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US 12,565,961 B2Granted
Quick release bipod adapter plate
AssigneeMagpul Industries Corp.
InventorsLibardo Jimenez, Timothy Eric Roberts
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Abstract
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for a quick-release adapter between two tripod/bipod/monopod interfaces, wherein a clamping side of the adapter is configured to clamp onto two different types of interfaces or rails such as Arca and Picatinny/Weaver/NATO.
Claims16
An apparatus for selectively engaging a mount, said apparatus comprising:
- a proximal wing comprising a first angled face;
- a distal wing comprising a second angled face;
- a body arranged between the proximal and distal wings;
- a threaded rod extending between the proximal and distal wings and through the body;
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- at least one first dowel extending between the proximal wing and the body and at least one second dowel extending between the distal wing and the body,
- wherein the first and second angled faces are angled from a vertical plane toward the body, and wherein the proximal and distal wings are configured to slide toward each other such that the first and second angled faces clamp the mount to the body,
- wherein an upper surface of the body is configured to support a lower surface of the mount, and
- wherein the angled faces of the wings are configured to clamp angled faces of the mount by rotation of the threaded rod and movement of the wings toward each other.
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A quick-release adapter for coupling a support to a photographic or firearm mount, the quick-release adapter comprising:
- a proximal wing comprising an angled face;
- a distal wing comprising an angled face;
- a body arranged between the proximal and distal wings, wherein an upper surface of the body is configured to support a lower surface of the mount;
- and
- a threaded rod extending between threaded apertures in the proximal and distal wings and through a non-threaded aperture in the body,
- wherein the proximal wing and the distal wing move toward each other in response to the threaded rod rotating in a first direction,
- wherein the angled faces of the wings are configured to clamp angled faces of the mount by rotation of the threaded rod and movement of the wings toward each other, and
- wherein the proximal wing and the distal wing are configured to force the mount to the body in response to the proximal wing and the distal wing moving toward each other.
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A method of coupling to a mount, the method comprising:
- rotating a threaded rod of an adapter in a first direction thereby causing two opposing wings of the adapter to move apart with a body arranged therebetween, wherein the body is arranged between the two opposing wings, and wherein the threaded rod extends between threaded apertures in the two opposing wings and through a non-threaded aperture in the body;
- arranging a lower surface of the mount in contact with an upper surface of the body between angled faces of the two opposing wings;
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- rotating the threaded rod in a second direction thereby causing the two opposing wings of the adapter to move toward each other and clamp angled faces of the mount between the angled faces of the two opposing wings, which clamps the mount to the body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.