Retracting arrow rest
OwnerCharles M. Schiffinventor
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Abstract
An arrow rest, movable to clear fletching on an arrow released from a bow includes a pivotal arrow rest pivoting to an upright arrow holding position for drawing the bow, and lowered to arrow clearing position, having a triggering control attached to an end portion of the bow responsive to movement of the bow limb after arrow release for moving the arrow holding assembly from the upright position to the lowered position. The triggering control includes a controllable counterweight, for adjusting the timing of arrow holding release.
Claims9
An arrow rest device movable from an arrow supporting position to a position to clear fletching on an arrow released from a bow, comprising:
- (a) an arrow holder assembly adapted to be mounted on a bow said assembly including an arrow rest
- (b) positioning means connected to said arrow holder assembly for positioning said arrow rest from upright arrow holding, position when the bow is not drawn, to a lowered, arrow clearing, position when a drawn bow string is released
- (c) triggering means adapted to be attached to an end portion of a limb of a bow, responsive to movement of a bow limb after arrow release, for moving said arrow holder assembly from said upright position to said lowered position in response to said movement of a bow limb, inclusive of a shaft adapted to be mounted on said end portion of a bow limb and a pivotal arm extending radially from said shaft and pivotable relative to a bow, weight means associated with said pivotal arm and movable in response to movement of a bow limb and cable means interconnecting said arrow holding assembly and pivotal arm whereby movement of said weight means pivots said pivotal arm pulling on said cable means to pivot said arrow rest to said lowered position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.