Cleaning, maintenance, and servicing rest for accommodating both a pistol and a revolver non-simultaneously

Abstract

A cleaning, maintenance, and servicing rest for accommodating either a pistol or a revolver. The rest includes a frame, a head, and an apparatus that accommodates and replaceably attaches either the pistol or the revolver to the head. The frame rests on a support surface. The head is swively and pivotally attached to the frame so as to allow the head to swivel horizontally and pivot vertically relative to the frame so as to allow either the pistol or the revolver to swivel horizontally and pivot vertically relative to the frame, by virtue of the attaching apparatus, when being cleaned, maintained, or serviced.

1 . A cleaning, maintenance, and servicing rest for accommodating either a pistol or a revolver, comprising:
 a) a frame;   b) a head; and   c) means for accommodating and replaceably attaching either the pistol or the revolver to said head;   wherein said frame is for resting on a support surface; and   wherein said head is swively and pivotally attached to said frame so as to allow said head to swivel horizontally and pivot vertically relative to said frame so as to allow either the pistol or the revolver to swivel horizontally and pivot vertically relative to said frame, by virtue of said means, when being cleaned, maintained, or serviced.   
     
     
         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; and
 wherein said pair of intersected feet of said base of said frame cross each other to form a generally X-configuration for stability.   
     
     
         5 . The rest of  claim 3 , wherein said pair of intersected feet of said base of said frame have a central internally threaded intersection. 
     
     
         6 . The rest of  claim 4 , wherein said base of said frame comprises corner leveling assemblies; 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 6 , wherein said pair of intersected feet of said base of said frame terminate in free ends; and
 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.   
     
     
         8 . The rest of  claim 6 , wherein said corner leveling assemblies of said base of said frame are operated by locking knobs, respectively. 
     
     
         9 . The rest of  claim 5 , wherein said frame comprises a central threaded shaft. 
     
     
         10 . The rest of  claim 9 , 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.   
     
     
         11 . The rest of  claim 9 , wherein said head comprises:
 a) a lower yoke; and   b) an upper yoke.   
     
     
         12 . The rest of  claim 11 , wherein said lower yoke of said head is swively attached to said central threaded shaft of said frame so as to allow said head to swivel horizontally so as to allow either the pistol or the revolver to swivel horizontally relative to said frame, by virtue of said means, when being cleaned, maintained, or serviced. 
     
     
         13 . The rest of  claim 11 , wherein said upper yoke of said head is pivotably attached to said lower yoke of said head so as to allow said head to pivot vertically relative to said frame so as to allow either the pistol or the revolver to pivot vertically relative to said frame, by virtue of said means, when being cleaned, maintained, or serviced. 
     
     
         14 . The rest of  claim 11 , wherein said lower yoke of said head is generally U-shaped, and as such, has:
 a) a transverse piece; and   b) a pair of upright pieces.   
     
     
         15 . The rest of  claim 14 , wherein said transverse piece of said lower yoke of said head has a boss; and
 wherein said boss of said transverse piece of said lower yoke of said head defines a central through bore.   
     
     
         16 . The rest of  claim 15 , wherein said central through bore in said transverse piece of said lower yoke of said head rotatably and height adjustably receives said central threaded shaft of said frame so as to allow said lower yoke of said head to swivel 360° relative to said base of said frame and be at a desired elevation on said central threaded shaft of said frame. 
     
     
         17 . The rest of  claim 14 , wherein said pair of upright pieces of said lower yoke of said head have a pair of horizontally aligned threaded through bores, respectively. 
     
     
         18 . The rest of  claim 15 , wherein said boss of said transverse piece of said lower yoke of said head has a threaded through bore extending horizontally therethrough. 
     
     
         19 . The rest of  claim 15 , wherein said lower yoke of said head has a pair of swivel locking knobs. 
     
     
         20 . The rest of  claim 19 , wherein said pair of swivel locking knobs of said lower yoke of said head pass threadably into said threaded through bore in said boss of said transverse piece of said lower yoke of said head, from opposite sides of said boss of said transverse piece of said lower yoke of said head, and when tightened against said central threaded shaft of said frame, maintains said head in a desired horizontal position, which in turn maintains either the pistol or the revolver in the desired horizontal position by virtue of said means. 
     
     
         21 . The rest of  claim 17 , wherein said upper yoke of said head is generally U-shaped, and as such, has:
 a) a transverse piece; and   b) a pair of upright pieces.   
     
     
         22 . The rest of  claim 21 , wherein said transverse piece of said upper yoke of said head has a central through bore; and
 wherein said central through bore in said transverse piece of said upper yoke of said head interchangeably receives said means.   
     
     
         23 . The rest of  claim 21 , wherein said pair of upright pieces of said upper yoke of said head have a pair of horizontally aligned through bores, respectively. 
     
     
         24 . The rest of  claim 23 , wherein said pair of horizontally aligned through bores in said pair of upright pieces of said upper yoke of said head, respectively, align with said pair of horizontally aligned threaded through bores in said pair of upright pieces of said lower yoke of said head, respectively. 
     
     
         25 . The rest of  claim 23 , wherein said upper yoke of said head has a pair of pivot locking knobs. 
     
     
         26 . The rest of  claim 25 , wherein said pair of pivot locking knobs of said upper yoke of said head pass freely into said pair of horizontally aligned through bores in said pair of upright pieces of said upper yoke of said head, respectively, and threadably into said pair of horizontally aligned threaded through bores in said pair of upright pieces of said lower yoke of said head, respectively, to function as pivots of the upper yoke of said head, and when tightened, maintains said upper yoke of said head in a desired vertical pivotable position, which in turn maintains either the pistol or the revolver in the desired vertical pivotable position by virtue of said means. 
     
     
         27 . The rest of  claim 22 , wherein said means includes a mandrel. 
     
     
         28 . The rest of  claim 27 , wherein said mandrel of said means has a body;
 wherein said body of said mandrel of said means is interchangeably attached to said upper yoke of said head; and   wherein said body of said mandrel of said means is sized and shaped for replaceable and snug insertion into the magazine cavity in the handle of the pistol once the magazine has been removed therefrom, so in essence, mimics the general configuration of the magazine.   
     
     
         29 . The rest of  claim 28 , wherein said body of said mandrel of said means is interchangeably attached to said upper yoke of said head by a threaded stem. 
     
     
         30 . The rest of  claim 29 , wherein said threaded stem of said mandrel of said means depends from said body of said mandrel of said means, enters freely and downwardly into said central through bore in said transverse piece of said upper yoke of said head, and then threadably into a threaded locking knob, which when tightened, maintains said mandrel of said means on said head. 
     
     
         31 . The rest of  claim 27 , wherein said mandrel of said means is a plurality of interchangeable mandrels so as to have a mandrel of said means that is sized and shaped to match each specific magazine cavity in the handle of the pistol once the magazine has been removed therefrom so as to assure a snug fit. 
     
     
         32 . The rest of  claim 28 , wherein said mandrel of said means includes screws;
 wherein said screws of said mandrel of said means threadably engage in said body of said mandrel of said means; and   wherein said screws on a closest fitting mandrel of said means are extended to increase the width of said closest fitting mandrel of said means until a snug fit of said closest fitting mandrel of said means in the magazine cavity in the handle of the pistol is achieved, if none of said plurality of mandrels of said means provides a snug fit.   
     
     
         33 . The rest of  claim 22 , wherein said means includes a vise assembly; and
 wherein said vise assembly of said means is for releaseably holding the barrel/handle of the revolver.   
     
     
         34 . The rest of  claim 33 , wherein said vise assembly of said means has a body; and
 wherein said body of said vise assembly of said means is interchangeably attached to said upper yoke of said head by a threaded stem.   
     
     
         35 . The rest of  claim 34 , wherein said threaded stem of said vise assembly of said means depends from said body of said vise assembly of said means, enters freely and downwardly into said central through bore in said transverse piece of said upper yoke of said head, and then threadably into a threaded locking knob, which when tightened, maintains said vise assembly of said means on said head. 
     
     
         36 . The rest of  claim 34 , wherein said vise assembly of said means comprises a pair of jaws. 
     
     
         37 . The rest of  claim 36 , wherein said pair of jaws of said vise assembly of said means extend upwardly from, and move laterally along, said body of said vise assembly of said means; and
 wherein said pair of jaws of said vise assembly of said means are self-centering for releaseably holding the barrel/handle of the revolver.   
     
     
         38 . The rest of  claim 36 , wherein said vise assembly of said means comprises a hand wheel. 
     
     
         39 . The rest of  claim 38 , wherein said hand wheel of said vise assembly of said means is operatively connected to said pair of jaws of said vise assembly of said means, and when rotated, spaces said pair of jaws of said vise assembly of said means from each other a desired amount for releaseably holding the barrel/handle of the revolver.