Multi-path archery string
AssigneeHoyt Archery, Inc.
InventorGarrett M. Abernethy
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Abstract
An archery string having a length, a first load-bearing path, a second load-bearing path, and at least one binding. The first and second load-bearing paths are laterally spaced apart relative to each other along the length, and the binding holds the first and second load-bearing paths substantially parallel to each other along at least a portion of the length of the string. Portions of the string are not bound to each other but remain parallel and positioned side-by-side. When the length of the string changes due to elongation, stretching, or contraction, the load-bearing paths do not helically twist relative to each other and remain parallel and side-by-side.
Claims27
An archery string, comprising:
- a length having a central axis;
- a first load-bearing path and a second load-bearing path, the first and second load-bearing paths being laterally spaced apart relative to each other along the length;
- a binding holding the first and second load-bearing paths substantially parallel to each other along at least a portion of the length of the string;
- wherein a plane through the central axis and the first and second load-bearing paths is configured not to rotate relative to the central axis upon axial elongation or axial contraction of the length.
An archery bow, comprising:
- a riser;
- a first limb and a second limb, the first and second limbs being connected to the riser;
- a first cam connected to the first limb and a second cam connected to the second limb;
- a string having a length extending from the first cam to the second cam, the string comprising a first load-bearing path, a second load-bearing path, and a binding holding the first and second load-bearing paths together, the first and second load-bearing paths being arranged parallel to and laterally spaced apart relative to each other along at least a portion of the string, wherein a plane through a central axis of the string and through the first and second load-bearing paths is configured not to rotate relative to the central axis upon axial elongation or axial contraction of the length of the string where the first and second load-bearing paths are laterally spaced apart relative to each other.
A method of manufacturing archery equipment, comprising:
- providing a first length of string material and a second length of string material, the first length of string material having a first central axis, the second length of string material having a second central axis offset from the first central axis, the first and second lengths of string material having a collective third central axis;
- orienting the first length of string material substantially parallel to and entwined separate from the second length of string material;
- applying a binding material to the first and second lengths of string material, wherein portions of the first and second lengths are bound to each other by the binding material;
- wherein upon elongation or contraction of the first and second lengths, the first and second central axes do not rotate about the third central axis.
An archery bow, comprising:
- a riser;
- a first limb and a second limb, the first and second limbs being connected to the riser;
- a first cam connected to the first limb and a second cam connected to the second limb;
- a string having a length extending from the first cam to the second cam, the string comprising a first load-bearing path, a second load-bearing path, and a binding holding the first and second load-bearing paths together, the first and second load-bearing paths being arranged parallel to and laterally spaced apart relative to each other along at least a portion of the string;
- a cable guard extending from the riser, wherein the first and second load-bearing paths diverge at a point along the length, wherein the point is positioned vertically below the cable guard when the bow is oriented upright.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.