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US 5,341,791 AGranted
Bow sight apparatus
AssigneeGary J. Shafer
InventorGary J. Shafer
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Abstract
An illuminated sighting structure is arranged to include a sighting tube arranged for mounting relative to an archery bow. The sighting tube includes a first end spaced from a second end, the second end having a chemiluminescent ring, with a chemiluminescent sphere mounted within a rod directed into the sighting tube adjacent the first end. A modification of the invention includes illumination structure arranged to enhance illumination of the sphere and ring.
Claims2
A bow sight apparatus, comprising,
- a mounting plate, the mounting plate including a mounting plate base, with a plurality of coplanar flanges secured in a spaced relationship relative to a mounting plate base, and
- a slide plate, the slide plate receiving the coplanar flanges, with a first lock fastener directed through the slide plate into engagement with one of said coplanar flanges to secure the slide plate relative to the coplanar flanges, and
- a slide plate flange projecting from the slide plate, the slide plate flange including a slot, and a tube flange in contiguous communication with the slide plate flange longitudinally aligned therewith, with the tube flange including a second lock fastener projecting from the tube flange received within the slot, and a guide pin spaced from the second lock fastener, with the guide pin received within the slide plate flange, and
- a sight tube symmetrically oriented about a sight tube axis, the sight tube fixedly mounted to the tube flange, with the axis orthogonally oriented relative to the tube flange, with the sight tube having a first end spaced from a second end, and
- a chemiluminescent translucent ring mounted to the second end of the sight tube.
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