# US 2018/0023916 A1 · Accessories, devices systems, and methods for retaining and stabilizing archery and other equipment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0023916 A1 - Document ID: US20180023916A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/545,768 - Filed: 2016-01-22 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2015-01-22 - Assignees: Bunch Innovations and Sales, LLC - Applicants: Bunch Innovations and Sales, LLC - Inventors: Dax Bunch - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180023916A1 ## CPC - F41B 5/1453: {Stands, rests or racks for bows} - F16M 11/24: changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, {e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each other}(F16M11/42 takes precedence) - F16M 13/02: for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle - F41A 23/06: adjustable - F16F 1/373: characterised by having a particular shape {(F16F9/58 takes precedence)} - 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) - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - F41A: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE - F16F: SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION ## Abstract According to at least one aspect of the present disclosure, a device for retaining and stabilizing archery equipment, such as a bow, includes a first portion configured for attachment to a bow and a second portion configured for attachment to the first portion, the second portion having a distal tip opposite the first portion and configured for insertion into the ground or a stand wherein the device is structured to retain the bow above the ground without the bow touching the ground. In certain embodiments, the device further includes an adjustment element, the adjustment element structured to reversibly and adjustably connect the first portion to the second portion and an attachment mechanism structured to reversibly and adjustably attach the device to the bow, where the adjustment mechanism and the adjustment element are disposed in a first slot and a second slot of the first portion and the second portion, respectively. ## Claims ### Claim 1 (canceled) ### Claim 2 A device of comprising: a first portion configured for attachment to a bow; and a second portion configured for attachment to the first portion, the second portion having a distal tip opposite the first portion and configured for insertion into the ground or a stand; an adjustment element, the adjustment element structured to reversibly and adjustably connect the first portion to the second portion; and an attachment mechanism structured to reversibly and adjustably attach the device to the bow, wherein the device is structured to retain the bow above the ground without the bow touching the ground; and wherein the adjustment mechanism is disposed in a first slot and a second slot, the first slot defined through and extending axially along the first portion, and the second slot defined through and extending axially along the second portion, and wherein the adjustment element is disposed in the first slot and the second slot. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2, wherein in the adjustment mechanism comprises a block disposed between the first portion and the bow and a head portion configured to engage the bow, wherein the block comprises a compressible, vibration-dampening material. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The device of claim 3, wherein the head portion comprises a hook. ### Claim at position 5 -18. (canceled) ### Claim 19 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2, wherein the attachment mechanism comprises a bracket extending generally perpendicular from the first portion, the bracket comprising a bracket slot therethrough configured to accept a riser stabilizer mount. ### Claim at position 7 -23. (canceled) ### Claim 24 An apparatus comprising: a first portion having a first slot defined therein; a second portion having a second slot defined therein, the second portion disposed adjacent the first portion such that the first slot and the second slot at least partially align, wherein the second portion includes a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end disposed adjacent the first portion and the distal end terminating in a tapered distal tip, the distal tip configured to retain the apparatus in the ground or in a stand; an adjustment element disposed in the first slot and the second slot, the adjustment element structured to adjustably secure the first potion to the second portion; an attachment mechanism disposed in the first slot and the second slot, the attachment mechanism structured to adjustably secure the first portion and the second portion to a bow; and a peg attached to the second portion at or near the distal end, wherein the apparatus is configured to retain bow attached thereto in a substantially vertical position when the distal tip is inserted into the ground or the stand. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The apparatus of claim 24, wherein in the adjustment mechanism comprises a block disposed between the first portion and the bow and a head portion configured to engage the bow, wherein the block comprises a compressible, vibration-dampening material. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The apparatus of claim 24, herein the first portion has a first width and the second portion has a second width, and wherein the second width is greater than the first width. ### Claim 27 (depends on 24) The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the first portion further comprises a handle aperture and at least one accessory aperture. ### Claim 28 (depends on 24) The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the attachment mechanism comprises a bracket extending generally perpendicular from the first portion, the bracket comprising a bracket slot therethrough configured to accept a riser stabilizer mount. ### Claim 29 (depends on 24) The apparatus of claim 24, forming part of a system, the system further comprising the bow. ### Claim 30 A system comprising: a bow configured to shoot arrows; a device, the device comprising: a first portion including an attachment aperture; a second portion configured for attachment to the first portion, the second portion having a distal tip at or near a distal end of the second portion opposite the first portion, the distal tip configured for insertion into the ground or a stand; an adjustment element disposed in the first slot and the second slot, the adjustment element structured to adjustably secure the first potion to the second portion; an attachment mechanism disposed in the first slot and the second slot, the attachment mechanism structured to adjustably secure the first portion and the second portion to a bow; and a peg attached to the second portion at or near the distal end, wherein the device is structured to retain the bow above the ground without the bow touching the ground. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The system of claim 30, further comprising: a stand, the stand including a base portion and a riser, the base portion structured to rest upon the ground and the riser connected to the base portion, wherein the riser comprises an upper portion defining an upper riser aperture therethrough and a lower portion defining a lower riser aperture therethrough, the upper portion connected to the lower portion by a back portion extending therebetween, wherein the upper riser aperture and lower riser aperture are configured to receive the distal tip and at least part of the distal end of the second portion, and wherein the stand is structured to retain the bow above the ground within the stand without the bow touching the ground, and wherein the base portion includes one or more legs connecting the riser to an outer disk. ### Claim 32 (depends on 30) The system of claim 30, further comprising: a mounting bracket including an upper portion defining an upper aperture therethrough and a lower portion defining a lower aperture therethrough, wherein the upper aperture and lower aperture are configured to receive at least a part of the distal end of the second portion therethrough, wherein the mounting bracket is configured for mounting to part of an object by fasteners that secure the mounting bracket to the object. ### Claim 33 (depends on 30) The system of claim 30, further comprising: one or more accessories.