Bowstring serving
OwnerMathew McPhersoninventor
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Abstract
A bowstring for use in combination with an archery bow, the bowstring including a plurality of strands and a serving material wrapped around the plurality of strands, the serving material having a first end, a second end and a middle portion extending therebetween, the first end and the second end of the serving material inserted between said strands of the bowstring and the middle portion of the serving material wrapped over the at least the first such that the serving material is self-secured to the bowstring and a method of making the same.
Claims22
A bowstring comprising:
- a) a plurality of strands;
- and
- b) a serving material wrapped around said plurality of strands, said serving material having a first end, a second end and a middle portion extending therebetween, the first end and the second end of said serving material inserted between said strands of said bowstring and said middle portion of said serving material wrapped over at least the first end of the serving material such that said serving material is self-secured to said bowstring.
A method of serving a bowstring with a serving material having a first end, a second end and a middle portion extending therebetween, the bowstring comprising a plurality of strands, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) wrapping said serving material in a first direction around said plurality of strands to form a first wrapped portion, said first end and said second end of said serving material extending in opposing directions from said wrapped portion;
- b) separating said plurality of strands to create two bundles of strands to define an opening;
- c) inserting said first end of said serving material in said opening;
- d) looping said first end over said wrapped portion of said bowstring;
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- e) wrapping said middle portion of said serving over said first end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.