Patent ID: 8863430

Claim:
A bipod for a firearm, comprising: a mounting body assembly having a first mounting body and a second mounting body, wherein a first mounting body interfacing portion of the second mounting body is engaged within a central passage of the first mounting body in a manner enabling relative rotation therebetween about a centerline longitudinal axis of the central passage; two legs each having a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein each one of the legs is rotatably attached at the first end portion thereof to an exterior surface of the first mounting body, wherein a leg rotation axis of a first one of the legs and a leg rotation axis of a second one of the legs are skewed with respect to each other and wherein the leg rotational axes intersect each other at one of a location adjacent to the centerline longitudinal axis of the substantially round central passage and a location on the centerline longitudinal axis of the central passage; a leg positioning mechanism provided between each one of the legs and the first mounting body, wherein the leg positioning mechanism enables each one of the legs to be selectively secured in a plurality of different discrete rotational positions, wherein the leg positioning mechanism provided between each one of the legs and the first mounting body inhibits a respective one of the legs from being rotated to a position more than about 90-degrees away from a position in which the respective one of the legs extends substantially perpendicular to the centerline longitudinal axis of the central passage and wherein the first end portion of each one of the legs and second end portion of each one of the legs are on opposing sides of a horizontal reference plane extending through the centerline longitudinal axis of the central passage when the legs are each in the position extending substantially perpendicular to the centerline longitudinal axis of the central passage; and a firearm attachment structure attached to an interior surface the second mounting body, wherein the firearm attachment structure includes a nose portion protruding from within the the second mounting body, wherein the nose portion includes a main body configured for being engaged with a mating portion of a firearm mount and a retention member configured for engaging a mating portion of the firearm mount for inhibiting unintentional disengagement of the firearm mount from the firearm attachment structure.