A rifle and a forestock for a rifle with bipod
AssigneeSteadystock NZ Limited
InventorGary Stewart Eccleshall
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Abstract
The invention relates to a rifle comprising a barrel, a stock, a bipod and bipod housing formed within the stock of the rifle and in which one or more legs of the bipod may be housed when the bipod is in a storage position. The forestock may comprise a body and a tip. The tip may be configured to support one or more legs of the bipod and may also be configured to hinge away from the body to cause the legs to project toward a supporting surface when the bipod is in an operational position.
Claims19
A forestock for use in a rifle, wherein the forestock comprises a body and a tip, wherein the tip is configured to hinge downwardly from the forestock body, and wherein the forestock further comprises:
- a bipod housing comprising at least one bore that extends through the tip and into the body of the stock, and
- a bipod comprising at least one leg configured to slide back and forth within the bipod housing between a stored position, in which the leg is substantially held within the housing, and an extended position, in which the leg is substantially retracted from the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.