Bow string trigger release

A trigger-operated bowstring release comprising:

• an elongated, rigid body having a front firing portion and a rear handle portion and having generally the configuration of a pistol with said handle portion being adapted to be gripped in the palm of an archer's hand;
• a holding member associated with said firing portion and provided with an open hook for engaging and holding a bowstring, and said member having a normal, bowstring-holding position in which the hook is spaced from said body forwardly from said handle portion and projects laterally in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane formed by the bowstring and bow from said firing portion clear of said body to hold the bowstring, permitting the release when held by the archer to be moved to a disposition of unobstructed engagement with the bowstring merely by the archer manipulating the entire body;
• means on said firing portion mounting said member for movement between said normal position and an operated, bowstring-releasing position;
• trigger means for holding said member in its normal position and for releasing said member when the trigger means is squeezed;
• means on said firing portion mounting said trigger means for movement between a normal position holding said member and where a portion of the trigger means projects laterally from said firing portion, and an operated position assumed upon depressing said portion of the trigger means and in which the member is permitted to move to its bowstring-releasing position under the force of a bowstring received in said hook;
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• reset means engaging said member and said trigger means for immediately returning the member to its normal position after the bowstring is released and for returning the trigger means to its normal position upon removal of actuating force therefrom, whereby the hook and trigger means are reset to permit rapid initial and repeat shots.

A trigger-operated bowstring release comprising:

• an elongated, rigid body having a front firing portion and a rear handle portion and having generally the configuration of a pistol with said handle portion being adapted to be gripped in the palm of an archer's hand,
• said firing portion having opposed, inner and outer longitudinally extending sides facing laterally toward an archer and laterally away from the archer respectively when the handle portion is gripped by the archer and the release is held in a shooting position adjacent the archer's head with said firing portion extending forwardly from said handle portion and pointing generally in the direction of the target;
• a holding member associated with said firing portion and provided with an open hook for engaging and holding a bowstring, and said member having a normal, bowstring-holding position in which the hook is spaced from said body forwardly from said handle portion and projects laterally from said outer side clear of said body to hold the bowstring, permitting the release when held by the archer to be moved to a disposition of unobstructed engagement with the bowstring merely by the archer manipulating the entire body;
• means on said firing portion mounting said member for movement between said normal position and an operated, bowstring-releasing position;
• a trigger provided with a sear;
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• means on said firing portion mounting said trigger rearwardly of said member for movement between a normal position where the sear engages said member to retain it in its normal, bowstring-holding position and a portion of the trigger projects laterally from said outer side, and an operated position assumed upon depressing said portion of the trigger and in which the sear is disengaged from the member to permit the same to move to its bowstring-releasing position under the force of a bowstring received in said hook,
• said portion of the trigger being spaced sufficiently rearwardly of said open hook to permit a fully drawn bow to be held with the archer's bow-holding arm, shoulders and upper shooting arm in substantial alignment.

A trigger-operated bowstring release comprising:

• an elongated, rigid body having a front firing portion and a rear handle portion provided with a configuration adapting said handle portion to be gripped in the palm of an archer's hand,
• said firing portion having opposed, inner and outer longitudinally extending sides facing laterally toward an archer and laterally away from the archer respectively when the handle portion is gripped by the archer and the release is held in a shooting position adjacent the archer's head with said firing portion extending forwardly from said handle portion and pointing generally in the direction of the target;
• a holding member associated with said firing portion and provided with an open hook for engaging and holding a bowstring, and said member having a normal, bowstring-holding position in which the hook is spaced from said body forwardly from said handle portion and projects laterally from said outer side clear of said body to hold the bowstring, permitting the release when held by the archer to be moved to a disposition of unobstructed engagement with the bowstring merely by the archer manipulating the entire body;
• means on said firing portion mounting said member for movement between said normal position and an operated, bowstring-releasing position,
• said hook presenting a recess for receiving and capturing the bowstring and which is laterally spaced from said outer side of the firing portion when said member is in its normal, bowstring-holding position, whereby the bowstring is spaced away from the body of the release to prevent inadvertent kinking of the string;
• trigger means for holding said member in its normal position and for releasing said member when the trigger means is squeezed;
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• means on said firing portion mounting said trigger means for movement between a normal position holding said member and where a portion of the trigger means projects laterally from said outer side, and an operated position assumed upon depressing said position of the trigger means and in which the member is permitted to move to its bowstring-releasing position under the force of a bowstring received in said recess.