WO2010047675A1 - Support mono-pied pour fusil - Google Patents

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WO2010047675A1
WO2010047675A1 PCT/US2008/011962 US2008011962W WO2010047675A1 WO 2010047675 A1 WO2010047675 A1 WO 2010047675A1 US 2008011962 W US2008011962 W US 2008011962W WO 2010047675 A1 WO2010047675 A1 WO 2010047675A1
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leg
housing
monopod
rifle
arm
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PCT/US2008/011962
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Barry L. Shevick
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Bls Designs, Inc.
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41A—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE
    • F41A23/00—Gun mountings, e.g. on vehicles; Disposition of guns on vehicles
    • F41A23/02—Mountings without wheels
    • F41A23/04—Unipods
    • F41A23/06—Unipods adjustable

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  • the following invention relates to devices for assisting in the proper positioning of a rifle or related firearm above a fixed surface. More particularly, this invention relates to monopods which are removablycoupleable or built into a riflefor suspending the rifle abovea fixed surface, such as to assist in holding the rifle steady.
  • Rifle accessories come in a variety of forms to enhance performance associated with the rifle. These accessories can either be built into the rifle or made to be removably attachable to the rifle, such that a rifle in a standard original configuration can be customized to exhibit the particular features desired by the user.
  • One location on a rifle where accessories are occasionally attached is on an underside of the rifle, forward of the trigger.
  • Accessories located in this lower forward location include grips and bipods.
  • a grip is typically a generally cylindrical structure removablyattachableto an underside of the barrel, such as through a picatinny rail and associated clamp on the grip. A user can then grasp the grip securely in one hand whilethe second hand is on the trigger and the grip directly behind the trigger.
  • Prior art grips are static in form having a shape and size which does not change.
  • a third form of accessory attachableto an underside of a barrel of a rifle is referred to by the trademark GRIP POD, and is provided by Grip Pod Systems, Inc. of Jacksonville,Florida.
  • GRIP POD Grip Pod Systems, Inc. of Jacksonville,Florida.
  • an accessory is provided for a forward underside of a rifle which has two separate modes including a deployed mode and a stored mode.
  • two legs of the bipod are stored inside a grip portion which attaches to an underside of the barrel, such as through the picatinny rail. In this stored position, the Grip Pod acts as a grip only.
  • the monopod With this invention ⁇ monopod is provided which has a variable height and can be easily and securely held in the height position selected.
  • the monopod generally includes a housing with a hollow interiorformed by a bore extending up into the housing.
  • a leg telescopes into and out of this bore, the leg defining a lower portion of the monopod.
  • the housing is preferably removably attachable to the rifle, such as through a clamp assembly, and most preferably in the form of a clamp assembly which can clamp the housing to a picatinny rail.
  • a spring is preferably interposed between the leg and portions of the housing defining a top of the bore so that the leg is biased toward a position extending out of the housing.
  • the adjustable height monopod could also be located in at least two other positions on the rifle.
  • the monopod is used in conjunction with a conventionalbipod at the front of the rifle.
  • One alternativeposition is to place the adjustable height monopod within the grip directly behind the trigger of the rifle. In this position, the user would surround the grip with a trigger hand and gripping of the grip would simultaneously cause locking of the leg to the grip so that the monopod would be held in fixed height. When the grip is released, the monopod could be raised or lowered as desired and then re- gripped to again fix the monopod in a new desired position.
  • Another alternativeposition for the monopod would be a rear position behind the trigger of the rifle and near or within a stock of the rifle.
  • Figure 1 is a perspectiveviewof a rifle fitted with the monopod of this invention and illustrating one configuration for use of the monopod of this invention.
  • Figure 2 is a side elevation view of that which is shown in Figure 1 and illustrating how the variable height monopod can raise or lower the rifle relative to an underlying surface.
  • Figure 6 is a perspective view similar to Figure 4 but from a different viewpointand showing the leg of the monopod extended so that the monopod is in a tallest configuration.
  • Figure 8 is a partial sectional view similar to that which is shown in Figure 7, but with the monopod shown in an orientation rotated relative to that of Figure 7 and generally defining a front view of the monopod, and with the leg of the monopod extending partially therefrom to illustratean intermediate position for the monopod.
  • Figure 9 is a full sectional view similar to that which is shown in Figure 7, but with the leg extending entirely out of the housing to illustrate a high position for the monopod.
  • the clamp assembly 30 provides a preferred form of means for coupling the monopod 10 to the rifle R.
  • the clamp assembly 30 is particularly configured to allow the monopod 10 to be clamped to a picatinny rail P on the rifle R, and most particularly a picatinny rail P located on an undersurface of the barrel B of the rifle R ( Figure 1).
  • this picatinny rail P might be described as coupled to an undersurface of a receiverof the rifle R or a body of the rifle R from which the barrel B extends.
  • the picatinny rail P can be located on any portion of the rifle R forward of the trigger of the rifle R and be considered to be consistent with this preferred embodiment for the monopod 10.
  • the release 40 acts on the leg 50 to hold the leg 50 withinthe bore 28 of the housing 20, when the release 40 is in a first position.
  • the release 40 allows the leg 50 to translate linearly out of the bore 28 of the housing 20 when the release 40 is in a second position.
  • the release 40 resides within the chamber 24 in the housing 20.
  • the release 40 includes an elongate shaft 42 extending substantially perpendicularto the bore 28 and along a centerline of the chamber 24.
  • the shaft 42 has a button 43 at an end thereof extending out of the chamber 24 and out of the housing 20. This button 43 can be manually depressed by a user to transition the release 40 from a capture position to a release position.
  • the release 40 can be referred to as a pin.
  • the release 40 preferably includes a capture pin 45 which keeps the release 40 from coming entirely out of the chamber 24.
  • the spring 49 provides a preferred form of biasing means for the release 40 which biases the shaft 42 of the release 40 toward a position extending at least partially out of the chamber 24.
  • the capture pin 45 keeps the spring 49 from moving the release 40 entirely out of the chamber 24.
  • the release 40 could have a variety of different configurations provided that the release 40 has two orientations including a capture orientation where the leg 50 is held within the bore 28 of the housing 20 and a release position where the release 40 allows the leg 50 to freely move into and out of the bore 28 of the housing 20.
  • the leg 50 terminatesat a lower end with a foot 58.
  • the foot 58 is preferably slightly rounded and can be formed of a somewhat resilient and high friction material, such as rubber, to keep the leg 50 from sliding when resting upon an underlying support surface S ( Figures 2 and 8).
  • the leg 50 is shown as a single element,it is conceivablethatthe leg 50 could be replaced with a plurality of mutually nesting elongate structures which each telescope relativeto each other out of the hollow interior of the housing 20. In this way, a multi-stage variabilitycould be provided to further increase a degree of verticalextension provided by the monopod 10.
  • the leg 50 is shown with a circular cross-section, the leg 50 could have other constant cross-sectional forms or otherwise be formed in an irregular fashion but still be elongate and able to translate substantially vertically into and out of the hollow interior of the housing 20.
  • the spring 60 provides a main spring for biasing the leg 50 toward a tallest configuration for the monopod 10 with the leg 50 extending substantially entirely out of the bore 28 of the housing 20.
  • the main spring 60 is preferably a helical compression spring extending from an upper end 62 to a lower end 64.
  • the lower end 64 is preferably oriented within the annular slot 54.
  • the user U can release the grip on the monopod 10 to release the leg 50 from the housing 20 and then allow the spring 50 to lift the monopod 10 back toward the tallest configuration. In this way, the user U need not move the stock S and grip G down significantly to raise the barrel B, but rather raises the monopod 10 to pivot the height of the barrel B vertically upward.
  • the user re-grips the housing 20 and arm 70 to again lock the leg 50 to the housing 20 in the new desired position.
  • Figures 12-15 an alternative embodiment is described for positioning of the monopod 10.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un mono-pied comprenant un pied s’étendant sur une distance variable hors d’un logement couplé de façon amovible au dessous d’un fusil, par ex. au moyen d’un rail Picatinny. Le pied peut être confiné à l’intérieur du logement pour donner au mono-pied une hauteur fixe dans sa configuration la plus courte. Un ressort provoque le déploiement du pied hors du logement. Lorsque le pied se déploie à partir du logement, une configuration la plus haute est définie. Un dispositif de blocage engageable manuellement permet de bloquer le pied par rapport au logement à une hauteur souhaitée du mono-pied. Le dispositif de blocage comprend un bras s’étendant parallèlement au logement et au pied, doté à une extrémité du bras d’un collier percé d’un trou à travers lequel passe le pied. Lorsqu’on saisit simultanément le bras et le logement, le collier bloque le pied par rapport au logement afin de fixer le mono-pied à une hauteur souhaitée.
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Cited By (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8443538B1 (en) * 2009-12-11 2013-05-21 Joseph Moody Integral weapon rapid deployment monopod
RU2597743C2 (ru) * 2013-12-03 2016-09-20 Николай Евгеньевич Староверов Удобное оружие /варианты/
FR3098580A1 (fr) * 2019-07-13 2021-01-15 Gael Guillerm Dispositif portatif d’aide au portage et à la stabilisation de charges.

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US4393614A (en) * 1980-06-09 1983-07-19 Pickett Fred E Gun rest
US5930931A (en) * 1997-09-15 1999-08-03 Watson; Jerry Wade Adjustable gun rest
US20040055201A1 (en) * 2002-09-23 2004-03-25 Wolfe Stanley Roland Machine for scope mounting

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US4393614A (en) * 1980-06-09 1983-07-19 Pickett Fred E Gun rest
US5930931A (en) * 1997-09-15 1999-08-03 Watson; Jerry Wade Adjustable gun rest
US20040055201A1 (en) * 2002-09-23 2004-03-25 Wolfe Stanley Roland Machine for scope mounting

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8443538B1 (en) * 2009-12-11 2013-05-21 Joseph Moody Integral weapon rapid deployment monopod
RU2597743C2 (ru) * 2013-12-03 2016-09-20 Николай Евгеньевич Староверов Удобное оружие /варианты/
FR3098580A1 (fr) * 2019-07-13 2021-01-15 Gael Guillerm Dispositif portatif d’aide au portage et à la stabilisation de charges.

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