Archery bow stabilizer
AssigneeNew Archery Products Corp.
InventorsFrank A. Harwath, Robert S. Mizek
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Abstract
A bow stabilizer having a hollow body with at least one opening and forming a chamber. A plug is removeably mounted within each opening. At least a portion of the plug is positioned between two contact surfaces of a sealing device. The sealing device further has a threaded member rotatably mounted with respect to the plug and mateably engageable with an internally threaded bore formed by a first plate of the sealing device. As the threaded member is rotated, the two plates of the sealing device move towards each other which compresses and deforms at least a portion of the plug. An outer surface of a portion of the plug is enlarged and compressed against an inner surface of the hollow body to form a tight seal that contains a fill within the chamber.
Claims24
In a bow stabilizer for an archery bow, the bow stabilizer having a hollow body forming a chamber, the hollow body having at least one opening, and a plug closing the at least one opening to seal the chamber, the improvement comprising:
- the plug positionable within the at least one opening, a sealing device having a plurality of contact surfaces, at least two of the contact surfaces opposing each other, and the opposing contact surfaces selectively moveable toward each other to deform at least a portion of the plug positioned between the opposing contact surfaces.
In a bow stabilizer for an archery bow, the bow stabilizer having a hollow body forming a chamber at least partially filled with at least one of a solid and a liquid, the hollow body having a plurality of openings, and a plurality of plugs wherein each of the plugs is mounted within one of the openings to sealably contain the at least one of the solid and the liquid within the chamber, the improvement comprising:
- each of the plugs removably mounted within a corresponding one of the openings;
- each of the plugs having two plates forming opposing contact surfaces;
- a plurality of threaded members, each said threaded member rotatably mounted with respect to a corresponding plug of the plugs, a first plate of said plates having an internally threaded first bore, a second plate of said plates having a second bore, and each said threaded member passing through a respective second bore of a respective second plate, external threads of each of said threaded members mateably engageable with internal threads of a respective said first plate that forms said internally threaded first bore, at least a portion of the corresponding plug positioned between said opposing contact surfaces,
- whereby rotation of each threaded member causes the contact surfaces of its associated plates to move toward each other to deform at least a portion of the plug positioned between the opposing contact surfaces.
In a bow stabilizer for an archery bow, the bow stabilizer having a tubular body forming a chamber and at least one opening, and a plug mounted within each of the at least one opening to sealably contain at least one of a solid and a liquid, the improvement comprising:
- the plug removeably mounted within the at least one opening, and means for enlarging an outer surface of the plug to sealably close the at least one opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.