US 10,895,431 B1Granted

Archery release with unified thumb trigger adjustment

AssigneeBerry Mtn., Inc.

InventorJarrod Burk Major

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Abstract

A thumb trigger-type archery release includes a trigger that is configured to be pressed by the thumb of an archer to actuate the archery release. The position of the trigger relative to the body of the archery release can be adjusted by the archer via a thumb trigger adjustment mechanism that is part of the archery release. The thumb trigger adjustment mechanism enables fast and convenient positioning of the trigger by loosening and tightening only one fastening member.

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Dependent claims

An archery release comprising:

a trigger mechanism comprising an exposed trigger, a hook or jaws, the hook or jaws movable between opened and closed positions, a trigger arm operatively connected to the hook or jaws to move the hook or jaws between opened and closed positions, and a trigger adjustment mechanism attaching the trigger to the trigger arm;
the trigger adjustment mechanism comprising an opening in the trigger arm, an adapter, a rod, and a fastener;
the adapter comprising a cylindrical portion extending along a first axis, an enlarged collar attached to the cylindrical portion, and a through-hole extending through the adapter adjacent to the collar, the through-hole extending along a second axis transverse to the first axis, the cylindrical portion being sized to be receivable into the trigger arm opening and configured to be rotatable about the first axis relative to the trigger arm when in the trigger arm opening, the collar being sized not to be received into the trigger arm opening;
the rod being sized to be insertable into the adapter through-hole and being translatable and rotatable while extending through the adapter through-hole when the adapter is unstressed;
the fastener being configured to be attachable to the adapter when the cylindrical portion of the adapter is received in the trigger arm opening wherein the fastener and the adapter can be selectively placed in either a tightened state and a loosened state;
the rod in the adapter through-hole and extending away from the adapter to a free end portion, the trigger attached to the free end portion;
the cylindrical portion of the adapter being received in the trigger arm opening, the fastener attached to the adapter, when the fastener and the adapter are in the tightened state the fastener urges the adapter collar towards the trigger arm and thereby sandwiches the rod between the trigger arm and the adapter collar with sufficient pressure to resist relative movement of the rod with the adapter and to resist relative rotation of the adapter with respect to the trigger arm whereby the trigger is fixedly positioned with respect to the trigger arm, and when the fastener and the adapter are in the loosened state the adapter is unstressed and the rod can translate and rotate with respect to the adapter and the adapter can rotate with respect to the trigger arm whereby the position and angular orientations of the trigger with respect to the trigger arm can be adjusted by an archer.

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Abstract

An archery release comprising:

a trigger mechanism comprising an exposed trigger, a hook or jaws, the hook or jaws movable between opened and closed positions, a trigger arm operatively connected to the hook or jaws to move the hook or jaws between opened and closed positions, and a trigger adjustment mechanism attaching the trigger to the trigger arm;
the trigger adjustment mechanism comprising an opening in the trigger arm, an adapter, a rod, and a fastener;
the adapter comprising a cylindrical portion extending along a first axis, an enlarged collar attached to the cylindrical portion, and a through-hole extending through the adapter adjacent to the collar, the through-hole extending along a second axis transverse to the first axis, the cylindrical portion being sized to be receivable into the trigger arm opening and configured to be rotatable about the first axis relative to the trigger arm when in the trigger arm opening, the collar being sized not to be received into the trigger arm opening;
the rod being sized to be insertable into the adapter through-hole and being translatable and rotatable while extending through the adapter through-hole when the adapter is unstressed;
the fastener being configured to be attachable to the adapter when the cylindrical portion of the adapter is received in the trigger arm opening wherein the fastener and the adapter can be selectively placed in either a tightened state and a loosened state;
the rod in the adapter through-hole and extending away from the adapter to a free end portion, the trigger attached to the free end portion;
the cylindrical portion of the adapter being received in the trigger arm opening, the fastener attached to the adapter, when the fastener and the adapter are in the tightened state the fastener urges the adapter collar towards the trigger arm and thereby sandwiches the rod between the trigger arm and the adapter collar with sufficient pressure to resist relative movement of the rod with the adapter and to resist relative rotation of the adapter with respect to the trigger arm whereby the trigger is fixedly positioned with respect to the trigger arm, and when the fastener and the adapter are in the loosened state the adapter is unstressed and the rod can translate and rotate with respect to the adapter and the adapter can rotate with respect to the trigger arm whereby the position and angular orientations of the trigger with respect to the trigger arm can be adjusted by an archer.

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