Patent ID: 8156676

Claim:
A rear firearm grip with deployable monopod, comprising: an elongated grip handle having an upper end and a lower end and a channel opening through the handle; a mount member for attaching the upper end of the grip handle as a rear pistol grip on a firearm; a telescoping assembly inside of the handle having a retracted position with the telescoping assembly within the handle, and an extended position with the telescoping assembly extended from underneath the lower end of the handle forming a monopod; a switch on the handle for automatically moving the telescoping assembly from the retracted position to the extended position; at least one spring member for causing the telescoping assembly to rapidly move from the retracted position to the extended position when the switch is activated; and height adjustment members in the telescoping assembly for selecting different extendable heights of the monopod, wherein the height adjustment members includes: a vertical column of slots along a surface of a cylinder in the telescoping assembly, and a tab for locking into a selected slot which allows for the selecting of different extendable heights of the monopod, wherein the telescoping cylinder includes: a first cylinder having the vertical row of the slots along a surface portion, a first spring for extending the first cylinder below the upper end of the handle, a second cylinder, a second spring for extending the second cylinder from below the first cylinder, and spring guide members for mounting the first spring and the second spring to be at offset axis to one another.