Archery bow limb adjustment system
AssigneeHoyt Archery, Inc.
InventorsJohn C. Webster, Douglas E. Denton
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Abstract
An adjustable limb pocket of an archery bow includes a pocket insert having at least one channel that extends along a length of the pocket insert. The at least one channel can include a plurality of attachment positions. A limb contact member can be coupled to one of the plurality of attachment positions to support a bow limb retained within the limb pocket. One or more limb contact members can be repositionable within one or more channels of the pocket insert to vary a bowstring tension of the archery bow and/or manipulate the movement a distal tip of the bow limb as the bowstring is drawn and released.
Claims23
An archery bow assembly comprising:
- a riser having a limb pocket;
- a limb having a distal end opposite the riser and a proximal end retained within the limb pocket of the riser, the proximal end having a riser-facing surface and an outward-facing surface;
- a limb contact member positioned in the limb pocket, the limb contact member contacting the limb at one of a plurality of locations on the riser-facing surface of the limb;
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- wherein the limb contact member is repositionable at one of the plurality of locations within the limb pocket to vary a string tension of the archery bow assembly without substantially affecting a draw weight of the archery bow based on an attachment position of the limb contact member relative to the limb pocket.
An archery bow assembly comprising:
- a string;
- a riser comprising:
- a handgrip portion;
- a limb pocket defining a limb-facing surface, the limb-facing surface including a channel,
- a limb contact member configured to be retained within the channel, the limb contact member being repositionable within the channel;
- a limb having a distal end opposite the riser and a proximal end retained within the limb pocket of the riser, the proximal end of the limb defining a riser-facing surface and an outward-facing surface;
- wherein the limb contact member supports the riser-facing surface of the proximal end of the limb at variable locations to vary a string tension of the archery bow assembly without substantially affecting a draw weight of the archery bow based on an attachment position of the limb contact member within the channel.
An archery bow assembly comprising:
- a string;
- a riser having an adjustable limb pocket assembly, the adjustable limb pocket assembly comprising:
- a limb pocket having a limb-facing surface, the limb-facing surface defining a recess;
- a pocket insert defining a pair of laterally spaced channels, the pocket insert being receivable within the recess of the limb pocket, wherein each channel of the pair of laterally spaced channels extends along a length of the pocket insert and includes a plurality of attachment positions, the plurality of attachment positions being disposed along the length of the channel;
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- a pair of limb contact members, each limb contact member of the pair of limb contact members being configured to removably couple to an attachment position of the plurality of attachment positions;
- and
- a limb having a distal end extending away from the riser and a proximal end retained within the limb pocket assembly, the proximal end of the limb having a riser-facing surface and an outward-facing surface;
- wherein each limb contact member of the pair of limb contact members contacts a location on the riser-facing surface of the limb relative to the attachment position.
A method of tuning an archery bow, the method comprising:
- providing an archery bow assembly comprising:
- a riser having a limb pocket, the limb pocket defining a channel;
- a limb having a distal end extending away from the riser and a proximal end retained at the limb pocket of the riser, the limb having a riser-facing surface and an outward-facing surface;
- a limb contact member coupled to the channel at a first attachment position within the channel and configured to support the riser-facing surface of the limb;
- decoupling the limb contact member from the first attachment position within the channel;
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- coupling the limb contact member to the channel at a second attachment position within the channel, the first and second attachment positions being disposed along a length of the channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.