Bipod Patent Grant Roberts , et al. February 8, 2 [Magpul Industries Corp.]

Bipod

Roberts , et al. February 8, 2

Patent Grant D943049

U.S. patent number D943,049 [Application Number D/719,892] was granted by the patent office on 2022-02-08 for bipod. This patent grant is currently assigned to Magpul Industries Corp.. The grantee listed for this patent is Magpul Industries Corp.. Invention is credited to Michael T. Mayberry, Timothy Eric Roberts.

United States Patent	D943,049
Roberts , et al.	February 8, 2022

Bipod

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a bipod, as shown and described.

Inventors:

Roberts; Timothy Eric (Broomfield, CO), Mayberry; Michael T. (Denver, CO)

Applicant:

Name	City	State	Country	Type
Magpul Industries Corp.	Austin	TX	US

Assignee:

Magpul Industries Corp. (Austin, TX)

Appl. No.:

D/719,892

Filed:

January 8, 2020

Related U.S. Patent Documents


Application Number	Filing Date	Patent Number	Issue Date
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Current U.S. Class:	D22/108
Current International Class:	2201
Field of Search:	;D22/108,109,110

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Primary Examiner: Reinholdt, Jr.; S. Bryan
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Neugeboren O'Dowd PC

Description

FIG. 1 is a left, top, rear perspective view of a bipod showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a rear elevation view of the bipod of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of the bipod of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view of the bipod of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view of the bipod of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the bipod of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the bipod of FIG. 1.

The intermittent lines depict shading and contour.

The features drawn in broken lines in all figures are portions of the bipod that form no part of the claimed design.

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