Rotatable Bipod Mounting Body for Uneven Terrain
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional bipods lack the ability to accommodate uneven surfaces, making it difficult for shooters to maintain a preferred shooting position when bipod legs encounter obstructions or depressions.
Innovation Solution
A bipod design that allows the firearm to be rotated about an axis parallel to its longitudinal axis, enabling the shooter to reposition the firearm on uneven surfaces by using a mounting body assembly with rotatable legs and a leg positioning mechanism that secures the legs in discrete positions, preventing excessive rotation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the bipod legs are pre-set for a level shooting surface, then the bipod provides a stable platform for accurate shots, but the bipod cannot accommodate uneven surfaces or obstructions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the firearm mounting body rotatable relative to the bipod legs. The mounting body can rotate about a longitudinal axis, allowing the firearm to be repositioned angularly when legs encounter obstructions. This dynamic adjustment capability enables the system to adapt to uneven surfaces while maintaining stable support, resolving the contradiction between providing a stable platform and accommodating variable terrain conditions.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the bipod structure is made rigid and fixed, then the bipod maintains structural stability, but the bipod cannot be repositioned or reconfigured on uneven surfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces rotational movement between the mounting body and bipod legs, transforming the rigid fixed structure into a dynamically adjustable system. The mounting body can rotate independently while maintaining structural integrity, providing both stability during shooting and ease of repositioning when needed. This resolves the contradiction by allowing the structure to be stable when required and reconfigurable when terrain conditions change.
3Reliability
If the bipod legs are fixed in position, then the bipod provides consistent support, but the shooter cannot adjust the firearm position when legs rest on obstructions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the mounting body to rotate relative to the bipod legs, allowing the firearm to be repositioned angularly without moving the legs themselves. This maintains consistent support from the legs while providing the adaptability needed to adjust firearm position when legs rest on obstructions, resolving the contradiction between support consistency and repositioning capability.
Data Source
AI summary
A bipod kit for a firearm has a bipod leg mounting body and a firearm structural component. The bipod leg mounting body has a substantially round central passage defining an interior side surface thereof and has two leg mounting structures on an exterior side surface thereof generally opposite the interior side surface. The firearm structural component can be mounted on the firearm at an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) mounting structure thereof. The firearm structural component includes a bipod mounting portion integral therewith. The bipod mounting portion is cylindrical and is rotatably mounted within the central passage of the bipod leg mounting body. The bipod mounting portion is configured such that a barrel of the firearm extends through a central passage thereof when the firearm structural component is mounted on the firearm at the OEM mounting structure thereof.