Crossbow safety system

A crossbow safety system method comprising the steps of:

• A) providing a crossbow having
• a bowstring operable between a cocked and an uncocked position,
• a foregrip adapted for being grasped by a first associated hand of an associated user, hereinafter a non-trigger hand, and
• a trigger assembly adapted to selectably retain the bowstring in the cocked position and adapted for being operated by a second associated hand of the associated user, hereinafter a trigger hand;
• B) providing a pressure sensor on or in the foregrip, the pressure sensor being adapted to detect a pressure signature from the foregrip being grasped by the non-trigger hand of the associated user;
• C) providing an interlock operationally engaged with the pressure sensor and the trigger assembly;
• and
• D) providing the interlock to be operable to lock the trigger assembly from releasing the bowstring when the trigger hand engages the trigger assembly if the pressure sensor does not detect a first pressure signature from the non-trigger hand sufficiently similar to a predetermined pressure signature.

A crossbow safety system comprising:

• a crossbow having
• a bowstring operable to follow a path between a cocked and an uncocked position,
• a foregrip adapted for being grasped by an associated hand of an associated user, and
• a trigger assembly adapted to selectably retain the bowstring in the cocked position;
• a pressure sensor on or in the foregrip, the pressure sensor being adapted to detect a pressure signature from the foregrip being grasped by the associated hand of the associated user, the associated hand having fingers;
• an interlock operationally engaged with the pressure sensor and the trigger assembly, the interlock being adapted to lock the trigger assembly from releasing the bowstring if the pressure sensor does not detect a first pressure signature sufficiently similar to a predetermined pressure signature;
• and
• wherein the predetermined pressure signature requires only the relative positioning of the associated user's associated hand and all associated fingers with respect to the path.