Patent ID: 8291633

Claim:
A bipod for use with a firearm, said bipod comprising: (a) a hollow body with a hole formed therein; (b) a pair of legs pivotally attached to said hollow body, said legs having a stored position and a deployed position; (c) a ring-shaped yoke formed to mount a firearm barrel, said yoke having a threaded hole formed therein; (d) a stepped screw dimensioned to fit through said hole in said hollow body and be threadably received into said threaded hole in said yoke; (e) a compression spring held between said hollow body and said stepped screw, said compression spring being placed over said stepped screw, said stepped screw compressing said compression spring when threaded into said hole in said yoke through said hole in said hollow body; and (f) urging means carried by said body and connecting said legs so that when a first leg of said pair of legs is pivoted with respect to said body between said stored and said deployed positions, said urging means pivots said second leg with said first leg.