ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,709, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Scandinavian Arms AB (Bromma, Sweden).
"Bipod" was invented by Oscar Gyllenhammar (Djursholm, Sweden) and Mikael Hagejard (Undenas, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Detachable leg arrangement (100) for a bipod (1) for a rifle (2), comprising a leg part (110), having an axial direction (111), a distal end (112) and a proximal end (113) comprising a first threaded engagement means (114); and a leg part attachment means (120), comprising a second threaded engagement means (121), the first engagement means being arranged to engage with the second engagement means, allowing the leg part attachm...