Rear bow sight for an archery bow
OwnerJose Gomez-Vazquezinventor
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Abstract
An archery bow rear sight adapted for use with any front sight, including a multi-pin front sight. The rear sight of the present invention comprising a flexible tension bearing member capable of retaining a sighting cross hair under constant tension. The rear sight of the present invention is attached to the archery bow using attachment means that allow convenient horizontal and vertical adjustment of the rear sight.
Claims20
An improved bow sight for use in combination with a bow having a frame, said frame having a central portion, said central portion including a front sight having horizontal sighting elements mounted in front of said central portion, said improved bow sight comprising:
- an attachment member having a first end having walls defining one or more cavities and a second end having walls defining a vertical slot;
- an elongated member having a first end and a second threaded end, said elongated member capable of attachment to said attachment member;
- a rear sighting assembly mountable to said elongated member, said rear assembly comprising;
- a flexible tension bearing member having a convex surface and having a first end and a second end with an apex therebetween;
- a substantially vertical cross hair having a first end and a second end attached to said tension bearing member so as to be under tension;
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- said rear sighting assembly adjustably mountable to said elongated member such that said cross hair may be positioned to intersect said horizontal sighting elements of said front sight at a preselected angle.
An improved bow sight for use in combination with a bow having a frame, said frame having a central portion, said central portion including a front sight having horizontal sighting elements mounted in front of said central portion, said improved bow sight comprising:
- an attachment member having a first end having walls defining a cavity and a second end having walls defining a vertical slot, said attachment member adjustably mountable to said central portion of said frame such that said first end of said attachment member is located rearwardly of said central portion of said frame and capable of being positioned at a preselected vertical location with in said vertical slot;
- an elongated member having a first end and a second threaded end, said threaded end adjustably mountable longitudinally within said cavity of said attachment member, said elongated member capable of rotation and longitudinal adjustment within said cavity of said attachment member;
- a rear sighting assembly mountable to said first end of said elongated member, said rear assembly comprising;
- a flexible tension bearing member having a convex surface and having a first end and a second end with an apex therebetween;
- a substantially vertical cross hair attached to said bow member so as to be under tension;
- a spine member perpendicularly attached to said convex surface of said bow member, said spine member having walls defining an arcuate slot and dimensioned for receipt within said forked end of said elongated member;
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- said rear sighting assembly adjustably mountable to said elongated member so that said cross hair may be positioned to intersect and be substantially perpendicular to said horizontal sighting elements of said front sight at a preselected angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.