Patent ID: 11867473
Assignee: MAGPUL INDUSTRIES CORP.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  A | IPC A  F

Claim 0:
1. A method of operating bipod legs, the method comprising:
holding one of the bipod legs in a deployed position via contact of a leg release button within a first cutout in the one of the bipod legs;
depressing the leg release button sufficiently to allow the one of the bipod legs to clear the leg release button;
rotating the one of the bipod legs to a stowed position such that the leg release button re-engages with a second cutout in the one of the bipod legs and holds the one of the bipod legs in the stowed position;
applying a first torque, less than an unlocking threshold, to the one of the bipod legs such that the leg release button prevents rotation of the one of the bipod legs;
applying a second torque, at least equal to the unlocking threshold, to the one of the bipod legs, wherein applying the second torque backdrives the leg release button; and
rotating the one of the bipod legs toward the deployed position;
wherein the leg release button directly contacts the one of the bipod legs when the one of the bipod legs is in the deployed position and the leg release button is in a locked state, and wherein the leg release button does not contact the one of the bipod legs when depressed to an unlocked state.