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US 9,869,528 B2Granted
Micro-pointer system for archery sights
AssigneeFeraDyne Outdoors, LLC
InventorsAaron Pellett, Fred H. Hunt, Matthew Haas
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Abstract
A micro-pointer system coupled to a primary pointer system on a target or hunting sight. The primary pointer system includes a primary pointer attached to the micro-pointer system to provide an indication of an elevation setting. The micro-pointer system employs a micro-adjust mechanism that simultaneously displaces a micro-pointer and a primary pointer in an accurate and repeatable manner in relation to respective scales on the body of the sight.
Claims19
A pointer system for an archery sight comprising:
- a mounting arm configured to attach to a bow;
- an elevation assembly attached to the mounting arm, the elevation assembly comprising an elevation adjustment mechanism that moves a bezel mount along a generally vertical axis relative to the mounting arm;
- a bezel attached to the bezel mount, the bezel including at least one sighting device to sight the bow at a target;
- a micro-pointer system attached to the bezel mount that travels with the bezel mount along the vertical axis, the micro-pointer system comprising a micro-adjust mechanism configured to move a micro-pointer parallel to the vertical axis relative to a micro-scale on the bezel mount;
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- a primary pointer system comprising a primary pointer attached to the micro-pointer providing an indication of an elevation setting of the elevation assembly relative to the mounting arm along a primary scale located on the elevation adjustment mechanism, wherein adjustment of the micro-adjust mechanism simultaneously moves the primary pointer relative to the primary scale and the micro-pointer relative to the micro-scale.
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A pointer system for an archery sight comprising:
- a mounting arm configured to attach to a bow;
- an elevation assembly attached to the mounting arm, the elevation assembly comprising an elevation block with an elevation lead screw engaged with a threaded bezel mount to move the bezel mount along a generally vertical axis relative to the mounting arm in response to rotation of the elevation lead screw;
- a bezel attached to the bezel mount, the bezel including at least one sighting device to sight the bow at a target;
- a micro-pointer system attached to the bezel mount that travels with the bezel mount along the vertical axis in response to rotation of the elevation lead screw, the micro-pointer system comprising a micro-adjust lead screw configured to move a threaded micro-pointer parallel to the vertical axis relative to a micro-scale on the bezel mount in response to rotation of the micro-adjust lead screw;
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- a primary pointer system comprising a primary pointer attached to the micro-pointer providing an indication of an elevation setting of the elevation assembly relative to the mounting arm along a primary scale located on the elevation block, wherein rotation of the micro-adjust lead screw simultaneously moves the primary pointer relative to the primary scale and the micro-pointer relative to the micro-scale.
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A method of operating a pointer system on an archery sight that is mounted to a bow, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a micro-pointer system attached to a bezel mount that travels with the bezel mount along a vertical axis in response to adjustment of an elevation adjustment mechanism relative to the bow, the micro-pointer system comprising a micro-adjust mechanism configured to move a micro-pointer parallel to the vertical axis relative to a micro-scale on the bezel mount;
- providing a primary pointer system comprising a primary pointer attached to the micro-pointer providing an indication of an elevation setting of the elevation assembly relative to the bow along a primary scale located on the archery sight, wherein adjustment of the micro-adjust mechanism simultaneously moves the primary pointer relative to the primary scale and the micro-pointer relative to the micro-scale;
- adjusting a vertical position of a sighting device attached to the bezel mount relative to the vertical axis so an arrow fired from the bow strikes a target located at a first distance from the archer at a location indicated by the sighting device;
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- displacing the micro-pointer using the micro-adjust mechanism so the primary pointer is aligned with an indicia on the primary scale corresponding to the first distance.
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A method of operating a pointer system on an archery sight that is mounted to a bow, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a micro-pointer system attached to a bezel mount that travels with the bezel mount along a vertical axis in response to rotation of an elevation lead screw relative to an elevation block of an elevation assembly, the micro-pointer system comprising a micro-adjust lead screw configured to move a threaded micro-pointer parallel to the vertical axis relative to a micro-scale on the bezel mount in response to rotation of the micro-adjust lead screw;
- providing a primary pointer system comprising a primary pointer attached to the micro-pointer providing an indication of an elevation setting of the elevation assembly relative to the bow along a primary scale located on the elevation block, wherein rotation of the micro-adjust lead screw simultaneously moves the primary pointer relative to the primary scale and the micro-pointer relative to the micro-scale;
- adjusting a vertical position of a sighting device attached to the bezel mount relative to the vertical axis so an arrow fired from the bow strikes a target located at a first distance from the archer at a location indicated by the sighting device;
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- rotating the micro-adjust lead screw so the primary pointer is aligned with an indicia on the primary scale corresponding to the first distance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.