Micro adjustable shooters' tripod

Claim 1

A tripod device for rifle and pistol shooters, comprising a main body, a threaded rack shaft carried by said main body for elevating a fire arm rest member, securement means for said rest member to said threaded shaft, a plurality of tubular leg members carried by said main body providing support means for said device, a horizontal and grooved shaft carried by said main body with knob means for adjusting the elevation of said device, detent means carried by said main body for providing positive quick adjustment for the elevation desired, tubular extension legs carried by said device for raising the main body of said device and the other components thereof, said threaded and elevating rack shaft carrying said rest member being slidably received through a central bore in said main body, said rest member being of V-shaped configuration and being padded to prevent damage to a fire arm supported therein, said rest member having a shank secured by oppositely opposed screws carried through said shank, said screws riding in screw thread grooves of said threaded rack shaft which elevates said attached rest member, ball means carried within a bore of said shank resting upon the upper extremity of said rack shaft carrying said rest member and allowing swiveling thereof, said threads of said rack shaft within said central bore of said main body engaging with grooves of a short horizontal shaft, said short horizontal shaft having knurled knob means on each end for rotating said horizontal shaft in order to obtain the desired elevation of said rest member, higher elevations of said rest member being accomplished by the placement of said tubular extension legs onto said legs of said main body, said tubular extension legs being telescopically received upon said tubular legs of said main body, and said tubular legs of said main body having pin means for pivoting said tubular legs upon the lower assembly of said main body of said device.