US 11,732,991 B2
Firearm bipod
Timothy Eric Roberts, Broomfield, CO (US); and Michael T. Mayberry, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to Magpul Industries Corp., Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Magpul Industries Corp., Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/811,791.
Application 16/811,791 is a continuation of application No. 16/215,106, filed on Dec. 10, 2018, granted, now 10,627,181.
Application 16/215,106 is a continuation of application No. 15/939,541, filed on Mar. 29, 2018, granted, now 10,168,119, issued on Jan. 1, 2019.
Application 15/939,541 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/851,681, filed on Dec. 21, 2017, granted, now 10,161,706, issued on Dec. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/438,590, filed on Dec. 23, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0217609 A1, Jul. 9, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F41A 23/10 (2006.01); F16M 11/20 (2006.01); A47B 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC F41A 23/10 (2013.01) [A47B 19/00 (2013.01); F16M 11/20 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bipod leg deployment assembly comprising:
a housing;
a leg assembly comprising two cutouts, and having a deployed and a stowed position, wherein each of the two cutouts is one of a conical or cylindrical cutout;
a leg deployment pivot axis around which the leg assembly rotates when moved from the deployed position to the stowed position, and wherein the two cutouts are proximal the leg deployment pivot axis; and
a bipod leg deployment lock shaped to engage with a first of the two cutouts when the leg assembly is in the deployed position and shaped to engage with a second of the two cutouts when the leg assembly is in the stowed position, wherein the bipod leg deployment lock is shaped to be backdriven when the leg assembly is in the stowed position, but not when the leg assembly is in the deployed position.