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US 1,107,162 · App. 29/844,878 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Bipod

Inventors: Timothy Eric Roberts (Broomfield, CO); Michael T. Mayberry (Denver, CO)
Assignee: Magpul Industries Corp.
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Patent No.
US 1,107,162
App. No.
29/844,878
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a bipod as shown and described.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2022
From: ROBERTS, TIMOTHY ERIC; MAYBERRY, MICHAEL T.
To: MAGPUL INDUSTRIES CORP.
Reel/Frame 060409/0035 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 29817448 · Dec 1, 2021
Division 29719892 · Jan 8, 2020
Division 29630775 · Dec 22, 2017
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