Adjustable bipod
AssigneeAccu-Tac LLC
InventorFelipe Salazar
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Abstract
A firearm support includes a housing, two or more legs, a column, a firearm mount, and a remote actuator. The housing including a first hydraulic cylinder. The two or more legs are pivotally coupled to and extending from the housing. The column resides at least partially within the first hydraulic cylinder. The firearm mount supports a firearm and is attached to a distal end of the column opposite the first hydraulic cylinder. The remote actuator is fluidly coupled to the first hydraulic cylinder through a hydraulic hose. The remote actuator adjusts a height of the column by moving hydraulic fluid through the hydraulic hose in response to rotation of a height adjustment knob on the remote actuator.
Claims20
A firearm support, comprising:
- a housing comprising a first hydraulic cylinder;
- two or more legs pivotally coupled to and extending from the housing;
- a column disposed at least partially within the first hydraulic cylinder;
- a firearm mount configured to support a firearm and attached to a distal end of the column opposite the first hydraulic cylinder;
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- a remote actuator fluidly coupled to the first hydraulic cylinder through a hydraulic hose, where the remote actuator is configured to adjust a height of the column by moving hydraulic fluid through the hydraulic hose in response to rotation of a height adjustment knob on the remote actuator.
A firearm support, comprising:
- a linear actuator comprising a cylinder and a rod configured to extend and retract with respect to the cylinder;
- a firearm mount coupled to an end of the rod and configured to support a firearm;
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- a remote actuator configured to extend or retract the rod of the linear actuator by moving hydraulic fluid through a hose connected between the cylinder of the linear actuator and the remote actuator in response to an operator input, thereby changing an elevation of the firearm supported on the firearm mount.
A method of adjusting a firearm, the method comprising:
- mounting the firearm on a firearm mount of a bipod assembly, the bipod assembly comprising:
- a linear actuator comprising a hydraulic cylinder and a rod configured to extend and retract with respect to the hydraulic cylinder, the firearm mount attached to an end of the rod and configured to support the firearm;
- two or more legs coupled to and extending from the linear actuator;
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- a remote actuator fluidly coupled to the hydraulic cylinder through a hose and operable to move hydraulic fluid through the hose;
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- actuating the linear actuator by operating the remote actuator, causing the hydraulic fluid to move through the hose and thereby extending or retracting the rod, changing an elevation of the firearm supported on the firearm mount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.