Fall away arrow rest

A fall away arrow rest adapted to be mounted on a compound bow including an arrow window, at least one tuning cable, and a bowstring, said arrow rest comprising:

• a substantially laterally extending rotatable shaft;
• at least one launcher arm connected to, substantially pivotable about and rotatable with, and extending substantially upwardly and forwardly from said shaft and adapted to support the shaft of an arrow;
• a spring for rotationally biasing said shaft such that said at least one launcher arm is rotationally biased toward a downward direction;
• a post substantially rigidly connected to and substantially radially extending from said shaft whereby said post rotates with said shaft;
• a first limit surface adapted to abut said post and to limit the rotation of said shaft in a first rotational direction whereby said launcher arm is in a substantially rotationally high position;
• means for selectively maintaining said post in a first rotational position immediately adjacent to said first limit surface, during substantially the entire draw of the bowstring;
• a flexible cord adapted to be connected to said post and to said at least one tuning cable such that when said bowstring is drawn to a first draw position substantially almost at, but not at, a full draw position, said maintaining means maintains said post in said first rotational position, and such that when said bowstring is drawn past said first draw position, said maintaining means ceases to maintain said post in said first rotational position and such that the firing of an arrow after said bowstring has been drawn past said first draw position causes said spring to rotate said shaft such that said at least one launcher arm rotates downwardly.