Attachment mechanism for an accessory for an archer's bow
OwnerJames Conner Fisher, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
The invention comprises a quick-release locking device for attachment of an accessory having a threaded shaft at one end thereof to an archer's bow. This locking device includes a body having a bore extending therein, which bore is sized so that the shaft of the accessory may be inserted therein. The device also includes a shaft engagement mechanism within the body which is adapted to engage the threads of the shaft of the accessory within the bore, and a manually operable release mechanism within the body which may be actuated to release the engagement mechanism from the shaft. The locking device may be incorporated into the handle or riser of a bow, or it may be provided in the form of an attachment that can be threaded into the existing accessory hole of a conventional bow.
Claims28
A quick-release locking mechanism for attachment of an accessory having a threaded shaft at one end thereof to an archer's bow, which mechanism comprises:
- (a) a body having a bore extending therein, said body being provided with a threaded bolt that may be threaded into a threaded hole in a bow for attachment to the bow and said bore being sized so that the shaft of the accessory may be inserted therein;
- (b) shaft engagement means within the body which are adapted to engage the threads of the shaft of the accessory within the bore;
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- (c) manually operable release means within the body which may be actuated to release the engagement means from the shaft.
An archer's bow which comprises:
- (a) a riser;
- (b) a handgrip on the riser;
- (c) a pair of limbs which extend from the riser in opposite directions generally along the long axis of the riser;
- (d) a string, one end of which is attached at the outer end of each limb;
- (e) a quick-release locking mechanism for attachment of an accessory having a threaded shaft at one end thereof to the bow, said mechanism being incorporated within the riser, which mechanism comprises:
- (a) a body having a bore extending therein, said bore being sized so that the shaft of the accessory may be inserted therein;
- (b) shaft engagement means within the body which are adapted to engage the threads of the shaft of the accessory within the bore;
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- (c) manually operable release means within the body which may be actuated to release the engagement means from the shaft.
A method for attachment of an accessory having a threaded shaft at one end thereof to an archer's bow, which method comprises:
- (a) providing a quick-release locking mechanism for attachment of an accessory having a threaded shaft at one end thereof to the bow, which mechanism comprises:
- (i) a body having a bore extending therein, said bore being sized so that the shaft of the accessory may be inserted therein;
- (ii) shaft engagement means within the body which are adapted to engage the threads of the shaft of the accessory within the bore;
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- (iii) manually operable release means within the body which may be actuated to release the engagement means from the shaft;
- (b) actuating the release means to prevent interference between said release means and the threaded shaft of the accessory during insertion of the shaft into the bore;
- (c) inserting the shaft of the accessory into the bore;
- (d) actuating the shaft engagement means to engage the threads of the shaft of the accessory within the bore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.