Shaft clamping arrow rest
OwnerAbbas Ben Afshariinventor
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Abstract
An arrow rest comprises an arrow rest support arm pivotally mounted to the riser of a bow. The support arm is coupled to a cable guide of the bow through linkage that causes the support arm to rise relative to the riser of the bow as the cable is drawn to launch an arrow. As the cable is released to launch an arrow, the arrow rest drops to allow the fletching to pass the arrow rest without contact. In addition, as the arrow rest moves from a first resting position to a second pre-launch position and back again, a clamping mechanism grasps the shaft of the arrow when the support arm is in the resting position. As the support arm moves to the pre-launch position, the clamping mechanism releases the shaft of the arrow so that the arrow can be freely launched from the support arm without interference from the clamping mechanism.
Claims54
An arrow rest, comprising:
- a mounting bracket configured for attaching to a bow;
- an arm coupled to said mounting bracket being pivotable relative thereto from a resting position to a pre-launch position, said arm positioned to support a shaft of an arrow relative thereto when said arm is in said pre-launch position;
- a clamping mechanism secured to said arm for holding a shaft of an arrow when said arm is in said resting position and releasing the shaft when said arm is in said pre-launch position;
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- a linkage mechanism configured for linking said arm to a cable of a bow.
An arrow rest, comprising:
- a mounting bracket configured for attaching to the riser of a compound bow;
- a cable guide attached to the mounting bracket;
- a cable slide slidably secured to the cable guide and configured for engaging the cable of a compound bow;
- an arm coupled to the mounting bracket being pivotable relative thereto from a resting position to a pre-launch position, said arm positioned to support the shaft of an arrow relative thereto when the arm is in said pre-launch position;
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- a linkage mechanism coupled between said cable slide and said arm for causing movement of said arm from said resting position to said pre-launch position as the cable of the bow is drawn.
An arrow rest, comprising:
- means for supporting the shaft of an arrow relative to the riser of a compound bow;
- means for moving said means for supporting from a resting position to a pre-launch position as the cable of the compound bow is drawn;
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- means for clamping the shaft of the arrow relative to the means for supporting when the means for supporting is in the resting position and releasing the shaft of the arrow when the means for supporting is in the pre-launch position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.