Bipod assembly with terrain-gripping end effecters
AssigneeKeng's Firearms Specialty, Inc.
InventorsDa Keng, Maciej Matuszczak
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Abstract
A bipod comprises first and second tubular, spring-loaded telescopically extendable legs terminating distally in substantially triangular, claw-like end effectors. Each end effecter includes a substantially planar central segment having an upper surface defining a polygon resembling a truncated triangle with the first, second and third corners projecting downwardly at an acute angle. The first second and third downwardly projecting corner segments define substantially planar, triangular claw members, and so form a cup-shaped three pointed claw ideally well suited to grasp but not sink into any terrain surface.
Claims20
A bipod assembly comprising:
- (a) a clamp body carrying first and second bipod legs, said first and second bipod legs having a proximal end hingedly attached to said clamp body;
- (b) said first and second bipod legs each having a distal end opposing said proximal end, wherein said distal end carries an end effecter;
- (c) said end effecter comprising a central substantially planar segment from which depend first, second and third radially spaced triangular claw members;
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- (d) wherein said first, second and third claw members define peripheral wall segments depending from said central segment at a selected angle less than ninety degrees from horizontal, when said central segment is in a substantially horizontal orientation, to define a cup-shaped three pointed surface engaging support well suited to grasp but not sink into a terrain surface.
A portable support structure such as a mono-pod, bipod or tripod adapted for to be carried and used to support a firearm or other instrument in the field, comprising
- (a) at least one elongate support having a proximal end adapted to be attached to the instrument and a distal end carrying an end effecter;
- (b) said end effecter comprising a central segment having a periphery from which depend at least first and second radially spaced downwardly projecting ground engaging members;
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- (d) wherein said first and second ground engaging members define peripheral wall segments depending from said central segment at a selected angle less than ninety degrees from horizontal, when said central segment is in a substantially horizontal orientation, to define a cup-shaped ground compacting support being well suited to grasp but not sink into the ground's surface.
An end effecter adapted to be carried upon and support the distal, ground or surface engaging end of a portable support, comprising:
- (a) a central segment connected to the portable support and having a periphery from which depend at least first and second radially spaced downwardly projecting ground engaging members;
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- (b) wherein said first and second ground engaging members define peripheral wall segments depending from said central segment at a selected angle less than ninety degrees from horizontal, when said central segment is in a substantially horizontal orientation, to define a cup-shaped ground compacting support being well suited to grasp but not sink into the ground's surface.
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