Archery bow holder

An archery bow holder including:

• a) a bow support member adapted to support a lower end of a compound bow which includes a pair of limbs, each limb having a pair of branches formed on an outer end thereof, and an eccentric wheel rotatably mounted between said branches by an axle, said bow support member comprising a pair of support platforms extending on opposite sides of a compound bow receiver sized and shaped to receive a portion of said eccentric wheel;
• said support platforms selectively supporting lower ends of said branches;
• said bow support member securable to a leg of an archer;
• and
• b) a bowstring retainer securable to the leg of the archer above said bow support member and adapted to secure a bowstring of said bow to said holder.

An archery bow holder comprising:

• a) a base removably securable to a leg of an archer and having an upper end and a lower end;
• b) a bow support member hingedly connected at an inner end to said base and moveable between retracted and operating positions;
• said bow support member having a first receiver formed therein dividing said bow support member into a pair of bow support platforms each sized and shaped to support a branch of a lower end of a compound bow;
• and
• c) a bowstring retainer connected to said bow holder base proximate said upper end thereof, said bowstring retainer selectively engaging a bowstring of an archery bow supported on said bow support member.

An archery bow holder removably securable to a leg of an archer, said holder comprising:

• a) a frame having an upper end and a lower end;
• b) a leg strap secured to said frame and adapted for removably securing said frame to the leg of the archer;
• c) a bow support fork having inner and outer ends, said inner end hingedly connected to said frame, said bow support fork being moveable between retracted and operating positions, said outer end of said bow support fork having a notch formed therein and dividing said fork into a pair of support platforms, said support platforms sized and shaped to support a lower end of a compound archery bow;
• d) a fork brace secured to said bow support fork;
• e) a fork brace retainer fixedly secured to said bow holder frame;
• said fork brace selectively advanceable into engagement with said fork brace retainer to retain said bow support fork in the operating position;
• and
• f) a bowstring retainer connected to said bow holder frame proximate the upper end thereof, said bowstring retainer selectively engaging a bowstring of an archery bow resting in said bow support fork.

An archery bow holder including:

• a) a relatively rigid base securable to a leg of an archer below a knee thereof such that an upper end of said base extends above the archer's knee when the archer is in a seated position;
• said base having a bow support secured to a lower end of said base, said bow support adapted to support a lower end of a bow;
• and
• b) a bowstring retainer secured to said base proximate an upper end thereof and adapted to secure a bowstring of said bow to said holder.