Rifle Bipod Adapter With Spring Clamp and Adjustable Travel
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing bipods often compromise on stability, adjustability, ease of use, robustness, versatility, and safety while maintaining affordability, failing to meet the diverse needs of competitive and recreational shooting, hunting, and harsh field conditions.
Innovation Solution
A modular bipod design featuring a detachable leg arrangement with a mushroom-shaped leg part attachment means, adjustable leg fastening, and a reversible interface connection adapter with a spring mechanism and freedom of movement adjustment, allowing quick and secure attachment to rifles using a mechanical connection interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional bipod design is used, then manufacturing cost is reduced, but stability and adjustability are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The bipod is divided into modular components including a body, detachable legs with attachment means, and a fastening arrangement. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently for stability while using standardized manufacturing processes that control costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The bipod incorporates adjustable features including telescopic legs for height adjustment and a fastening arrangement that allows angle adjustment. These dynamic capabilities enhance stability and adaptability without requiring complex mechanisms that would increase manufacturing cost excessively.
2Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable features are added to the bipod, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The bipod includes telescopic legs with adjustment mechanisms and a fastening arrangement that allows angular adjustment. These dynamic features provide adaptability for different shooting positions and conditions while using relatively simple mechanical structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The fastening arrangement serves multiple functions: it secures the legs to the body, allows angle adjustment, and provides a locking mechanism. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, thereby limiting complexity while maintaining versatility.
3Reliability
If a robust design is implemented, then reliability in harsh conditions is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The detachable leg design with standardized attachment means allows the bipod to be quickly assembled and disassembled. This segmentation enables robust construction while maintaining ease of operation for deployment and storage.
Solution Approach 2:
The fastening arrangement is designed to be operable by a single hand, allowing the user to quickly adjust and secure the legs without requiring two hands or complex tools. This self-service capability maintains ease of operation while ensuring robust fastening.
4Reliability
If safety features are added to the bipod, then user safety is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The fastening arrangement includes a self-locking mechanism that automatically secures the legs in the adjusted position without requiring additional locking components or complex safety systems. This provides safety through simple, reliable mechanical design.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The bipod provides stable, finely adjustable, and robust support for rifles, ensuring ease of use with single-handed operation, flexibility across various situations, and safety without excessive complexity, while allowing for cost-effective manufacturing.
Implementation Method 1
the interface connection adapter arrangement further comprises a spring means, arranged to press the first part and the second part together along said movement dimension, and as a result the first rifle fastener into engagement with the rifle
Data Source
AI summary
Interface connection adapter arrangement (300) for a bipod (1) for a rifle (2), wherein said arrangement further comprises a first part (310) and a second part (320), being trans-latable in relation to each other, the arrangement comprising a rifle fastener (331), in turn comprising cooperating fastener means both on said first part and on said second part; said rifle fastener being arranged to be activated for fastening the arrangement to the rifle by translating said first part in relation to said second part into a gripping position; and wherein the arrangement is arranged to be connected to two leg parts. The invention is characterised in that the arrangement further comprises a spring means (350), arranged to press the first part and the second part together; and a freedom of movement adjustment means (360), arranged to adjustably limit a freedom of translational movement of said first part in relation to said second part away from each other. The invention also relates to a method.