1. Field of Invention
A trailer mounted shooting bench, storage container and target apparatus provides a portable shooting station, which can be transported to a remote location appropriate for target shooting or hunting, and provides the target attaching to the trailer mounted shooting bench during transport with the target being detached and deployed in a desired location with the trailer mounted shooting bench moved to a separate location, the shooting bench made stationary for targeting and shooting at the target, or used for any general shooting purpose. The shooting bench provides various storage for shooting paraphernalia with an array of options provided for sport shooting or hunting purposes.
2. Description of Prior Art
A preliminary review of prior art patents was conducted by the applicant which reveal prior art patents in a similar field or having similar use. However, the prior art inventions do not disclose the same or similar elements as the present portable shooting bench and target, nor do they present the material components in a manner contemplated or anticipated in the prior art.
Portable shooting benches found in prior art reveal several portable shooting devices which provide a stable surface from which to shoot. In U.S. Pat. No. 5,284,280 to Stonebraker, Sr., a backpack shooting table is disclosed which provides a four legged backpack frame component with independent adjustable legs, a stable horizontal platform upon the frame with an adjustable gun rest. A collapsible and portable gun table with four adjustable and collapsible legs is demonstrated in U.S. Pat. No. 5,697,180 to Morizio, which is approximately the size of a card table. This table also provides an adjustable gun rest, drawers, transport wheels and can be used as a table or an angled upright support. A portable shooting bench assembly is further disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,549,247 to Reese, which provides an adjustable gun rest and a bench seat for seated shooting, the assembly being presented with a wheelbarrow-type frame with two handles near the set for picking up the seat end and a large single wheel near the gun rest end for rolling the assembly. It too has adjustable legs and further provides for seat adjustment for a left handed or right handed shooter.
Several other shooting related devices are presented in prior art that incorporate into a rear vehicle trailer hitch. In U.S. Pat. No. 6,684,550 to Highfill, a clay target thrower is mounted to an arm that extends up and away from a receiver hitch. A seat attached to a horizontal arm having a single adjustable jack and an end defining an adjustable height table top, as shown in U.S. Pat. No. 6,269,578 to Callegari, is connected into a receiver hitch. A near identical receiver hitch mounted device is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,935,064 to Thompson, except it has a seat that swivels from one side to another and a table top which may be presented for a left handed shooter or a right handed shooter. A free standing shooting table with several horizontally presented surfaces for elbow rests, gun stock rests and other swivel mounted items, including a lower seat, having independent collapsible legs for support, with this device being transported in a receiver hitch when collapsed and partial disassembled. In U.S. Pat. No. 7,536,820 to Wade, a receiver hitch mounted shooting rest is shown with multiple adjustments for height and distance from the tailgate are provided, while U.S. Pat. No. D628,405 to Pippin merely shows a design patent for a receiver hitch mounted shooting table with a vertical height adjustment and foot rest pegs.