ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,209, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Magpul Industries Corp. (Austin, Texas).
"Firearm bipod" was invented by Timothy Eric Roberts (Broomfield, Colo.) and Michael T. Mayberry (Denver).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for a bipod having pivot and cant functionality built into a unified cant/pivot assembly, housing, and pivot block. Rotation of a locking knob under the housing can gradually increase or decrease friction of the cant and pivoting degrees of freedom. Sufficient loosening of the locking knob can allow a pivot block to be lifted from the housing and rotated 180deg,...