# US 2014/0196705 A1 · Archery grip system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0196705 A1 - Document ID: US20140196705A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/156,622 - Filed: 2014-01-16 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-17 - Assignees: Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC - Applicants: Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC - Inventors: Russell W. White - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140196705A1 ## CPC - F41B 5/1403: {Details of bows; (camera's on bows F41B5/1492)} - F41B 5/0031: {Handle or riser units} - F41B 5/14: Details of bows; Accessories for arc shooting (sighting devices for bows F41G1/467) - F41B 5/10: Compound bows {(compound crossbows F41B5/123)} - F41B: WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (projectiles for fishing, e.g. fish-spears, A01K81/00; sports implements for throwing A63B65/00, e.g. boomerangs A63B65/08; stationary apparatus for projecting sports balls, e.g. tennis balls, A63B69/40; throwing or slinging toys A63H33/18; knives, axes B26B; projectiles or missiles other than those incorporating springs as projecting means F42B6/00) ## Abstract A system for bow gripping is disclosed. A system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include a grip component configured to couple to a bow. In some embodiments, the grip component may interact and/or attached to an archer's lead hand. Some components may have a third metacarpal offset that encourages a grip angle of over twenty degrees. Depending on design goals, the encouraged grip angle may also be larger or smaller than twenty degrees. The grip component may also include a mechanism for attaching the component to an archer's bow or hand. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising: a grip component configured to couple to a bow and to interact with an archer's lead hand; a top end cap of the grip component; a third metacarpal offset of the grip component, the third metacarpal offset configured to encourage a grip angle of over twenty degrees; a thenar surface of the grip component, wherein at least a portion of the thenar surface has a convex cross-section; a forefinger channel located between the top end cap and the third metacarpal offset, the forefinger channel formed to allow a second metacarpal of the archer's hand to rest in the forefinger channel; and the bow to which the grip component is coupled. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the grip component is formed as a unitary piece from a single material, and the unitary piece includes the top end cap, the third metacarpal offset, the thenar surface, and the forefinger channel and the single material is selected from a grip consisting of a plastic material, a rubber material, a wooden material, and metal material. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the bow is a compound bow and the third metacarpal offset is configured to encourage a grip angle of over thirty degrees. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the top end cap includes a left portion that extends to the left of a centerline defined by a top and bottom limb of the bow and a right portion that extends to the right of the centerline. ### Claim 5 A system, comprising: a grip component configured to couple to a bow and to interact with an archer's lead hand; a third metacarpal offset of the grip component, the third metacarpal offset configured to encourage a grip angle of over twenty degrees; and a bow coupling system configured to facilitate a coupling of the grip component to a bow. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the grip component comprises a vertical axis that is configured such that the vertical axis is parallel to a limb-to-limb line of the bow when the grip component is coupled to the bow, further wherein the grip component comprises a front surface that includes a finger depression channel that has a channel axis that is not perpendicular to the vertical axis. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the bow coupling system includes at least one of a hook and loop fastener, a clasping fastener, a tying fastener, and a compression fastener. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the grip component is configured to removeably couple with an existing grip of the bow. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the grip component is configured to replace an existing grip of the bow. ### Claim 10 A system, comprising: a grip component configured to interact with an archer's lead hand; a third metacarpal offset of the grip component, the third metacarpal offset configured to encourage a grip angle of over twenty degrees when an archer grips a bow with the archer's lead hand; and a coupling system configured to facilitate a coupling of the grip component to a the archer's lead hand. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the coupling system includes at least one of a hook and loop fastener, a clasping fastener, a tying fastener, and a compression fastener. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the grip component comprises a thenar region pad configured to dissipate a pressure on the archer's lead hand at full draw. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the grip component comprises a thumb-to-forefinger webbing structure configured to dissipate a pressure located on a webbing portion between a forefinger and a thumb of the archer's lead hand at full draw, wherein the thumb-to-forefinger webbing structure includes at least one of a fabric, a plastic insert, a rubber insert, a forefinger loop, a thumb loop, and a leather insert.