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US 7,066,165 B2Granted
Center-fire bow
OwnerKent M. Perryinventor
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Abstract
A bow includes a bow frame with a geometric center, and a window surrounding the geometric center. A bow handle is attached to the bow frame at a position offset from the geometric center, such that a user can fire an arrow through the window, through the geometric center of the bow. A gimbal may be disposed within the window, the bow handle being pivotally attached to the gimbal, so as to allow free pivoting of the bow about two substantially orthogonal axes.
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A bow, comprising:
- a. a bow frame having a geometric center;
- b. a window defined by a window frame substantially completely surrounding the geometric center, such that a user of the bow can fire an arrow through the geometric center of the bow;
- c. a gimbal, pivotally attached to the window frame;
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- d. a bow handle, pivotally attached to the gimbal at a position offset from the geometric center of the bow, the gimbal and bow handle being configured to allow free pivoting of the bow about two substantially orthogonal axes.
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A bow, comprising:
- a. a bow frame having a geometric center;
- b. a window defined by a window frame substantially completely surrounding the geometric center, such that a user of the bow can fire an arrow through the geometric center of the bow;
- c. a gimbal, pivotally attached to the bow frame;
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- d. a bow handle, pivotally attached to the gimbal at a position disposed below the geometric center of the bow, the gimbal and bow handle being configured to allow free pivoting of the bow about two substantially orthogonal axes.
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A bow, comprising:
- a. a bow frame, having a geometric center;
- b. a bow string, connected between opposing ends of the bow frame, having a nock point substantially at a geometric center of the bow string;
- c. a window frame, integrally disposed in a center of the bow frame and surrounding the geometric center;
- d. a gimbal, pivotally attached to the window frame;
- e. a bow handle, pivotally attached to the gimbal and offset below the geometric center, the bow handle being configured to pivot about an axis that is substantially perpendicular to a pivoting axis of the gimbal, so as to allow free pivoting of the bow about two substantially orthogonal axes, the bow being configured such that a user can fire an arrow through the geometric center of the bow with the arrow nocked at the nock point.
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A bow, comprising:
- a. a bow frame, having a longitudinal axis and a geometric center;
- b. a bow string, connected between opposing ends of the bow frame, having a center and a nock point at the center, and being oriented substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis;
- c. a window, integrally disposed in a center of the bow frame and surrounding the geometric center of the bow;
- d. a gimbal, disposed within the window and configured to pivot about an axis that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the bow frame;
- e. a bow handle, attached to the gimbal and offset from the geometric center, the handle being configured to pivot about an axis that is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the bow, the gimbal and bow handle being configured to allow free pivoting of the bow about two axes relative to the handle, the pivotal axis of the gimbal and the pivotal axis of the bow handle intersecting substantially at the geometric center of the bow;
- and a stabilizer bar, extending from the bow, configured to contact an arm of a user of the bow, such that a user can fire an arrow through the geometric center of the bow with the arrow nocked at the nock point, the stabilizer bar compensating for moment generated by the offset between the geometric center and the position of the handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.