Patent ID: 8869442

Claim:
A vertical handgrip apparatus, comprising: a single vertically oriented elongated housing having a single longitudinal axis and defining a handgrip surface and forming an enclosure, the housing a having an upper end and a lower end with an opening; a mount for attaching the upper end of the single vertically oriented elongated housing to a horizontally oriented structure so that the single longitudinal axis of the single vertically oriented elongated housing extends downward perpendicular to the horizontally oriented structure; a bipod having an upper end, and legs having an expanded position that form a generally upside down triangular configuration, the bipod having a retracted position with the upper end and substantially all of the legs being inserted into the opening of the lower end of the elongated housing, wherein the bipod in the expanded position is usable as a bipod support for the structure; and a switch on the handgrip apparatus for causing the bipod to move from the retracted position to the expanded position.