Twin jaw bow string release

A bow string release of the type having a head including a sear mechanism adapted for receiving and holding a bow string adjacent the nock of an arrow and selectively movable between a closed, string retaining position and an open, string releasing position, a body attached to the head and including a trigger and latch mechanism for communicating the trigger with the sear mechanism and responsive to movement of the trigger to release the sear mechanism from the closed position to the open position, the improvement comprising:

• a. a pair of elongate sears movably mounted in the head and each having an inner end and an outer end, the outer end including a string receptive notch for engaging and retaining a bow string;
• b. an elongate latch pin axially movable between an extended position and a retracted position in response to movement of the trigger, the pin adapted for engaging said inner end of one of said sears when the pin is in the extended position, for locking the sear in a string retaining position, whereby the movement of the latch pin from the extended position to the retracted position permits the inner end of the sear to ride on the pin for pivoting the said one sear from the closed, string retaining position to the open, string releasing position;
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• c. a floating bearing between and in abutting engagement with both of said elongate sears and in substantial alignment with the pivot points thereof, whereby the other of said sears is maintained in the closed, string retaining position when said one sear is locked in the closed, string retaining position by said latch pin, and said other elongate sear is pivoted to the open, string releasing position when said latch pin is retracted.