Handgun brace
A brace for stabilizing a handheld device such as a handgun against a user's forearm includes a vertically elongated body adapted to detachably engage a portion of the handheld device, and an arm pivotably connected to a portion of the body. The pivotable arm is selectably moveable between a stowed position wherein the arm is vertically aligned with the body, and a deployed position wherein the arm provides a surface against which a user's forearm is removably receivable to stabilize the handheld device when the body is engaged with the handheld device.
1. A brace for stabilizing a handheld device against a user's forearm, comprising:
an elongated body adapted to detachably engage a portion of the device; and
an arm pivotably connected to a lower end portion of the elongated body, the arm selectably moveable between a stowed position wherein an end portion of the arm distal to the lower end portion of the elongated body is at least partially received in the elongated body, and a deployed position wherein the arm provides a surface against which a user's forearm is removably receivable to stabilize the handheld device when the elongated body is engaged with the handheld device.
2. The brace of claim 1 , wherein the elongated body includes a body and a fixed arm.
3. The brace of claim 1 , wherein the arm is substantially adjacent the elongated body when the arm is in the stowed position.
4. The brace of claim 1 , wherein the arm is vertically parallel with a portion of the elongated body when the arm is in the stowed position.
5. The brace of claim 1 , wherein the arm extends outwardly from a side of the elongated body when the arm is in the deployed position.
6. The brace of claim 1 , wherein the arm is selectably moveable at least partially in a side direction away from the elongated body.
7. The brace of claim 1 , wherein the arm is selectably moveable through a plane substantially normal to an axis extending between a forward surface and a rearward surface of the elongated body.
8. The brace of claim 1 , wherein the elongated body includes a slot in which the arm is removably receivable when the arm is in the stowed position.
9. The brace of claim 8 , wherein the slot extends completely through the elongated body from a first side to a second side of the elongated body.
10. The brace of claim 8 , wherein the elongated body is adapted to releasably retain the arm in the stowed position when the arm is received in the slot.
11. The brace of claim 8 , further comprising:
a protrusion extending from an interior surface of the slot; and
a recess in which the protrusion is removably receivable defined in a portion of the arm to selectably secure the arm in the stowed position when the arm is received in the slot.
12. The brace of claim 1 , wherein:
the elongated body includes an elongated extension portion extending from a forward surface of the elongated body; and
the extension portion is adapted to detachably engage a portion of the device.
13. The brace of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the elongated body is configured to receive a portion of the handheld device at least partially therethrough.
14. The brace of claim 1 , wherein the elongated body includes a passage in which a portion of the handheld device is telescopically receivable to attach the brace to the handheld device, the passage extending through at least a portion of the elongated body from a forward end of the elongated body toward a rearward end of the elongated body.
15. The brace of claim 1 , wherein the elongated body comprises a selectably releasable clamping member operable to releasably engage a portion of the handheld device to attach the brace to the handheld device.
16. The brace of claim 1 , wherein the handheld device is a firearm.
17. A firearm, comprising:
a rear end portion; and
a brace for stabilizing the firearm against a user's forearm, the brace comprising:
an elongated body adapted to detachably engage the rear end portion of the firearm, and
an arm pivotably connected to a lower end portion of the elongated body, the arm selectively moveable between a stowed position wherein an end portion of the arm distal to the lower end portion of the elongated body is at least partially received in the elongated body, and a deployed position wherein the arm provides a surface against which a user's forearm is removably receivable to stabilize the firearm when the elongated body is engaged with the rear end portion of the firearm.
18. A brace for stabilizing a handheld device against a user's forearm, comprising:
an elongated body adapted to detachably engage a portion of the device;
a slot defined in the elongated body; and
an arm pivotably connected to the elongated body, the arm selectably moveable between a stowed position wherein a portion of the arm is received in the slot, and a deployed position wherein the arm provides a surface against which a user's forearm is removably receivable to stabilize the handheld device when the body is engaged with the handheld device.
19. The brace of claim 18 , wherein the arm does not extend out of the slot beyond an exterior surface of the elongated body when the arm is in the stowed position.
20. The brace of claim 18 , wherein the arm is vertically aligned with the elongated body when the arm is in the stowed position.