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US 10,480,895 B2Granted
Weapon vibration dampening system and method
AssigneeBarnett Outdoors, LLC
InventorDavid A. Barnett
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Abstract
A stock for a weapon, such as a crossbow stock, that includes one or more central dampeners, such as first, second, and third central dampeners, and/or one or more component dampeners, such as first, second, and third component dampeners, that function to reduce vibrations transmitted through the stock as a result of weapon firing. The central and/or component dampeners may be positioned in the stock's foregrip section, pistol grip section, crank cocking device section, thumb grip section, rearward end section, and cheek rest section.
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A crossbow stock comprising:
- a forward end;
- a rearward end;
- one or more body plates interconnecting the forward and rearward ends;
- a first central dampener operatively engaging the one or more body plates, the first central dampener reducing a vibration transmitted through the one or more body plates when a crossbow configured with the crossbow stock is fired;
- wherein the one or more body plates include a foregrip section configured to accommodate a foregrip, and wherein the first central dampener operatively engages the one or more body plates at the foregrip section;
- wherein the one or more body plates includes a left-side plate and a right-side plate extending longitudinally parallel to one another between the forward end and the rearward end;
- wherein the first central dampener is C-shaped and includes a top, a bottom, a first side, and a second side, the first and second sides interconnecting the top and bottom;
- and wherein the first side of the first central dampener operatively engages the left-side plate and the right side of the first central dampener operatively engages the right-side plate.
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A crossbow stock comprising:
- a forward end;
- a rearward end;
- one or more body plates interconnecting the forward and rearward ends;
- a first axis member operatively secured to the one or more body plates at the rearward end;
- a first component dampener operatively secured to the first axis member, the first component dampener being configured to accommodate a butt plate of a crossbow configured with the crossbow stock, the first component dampener reducing a vibration transmitted through the one or more body plates to the butt plate when the crossbow is fired.
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A crossbow stock comprising:
- a forward end;
- a rearward end;
- one or more body plates interconnecting the forward and rearward ends;
- at least one second component dampener operatively associated with the one or more body plates, each second component dampener having a generally tubular shape and including a central bore and at least one outer shoulder, the at least one second component dampener reducing a vibration transmitted through the one or more body plates when a crossbow configured with the crossbow stock is fired;
- wherein the crossbow stock includes a second component dampener including the central bore and two outer shoulders;
- wherein the one or more body plates include a pistol grip section configured to accommodate a pistol grip;
- and wherein the second component dampener is operatively secured within a first aperture in the pistol grip section by a screw operatively positioned within the central bore of the second component dampener.
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A crossbow stock comprising:
- a forward end;
- a rearward end;
- one or more body plates interconnecting the forward and rearward ends, the one or more body plates including a foregrip section configured to accommodate a foregrip of a crossbow configured with the crossbow stock;
- a pair of third component dampeners operatively secured between a left-side of the crossbow stock and a right-side of the crossbow stock in the foregrip section, each third component dampener having a generally tubular shape with a central bore and including an enlarged shoulder, a body portion, and a circumferential groove extending between the enlarged shoulder and the body portion, the enlarged shoulder having an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the body portion and an outer diameter of the circumferential groove, the outer diameter of the circumferential groove being less than the outer diameter of the body portion, the pair of third component dampeners being aligned such that an end of each of the body portions of the pair of third component dampeners are operatively positioned adjacent to one another and the central bores of the pair of third component dampeners are in communication, the pair of third component dampeners reducing a vibration transmitted through the one or more body plates to the foregrip when the crossbow is fired.
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