Patent ID: 8341865

Claim:
A handgrip apparatus for a firearm, comprising: an elongated housing having a longitudinal axis and defining a handgrip surface and forming an enclosure, the housing a having an upper end and a lower end having a flat contiguous bottom with an opening; a mount for attaching the upper end of the elongated housing to a firearm having a barrel, the mount for orienting the elongated housing substantially vertical to and perpendicular to a barrel of the firearm, the mount having a first horizontal clamp rail and an opposite facing second horizontal clamp rail that form a longitudinal cavity therebetween; the first and the second clamp rail for clamping about picatinny rails underneath of a firearm; a bipod having pivotable legs that form a generally upside down triangular configuration, the legs having an elongated portions and enlarged bottom ends, the bipod having a retracted position with the elongated portions of the legs and portions of the enlarged bottom end inside of the housing with other portions of the enlarged bottom ends of the legs extending beneath the flat contiguous bottom of the lower end of the housing, wherein the bipod is usable as a bipod support for the firearm.