Patent ID: 7412793

Claim:
An ergonomic fore grip for mounting to a firearm to stabilize and support the firearm, comprising: an elongated generally cylindrical housing having an upper end, and a bottom end, the bottom end having an opening to a longitudinal chamber within the housing; a pair of legs having an upper end and a bottom end, the legs being within the housing, each of the legs having a longitudinal axis; an activation switch on an upper portion of the fore grip which when activated causes the pair of legs to move from a retracted position with the legs within the cylindrical housing, to release to an expansion position where substantially much of the legs protrude out from underneath the cylindrical housing; and a mount for attaching the upper end of the cylindrical housing to a firearm, the mount having a fixed rail and a parallel movable rail, with a longitudinal channel therebetween, and a threaded fastener for moving the moveable rail relative to the fixed rail, wherein the fixed rail and the moveable rail clamp to portions of picatinny rails underneath of a firearm.