ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,398, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Swagger LLC (Grand Island, Neb.).
"Bipod" was invented by Don Ingram (Grand Island, Neb.), Paul Heflin (Grand Island, Neb.), Mike Necessary (Grand Island, Neb.), Casey Macken (Grand Island, Neb.) and Aaron Keller (Grand Island, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for a bipod. The system includes a coupler to couple at least one leg to a firearm. The leg includes one flexible joint which allows the leg to flex about a flexible joint. The system allows conversion of the flexible leg from a flexible position to a rigid position whereby flexing about the flexible joint is prevented. A lock...