Torque free bow with improved handle grip assembly

A compound archery bow having a center plane, said bow comprising

• a riser and limb assembly wherein said limbs are supported on said riser at a given limb angle for action about limb pivots,
• cams secured to said limbs,
• a bowstring
• a grip assembly, said grip assembly comprising
• riser hinge means,
• a handle having a center plane and a low point,
• handle hinge means for pivotally supporting said riser relative to said handle so that forces applied to said handle act on said riser through at least one point which is coincident with the center plane of said bow,
• said riser hinge means and .said handle hinge means being connected for pivotal movement about an axis coincident with the bow center plane and said at least one point through which forces applied to said handle act on said riser, wherein said handle low point is offset a substantial distance from the center plane of said bow,
• wherein said riser is constructed so that the bow has a brace height, when strung with said bow string, which is at least one inch less than seven inches and wherein the distance between said bowstring and said at least one point is substantially equal to the brace height and wherein said riser is constructed so that the limb pivots are at least one inch forward, relative to the handle low point and said at least one point, of the corresponding position that said limb pivots would have in a conventional bow with a brace height of approximately seven inches,
• wherein the bow has a standard rated velocity which is at least six feet per second faster than a conventional bow comprising
• a conventional riser,
• said cams and
• said limbs and
• having a brace height of substantially seven inches and having a limb angle corresponding with the given limb angle, when strung with said bowstring.