US 5,398,420 AGranted

Archery bow sight

OwnerJerry C. Kleinschmidtinventor

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Abstract

An archery bow sight apparatus has a single front, horizontally adjustable, target sight pin and a plurality of rear, horizontally and vertically adjustable, yardage sight pins, each of the mar pins designated for a different, specific shooting distance. The sight apparatus is initially adjusted (or sighted in) by first pulling the bow string back until it touches the archer's cheek, at which point the single front pin is slid horizontally in or out to the point where it is centered on the target. The front pin is then locked into this position. The rear yardage sight pins are each individually adjusted for a different specific distance by selecting a target a specific distance away and aligning the first of the rear distance pins with the front target pin. Shooting accuracy is then increased by adjusting the position of the first rear pin to the right or left (horizontally) and up or down (vertically) by shooting arrows and then slightly sliding the rear pin appropriately based on where the arrows hit. The other two rear pins are adjusted similarly for other specific distances.

An archery bow sight for use with a bow, said bow having a front surface and a rear surface with said front surface facing towards a target and said rear surface facing towards both a string of said bow and a user holding said bow during a shooting of said bow, said archery bow sight comprising:

a back frame piece, said back frame piece comprising a substantially planar member having a back frame top edge, a back frame bottom edge, a back frame front edge, and a back frame rear edge with at least two parallel slots extending from proximal said back frame top edge to proximal said back frame bottom edge, said back frame further comprising a mounting bracket projecting from said back frame rear edge, said mounting bracket having a pair of through-extending mounting apertures such that said mounting bracket can be secured to a portion of said bow such that said back frame piece is positioned forwardly of said front surface of said bow between said front surface of said bow and said target;
a first yardage pin movably mounted to said back frame piece within a first one of said slots;
a second yardage pin movably mounted to said back frame piece within a second one of said slots;
a front frame piece coupled to said back frame piece and extending from said back frame to beyond said back frame front edge, said front frame piece terminating in an outer distal end positioned forwardly of both said front surface of said bow and said back frame front edge such that said front frame piece outer distal end is positioned between said back frame front edge and said target;
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a target sight pin mounted to said distal end of said front frame piece, wherein a pivoting of said bow within a vertical plane and about a horizontal axis directed parallelly between said front and rear surfaces of said bow will pivot both said yardage pins and said target sight pin in a single predetermined vertical direction within said vertical plane, said target pin being selectively alignable with both a target and an individual one of said yardage pins during shooting of said bow.

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