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US 7,401,431 B2Granted
Trigger actuated stabilization device
AssigneeOutback Concepts, LLC
InventorsRodney W. Pierce, Michael R. Fox
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method for a trigger actuated stabilization device are disclosed herein.
Claims16
An apparatus comprising:
- a mount adapted to be coupled to a firearm;
- a stabilization device adapted to be coupled to the mount and disposed in a first position relative to the mount, the stabilization device having a first leg, a cavity, with a seat spring and center pin disposed therein, and a trigger that, when actuated, allows the stabilization device to transition from the first position to a second position relative to the mount;
- the center pin coupled to the trigger and adapted to cooperate with the seat spring to engage the mount in a manner to secure the stabilization device in a selected one of the first position or the second position;
- wherein the stabilization device further includes a second leg;
- and further wherein a head unit is coupled to the first leg and the second leg through a first leg top and a second leg top, respectively, and the stabilization device further includes a connecting link adapted to couple the first leg top and the second leg top to the head unit;
- and wherein the stabilization device further includes:
- a first cam pivotally coupled to the connecting link and statically coupled to the first leg top;
- a second cam pivotally coupled to the connecting link and statically coupled to the second leg top;
- and
- the trigger being designed to engage the first and second cams in a manner to facilitate the first and second legs being secured in either the first or the second positions.
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A system comprising:
- a firearm;
- a mount coupled to the firearm;
- and
- a stabilization device adapted to be coupled to the mount and having a first legs a second leg, and a trigger that, when actuated, allows the stabilization device to transition from a first position to a second position:
- the first position having a first relative positioning between the stabilization device and the mount and a second relative positioning between the first leg and the second leg, and the second position having a third relative positioning between the stabilization device and the mount and a fourth relative positioning between the first leg and the second leg;
- wherein the stabilization device further includes:
- a head unit coupled to the first and second legs;
- and
- a pull-pin adapted to couple the head unit to the mount in a manner to facilitate the transition from the first position to the second position
- and further wherein the head unit includes:
- a cavity having a seat spring and a center pin disposed therein;
- and
- the center pin coupled to the trigger and adapted to cooperate with the seat spring to engage the mount in a manner to secure the stabilization device in a selected one of the first position or the second position
- and further wherein the mount has a first recess and a second recess and the center-pin is adapted to cooperate with the seat spring to engage the mount by being at least partially disposed within the first recess while the stabilization device is disposed in the first position and the second recess while the stabilization device is disposed in the second position.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a mount adapted to be coupled to a firearm;
- and
- a stabilization device coupled to the mount and having a first leg, a second leg, and a trigger that, when actuated, allows the stabilization device to transition from a first position to a second position;
- the first position having a first relative positioning between the stabilization device and the mount and a second relative positioning between the first leg and the second leg, and the second position having a third relative positioning between the stabilization device and the mount and a fourth relative positioning between the first leg and the second leg;
- and wherein the stabilization device further comprises:
- a first cam statically coupled to the first leg;
- and
- a second cam statically coupled to the second leg, the first and second cams adapted to engage the trigger in a manner to secure the first leg and the second leg in a selected one of the second relative positioning or the fourth relative positioning.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.