Arrow safety positioning apparatus
AssigneeDavid R. Laliberte
InventorGary Karolian
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Abstract
A safety supporting apparatus for an arrow while the arrow is nocked and positioned on an arrow rest. Two safety arms, that do not touch the arrow, but are sufficiently close to the shaft of the arrow so that if the arrow is laterally dislodged from the rest, the arrow will briefly contact one or both of the arms, causing the arrow to be repositioned on the rest. Once the bow is drawn back into firing position, the arms are automatically rotated away from the arrow, permitting it to be fired without the shaft or fletching contacting the safety supporting arms. An optional third arm is also provided in an alternative embodiment so that vertical displacements from the arrow rest can also be prevented. The apparatus is adaptable for compound, recurve or longbow styles of bow and can be used with or without an overdraw mechanism.
Claims14
An arrow safety positioning apparatus for positioning the shaft of an arrow with fletching on an arrow rest of a bow, said apparatus comprising:
- a mounting assembly for adjustably mounting said apparatus to correspond to the position of the arrow rest on said bow;
- an axle, rotatably mounted to said mounting assembly;
- two positioning arms, adjustably mounted to said axle at a pre-selected, substantially parallel distance from one another, such that the shaft of the arrow does not contact either positioning arm when the arrow is in place on its rest yet, if the arrow should be laterally dislodged from its rest will result in the shaft of the arrow briefly contacting at least one of said arms, thereby causing the arrow to be repositioned on the rest;
- release cable, attached to said axle and the bow, wherein drawing the bow back near a firing position causes said arms to be rotated on said axle, freeing the arrow to be released without the shaft and fletching of the arrows contacting said arms during the arrow's release from the bow;
- means, attached to 'said axle, for controlling the force required to rotate said axle enabling said arms to remain positioned adjacent to the shaft of arrow until the bow is drawn back into the firing position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.