Archery bow with pre-centered arrow rest

In an archery bow, a handle riser for supporting opposed bow limbs, said handle riser including a hand grip and opposed arm portions extending therefrom, a support shelf for an arrow rest including one of a longitudinal tongue and groove extending substantially parallel to a draw plane of said bow, and an arrow rest adapted to be supported on said shelf in a predetermined position aligned with said draw plane, said arrow rest including an arrow holder having a base member including one of a longitudinal tongue and groove operable to be slidably disposed on said shelf in registration with said one of said tongue and groove on said shelf.

In an archery bow, a handle riser for supporting opposed bow limbs, said handle riser including a hand grip, opposed arm portions extending therefrom, an offset portion providing a sight window disposed between said arm portions and a support shelf for an arrow rest including a substantially planar surface extending in a plane substantially normal to a draw plane of said bow, the improvement comprising:

• an arrow rest including an arrow holder having a base adapted to be supported on said surface of said shelf in a predetermined position wherein said arrow holder is aligned with said draw plane, said shelf including spaced apart sets of threaded bores arranged in fore and aft positions and said base of said arrow holder includes spaced apart bores aligned with at least one set of said bores in said shelf for receiving fasteners for securing said arrow holder to said shelf in a selected fore and aft position of said arrow holder while maintaining said arrow holder in said draw plane.

In an archery bow, a handle riser for supporting opposed bow limbs, said handle riser including a hand grip, oppoeed arm portions extending therefrom, an offset portion providing a sight window disposed between said arm portions and a support shelf for an arrow rest including a substantially planar surface extending in a plane substantially normal to a draw plane of said bow, the improvement comprising:

• an arrow rest including an arrow holder having a base adapted to be supported on said surface of said shelf in a position wherein said arrow holder is aligned with said draw plan;
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• a rest member including opposed, generally planar parallel surfaces adapted to be supported on said shelf between said arrow holder and said shelf, said rest member including spaced apart sets of bores cooperable with spaced apart sets of bores on said shelf for positioning said rest member in a selected fore and aft position on said shelf and for positioning said arrow holder in a selected fore and aft position on said rest member to accommodate an overdrawn arrow position when using said bow.

In an archery bow, a handle riser for supporting opposed bow limbs, said handle riser including a hand grip, opposed arm portions extending therefrom, an offset portion providing a sight window disposed between said arm portions and a support shelf for an arrow rest including a substantially planar surface extending in a plane substantially normal to a draw plane of said bow, the improvement comprising:

• an arrow rest adapted to be supported on said surface of said shelf in a predetermined position aligned with said draw plane;
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• a shelf extension member adapted to be connected to said shelf in a rearward disposed position with respect to the direction of flight of an arrow shot from said bow for supporting said arrow rest in an extended overdraw position on said handle riser, said shelf extension member including spaced apart fastener receiving bores for receiving threaded fasteners to releasably secure said shelf extension member in a predetermined position connected to said shelf.

In an archery bow, a handle riser for supporting opposed bow limbs, said handle riser including a hand grip, opposed arm portions extending therefrom, an offset portion providing a sight window disposed between said arm portions and a support shelf for an arrow rest including a substantially planar surface extending in a plane substantially normal to a draw plane of said bow, the improvement comprising:

• an arrow rest adapted to be supported on said surface of said shelf in a predetermined position aligned with said draw plane;
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• a shelf extension member adapted to be supported on said shelf in a rearward disposed position with respect to the direction of flight of an arrow shot from said bow for supporting said arrow rest in an extended overdraw position, said shelf extension member including spaced apart sets of bores formed thereon for receiving said arrow rest.

In an archery bow, a handle riser for supporting opposed bow limbs, said handle riser including a hand grip, opposed arm portions extending therefrom, an offset portion providing a sight window disposed between said arm portions and a support shelf for an arrow rest including a substantially planar surface extending in a plane substantially normal to a draw plane of said bow, the improvement comprising:

• an arrow rest adapted to be supported on said surface of said shelf in a predetermined position aligned with said draw plane;
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• indicia on said shelf aligned with said draw plane.

In an archery bow, a handle riser for supporting opposed bow limbs, said handle riser including a hand grip, opposed arm portions extending therefrom, an offset portion providing a sight window disposed between said arm portions and a support shelf for an arrow rest including a substantially planar surface extending in a plane substantially normal to a draw plane of said bow, the improvement comprising:

• an arrow rest including an arrow holder adapted to be supported on said surface of said shelf in a predetermined position wherein said arrow holder is aligned with said draw plane;
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• said shelf and said arrow rest include cooperating members thereon, respectively, cooperable to provide for supporting said arrow rest in a selected one of plural predetermined fore and aft positions on said shelf and for securing said arrow holder to said shelf in said selected fore and aft position of said arrow holder while maintaining said arrow holder in said draw plane.