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US 4,729,363 AGranted
Archer's bow rest for tree stand
OwnerHelmut K. Skybainventor
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Abstract
A bow stand enables a hunter standing on a tree stand to temporarily store the bow in a generally vertical attitude. The bow stand includes first and second U-shaped brackets mounted to the tree stand platform. Both brackets are pivotable between folded configurations in facing contact with the platform and open configurations. In the open configurations, the first bracket lies parallel to the platform and overhangs the front edge, and the second bracket lies in a generally vertical plane below the first bracket. The brackets are shaped to receive a bow inserted vertically through both brackets and to hold the bow in place on the platform.
Claims16
A bow stand comprising:
- a. a generally horizontal platform having a front edge and a top surface;
- b. a generally U-shaped first bracket having a loop end and a pair of leg ends pivotally mounted to the platform top surface to permit pivoting the first bracket between a folded configuration in facing contact with the platform top surface and an open configuration wherein the first bracket lies in a plane parallel to the platform and overhanging the platform front edge;
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- c. a generally U-shaped second bracket having a pair of opposed generally transverse shoulders and a pair of leg ends pivotally mounted to the platform top surface for pivoting between a folded configuration in facing contact with the platform top surface and an open configuration wherein the second bracket lies in a generally vertical plane below the first bracket, the first and second brackets being configured to receive a bow inserted vertically through the brackets with the first bracket contacting a first point on the bow frame to support it against gravity and the second bracket shoulders providing reaction points for a second point on the bow frame to prevent tilting about the contact point between the bow and the first bracket,
- so that the brackets cooperate to steadily hold the bow in a generally upright attitude.
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Apparatus for holding a bow in a generally vertical attitude comprising:
- a. a generally horizontal platform having a front edge and top surface;
- b. a first generally U-shaped bracket having a loop end and a pair of legs;
- c. mounting means for pivotally securing the first bracket legs to the platform top surface to enable the first bracket to pivot between a folded configuration wherein the first bracket is in facing contact against the platform and an open configuration wherein the first bracket lies in a plane parallel to the platform and overhanging the platform front edge;
- d. a second generally U-shaped bracket having a loop end and a pair of legs, the loop end defining a pair of opposed transverse shoulders adjoining respective legs;
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- e. mounting means for pivotally mounting the second bracket legs to the platform top surface to permit pivoting the second bracket between a folded configuration in facing contact with the platform and an open configuration wherein the second bracket lies in a generally vertical plane under the first bracket, the loop end of the first bracket and the shoulders of the second bracket cooperating to hold a bow inserted vertically through the brackets in a generally vertical attitude.
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A method of storing a bow comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a generally horizontal platform having generally U-shaped first and second brackets pivotally mounted to the platform, the first bracket being pivotable between a folded configuration in facing contact with the platform and an open configuration parallel to and overhanging the platform, the second bracket being pivotable between a folded configuration in facing contact with the platform and an open configuration approximately perpendicular to the platform and below the first bracket;
- b. pivoting the first and second brackets to their respective open configurations;
- c. vertically inserting a bow through the first and second brackets;
- d. tilting the bow forwardly to contact the first bracket and to place the bow center of gravity outside of the first bracket;
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- e. tilting the bow forwardly to contact the bow lower end with the second bracket,
- so that the second bracket provides reaction points to prevent further bow tilting and thereby cooperate with the first bracket to hold the bow in a generally vertical attitude.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.