having a scope and being inverted, or a long gun having an upper receiver pivoted to a lower receiver. The cleaning, maintenance, and servicing rest includes a frame, a first elevationally pivoting assembly, and a second elevationally pivoting assembly. The frame rests on a support surface. The first elevationally pivoting assembly is elevationally pivotably mounted to the frame, and releaseably holds the stock or the forearm of the long gun. The second elevationally pivoting assembly is elevationally pivotably mounted to the frame, releaseably holds the other of the stock or the forearm of the long gun, is coplanar with the first elevationally pivoting assembly so as to allow for accommodating the long gun, and is further elevationally pivotal separate from the first elevationally pivoting assembly so as to allow for accommodating either the long gun having the scope and being inverted or the long gun having the upper receiver pivoted to the lower receiver.

1 . A cleaning, maintenance, and servicing rest for accommodating either a long gun, a long gun having a scope and being inverted, or a long gun having an upper receiver pivoted to a lower receiver, wherein the long gun has a stock and a forearm, comprising:
 a) a frame;   b) a first elevationally pivoting assembly; and   c) a second elevationally pivoting assembly;   wherein said frame is for resting on a support surface;   wherein said first elevationally pivoting assembly is elevationally pivotably mounted to said frame;   wherein said first elevationally pivoting assembly is for releaseably holding the stock or the forearm of the long gun;   wherein said second elevationally pivoting assembly is elevationally pivotably mounted to said frame;   wherein said second elevationally pivoting assembly is for releaseably holding the other of the stock or the forearm of the long gun;   wherein said second elevationally pivoting assembly is coplanar with said first elevationally pivoting assembly so as to allow for accommodating the long gun; and   wherein said second elevationally pivoting assembly is elevationally pivotal separate from said first elevationally pivoting assembly so as to allow for accommodating either the long gun having the scope and being inverted or the long gun having the upper receiver pivoted to the lower receiver.   
     
     
         2 . The rest of  claim 1 , wherein said frame comprises a base; and
 wherein said base of said frame is for resting on the support surface.   
     
     
         3 . The rest of  claim 2 , wherein said base of said frame comprises a pair of intersected feet. 
     
     
         4 . The rest of  claim 3 , wherein said pair of intersected feet of said base of said frame are horizontally oriented;
 wherein said pair of intersected feet of said base of said frame cross each other to form a generally X-configuration for stability;   wherein said pair of intersected feet of said base of said frame have a central internally threaded intersection; and   wherein said pair of intersected feet of said base of said frame terminate in free ends.   
     
     
         5 . The rest of  claim 4 , wherein said base of said frame comprises corner leveling assemblies. 
     
     
         6 . The rest of  claim 5 , wherein said corner leveling assemblies of said base of said frame are disposed at said free ends of said pair of intersected feet of said base of said frame, respectively;
 wherein said corner leveling assemblies of said base of said frame are operated by locking knobs, respectively; and   wherein said corner leveling assemblies of said base of said frame are for assuring that said base of said frame is level on the support surface.   
     
     
         7 . The rest of  claim 4 , wherein said frame comprises a central threaded shaft. 
     
     
         8 . The rest of  claim 7 , wherein Said central threaded shaft of said frame threads vertically into said central internally threaded intersection of said pair of intersected feet of said base of said frame; and
 wherein said central threaded shaft of said frame extends up from said central internally threaded intersection of said pair of intersected feet of said base of said frame.   
     
     
         9 . The rest of  claim 7 , wherein said frame comprises a main yoke. 
     
     
         10 . The rest of  claim 9 , wherein said main yoke of said frame is generally U-shaped, and as such, has:
 a) a transverse piece; and   b) a pair of upright pieces.   
     
     
         11 . The rest of  claim 10 , wherein said transverse piece of said main yoke of said frame has a central through bore; and
 wherein said central through bore in said transverse piece of said main yoke of said frame rotatably and height adjustably receives said central threaded shaft of said frame so as to allow said main yoke of said frame to pivot 360° relative to said base of said frame and be at a desired elevation on said central threaded shaft of said frame.   
     
     
         12 . The rest of  claim 10 , wherein said pair of upright pieces of said main yoke of said frame have a pair of vertically aligned through bores, respectively. 
     
     
         13 . The rest of  claim 12 , wherein said frame comprises an adjustment plate. 
     
     
         14 . The rest of  claim 13 , wherein said adjustment plate of the frame is affixed to one upright piece of said main yoke of said frame. 
     
     
         15 . The rest of  claim 13 , wherein said first elevationally pivoting assembly is elevationally pivotably mounted to said pair of upright pieces of said main yoke of said frame via a pin in said pair of vertically aligned through bores in said pair of upright pieces of said main yoke of said frame. 
     
     
         16 . The rest of  claim 15 , wherein said first elevationally pivoting assembly comprises a pivot collar. 
     
     
         17 . The rest of  claim 16 , wherein said pivot collar of said first elevationally pivoting assembly extends pivotally from one upright piece of said main yoke of said frame pivotally to the other upright piece of said main yoke of said frame; and
 wherein said pivot collar of said first elevationally pivoting assembly communicates with said pin so as to allow said first elevationally pivoting assembly to pivot elevationally.   
     
     
         18 . The rest of  claim 16 , wherein said first elevationally pivoting assembly comprises a first pair of rods. 
     
     
         19 . The rest of  claim 18 , wherein said first pair of rods of said first elevationally pivoting assembly are spaced apart from each other;
 wherein said first pair of rods of said first elevationally pivoting assembly are parallel to each other; and   wherein said first pair of rods of said first elevationally pivoting assembly extend normally outwardly and fixedly from said pivot collar of said first elevationally pivoting assembly to free ends.   
     
     
         20 . The rest of  claim 18 , wherein said first elevationally pivoting assembly comprises a first vise assembly. 
     
     
         21 . The rest of  claim 20 , wherein said first vise assembly of said first elevationally pivoting assembly is for releaseably holding the stock or the forearm of the long gun; and
 wherein said first vise assembly of said first elevationally pivoting assembly moves axially along said first pair of rods of said first elevationally pivoting assembly.   
     
     
         22 . The rest of  claim 20 , wherein said first vise assembly of said first elevationally pivoting assembly comprises a first pair of vise face plates. 
     
     
         23 . The rest of  claim 22 , wherein said first pair of vise face plates of said first vise assembly of said first elevationally pivoting assembly move axially along said first pair of rods of said first elevationally pivoting assembly; and
 wherein said first pair of vise face plates of said first vise assembly of said first elevationally pivoting assembly are self-centering for releaseably holding the stock or the forearm of the long gun.   
     
     
         24 . The rest of  claim 22 , wherein said first vise assembly of said first elevationally pivoting assembly comprises a first pair of lock knobs. 
     
     
         25 . The rest of  claim 24 , wherein said first pair of lock knobs of said first vise assembly of said first elevationally pivoting assembly lock said first pair of vise face plates of said first vise assembly of said first elevationally pivoting assembly at a desired position along said first pair of rods of said first elevationally pivoting assembly. 
     
     
         26 . The rest of  claim 22 , wherein said first vise assembly of said first elevationally pivoting assembly comprises a first hand wheel. 
     
     
         27 . The rest of  claim 26 , wherein said first hand wheel of said first vise assembly of said first elevationally pivoting assembly is operatively connected to said first pair of vise face plates of said first vise assembly of said first elevationally pivoting assembly; and
 wherein said first hand wheel of said first vise assembly of said first elevationally pivoting assembly, when rotated, spaces said first pair of vise face plates of said first vise assembly of said first elevationally pivoting assembly from each other a desired amount for releaseably holding the stock or the forearm of the long gun.   
     
     
         28 . The rest of  claim 20 , wherein said first elevationally pivoting assembly comprises that portion of said adjustment plate of said frame extending from said one upright piece of said main yoke of said frame in a direction of said first vise assembly of said first elevationally pivoting assembly having:
 a) a first elevational adjustment curved through slot; and   b) a first plurality of elevational adjustment through bores that are disposed spaced from and in a pattern to mimic that of said elevational adjustment curved through slot in said adjustment plate of said frame.   
     
     
         29 . The rest of  claim 28 , wherein said first elevationally pivoting assembly comprises a first elevational locking knob. 
     
     
         30 . The rest of  claim 29 , wherein said first elevational locking knob of said first elevationally pivoting assembly is threadably connected to one first rod of said first elevationally pivoting assembly, by first passing through either said first elevational adjustment curved through slot in said adjustment plate of said frame when tight tolerance in positioning is needed for said first elevationally pivoting assembly or passing through a desired one first elevational adjustment through bore in said adjustment plate of said frame when tight tolerance in positioning is not needed for said first elevationally pivoting assembly, and then being tightened to lock said first elevationally pivoting assembly at a desired elevation by sandwiching said adjustment plate of said frame between said first elevational locking knob of said first elevationally pivoting assembly and said one first rod of said first elevationally pivoting assembly. 
     
     
         31 . The rest of  claim 15 , wherein said second elevationally pivoting assembly is elevationally pivotably mounted to said pair of upright pieces of said main yoke of said frame, oppositely from and coplanarly with said first elevationally pivoting assembly via said pin; and
 wherein said second elevationally pivoting assembly is pivotally independent from said first elevationally pivoting assembly.   
     
     
         32 . The rest of  claim 18 , wherein said second elevationally pivoting assembly comprises a second pivot collar. 
     
     
         33 . The rest of  claim 32 , wherein said second pivot collar of said second elevationally pivoting assembly extends pivotally from said one upright piece of said main yoke of said frame pivotally to said other upright piece of said main yoke of said frame; and
 wherein said second pivot collar of said second elevationally pivoting assembly communicates with said pin so as to allow said second elevationally pivoting assembly to pivot elevationally.   
     
     
         34 . The rest of  claim 32 , wherein said second elevationally pivoting assembly comprises a second pair of rods. 
     
     
         35 . The rest of  claim 34 , wherein said second pair of rods of said second elevationally pivoting assembly are spaced apart from each other;
 wherein said second pair of rods of said second elevationally pivoting assembly are parallel to each other; and   wherein said second pair of rods of said second elevationally pivoting assembly extend normally outwardly and fixedly from said second pivot collar of said second elevationally pivoting assembly to free ends, respectively, oppositely from said first pair of rods of said first elevationally pivoting assembly.   
     
     
         36 . The rest of  claim 34 , wherein said second elevationally pivoting assembly comprises a second vise assembly. 
     
     
         37 . The rest of  claim 36 , wherein said second vise assembly of said second elevationally pivoting assembly is for releaseably holding the other of the stock or the forearm of the long gun; and
 wherein said second vise assembly of said second elevationally pivoting assembly moves axially along said second pair of rods of said second elevationally pivoting assembly.   
     
     
         38 . The rest of  claim 36 , wherein said second vise assembly of said second elevationally pivoting assembly comprises a second pair of vise face plates. 
     
     
         39 . The rest of  claim 38 , wherein said second pair of vise face plates of said second vise assembly of said second elevationally pivoting assembly move axially along said second pair of rods of said second elevationally pivoting assembly; and
 wherein said second pair of vise face plates of said second vise assembly of said second elevationally pivoting assembly are self-centering for releaseably holding the other of the stock or the forearm of the long gun.   
     
     
         40 . The rest of  claim 38 , wherein said second vise assembly of said second elevationally pivoting assembly comprises a second pair of lock knobs. 
     
     
         41 . The rest of  claim 40 , wherein said second pair of lock knobs of said second vise assembly of said second elevationally pivoting assembly lock said second pair of vise face plates of said second vise assembly of said second elevationally pivoting assembly at a desired position along said second pair of rods of said second elevationally pivoting assembly. 
     
     
         42 . The rest of  claim 38 , wherein said second vise assembly of said second elevationally pivoting assembly comprises a second hand wheel. 
     
     
         43 . The rest of  claim 42 , wherein said second hand wheel of said second vise assembly of said second elevationally pivoting assembly is operatively connected to said second pair of vise face plates of said second vise assembly of said second elevationally pivoting assembly; and
 wherein said second hand wheel of said second vise assembly of said second elevationally pivoting assembly, when rotated, spaces said second pair of vise face plates of said second vise assembly of said second elevationally pivoting assembly from each other a desired amount for releaseably holding the other of the stock or the forearm of the long gun.   
     
     
         44 . The rest of  claim 13 , wherein said second elevationally pivoting assembly comprises that portion of said adjustment plate of said frame extending from said one upright piece of said main yoke of said frame in a direction of said second vise assembly of said second elevationally pivoting assembly having:
 a) a second elevational adjustment curved through slot; and   b) a second plurality of elevational adjustment through bores that are disposed spaced from and in a pattern to mimic that of said second elevational adjustment curved through slot in said adjustment plate of said frame.   
     
     
         45 . The rest of  claim 36 , wherein said second elevationally pivoting assembly comprises a second elevational locking knob. 
     
     
         46 . The rest of  claim 45 , wherein said second elevational locking knob of said second elevationally pivoting assembly is threadably connected to one second rod of said second elevationally pivoting assembly, by first passing through either said second elevational adjustment curved through slot in said adjustment plate of said frame when tight tolerance in positioning is needed for said second elevationally pivoting assembly or passing through a desired one second elevational adjustment through bore in said adjustment plate of said frame when tight tolerance in positioning is not needed for said second elevationally pivoting assembly, and then being tightened to lock said second elevationally pivoting assembly at a desired elevation by sandwiching said adjustment plate of said frame between said second elevational locking knob of said second elevationally pivoting assembly and said one second rod of said second elevationally pivoting assembly.