U.S. patent number 3,698,375 [Application Number 05/059,934] was granted by the patent office on 1972-10-17 for archery bow with arrow support structure.
Invention is credited to George D. Brougham.
United States Patent |
3,698,375 |
Brougham |
October 17, 1972 |
ARCHERY BOW WITH ARROW SUPPORT STRUCTURE
Abstract
An archery bow with an arrow supporting member so configurated
that the feathers on the rear end of the shaft of an arrow will not
touch any part of the bow when the arrow is shot. The bow is
provided with an arrow supporting member which is in the form of a
pad that has the basic configuration of a trapezoid when the
aforesaid bow is viewed in the shooting position. The aforesaid
arrow supporting member is rectangular in shape when viewed from
the side and has a convexed top on which is secured a standard
adhesive backed arrow rest on which is placed the arrow for
shooting. The bow has V-shaped recesses in the portion of the bow
forming the bow window to receive fletches of an arrow in order
that the feather of the arrow will pass free of the bow when shot.
The portion of the bow between the V-shaped recesses is a flat
surface against which an arrow rests when supported on the arrow
support member.
Inventors: |
Brougham; George D. (Gillett,
PA) |
Family
ID: |
22026243 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/059,934 |
Filed: |
July 31, 1970 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
124/24.1;
124/44.5 |
Current CPC
Class: |
F41B
5/143 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
F41B
5/00 (20060101); F41B 5/22 (20060101); F41b
005/00 () |
Field of
Search: |
;124/24,23,22,21,41 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Pinkham; Richard C.
Assistant Examiner: Browne; William R.
Claims
What I now claim as new is:
1. An archery bow construction comprising a bow member, a sight
window cut out in said member, said sight window comprising
vertically arranged and spaced apart upper and lower recesses of
V-shaped configuration receiving spaced apart fletches of an arrow,
said recesses having therebetween a flat surface against which the
shaft of the arrow is adapted to rest and slide past when the bow
string is released, an arrow support member positioned below and
spaced from said surface and having a top surface at an acute angle
thereto for supporting the shaft of an arrow in cooperation with
said flat surface, said top surface being of curvilinear
configuration in a downward direction presenting minimum surface
contact for the arrow shaft over which said shaft is constrained to
slide upon release of the bow string, said platform being an
integral part of said bow member.
Description
This invention relates to the sport of archery, and particularly to
the bow member, and still more particularly to a bow having a
built-in arrow rest.
It is the principal object of this invention to provide an archery
bow having a sight window which will permit the feather of the
arrow to pass the bow without touching any part of the bow and thus
will result in more accurate marksmanship.
Another object of this invention is to provide an archery bow
having a built-in arrow rest that is so constructed as not to
affect the strength of the bow.
Still another object of this invention is to provide an archery bow
having a built-in arrow rest that has a minimum number of parts
constant with maximum stability of the arrow when the arrow is
being held in place for shooting.
Other objects and advantages of this invention will no doubt become
apparent as the reading of this specification proceeds and the
accompanying drawing is examined therewith.
In the drawing:
FIG. 1 is a pictorial view of this invention in its entirety.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view of the center portion of this
invention showing the built-in arrow rest as indicated in the
arrowed ellipse and number 2 in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a rear view of FIG. 2 with the arrow shown in phantom
lines.
In the several views of this invention, like parts of the invention
are indicated by like reference numbers.
The reference number 5 indicates this invention in its
entirety.
Directing ones attention first to FIG. 3 of the accompanying
drawing it will be seen that this invention 5 consists of an
archery bow 6 having a scientifically configurated recess therein.
The horizontally disposed flat bottom 7 of the just-mentioned
recess extends inward from the rounded edge 8 to a point that is
one-sixteenth of an inch to the rear of the vertical center of the
arrow 9. At this point, the aforesaid bottom 7 curves upward on a
seven-eighths of an inch radius from the center of the aforesaid
arrow 9 to terminate at a 30.degree. angle in line with the center
of the aforesaid arrow 9. At this point, and in line with the
center of the aforesaid arrow 9 but backward three thirty-seconds
of an inch and connected by a small radius, the back surface 10 of
the aforesaid bow 6 is located at a 30.degree. angle to terminate
at the lower edge of the rectangular and vertically disposed arrow
plate 11 whose upper edge 12 forms the lower edge for the upper
surface 13 that leans backward at 30.degree. from the vertical
center of the often-mentioned arrow 9. The aforesaid upper surface
13 is three thirty-seconds of an inch off center of the angularly
disposed center line of the arrow 9, as one can see by looking at
the already-mentioned FIG. 3 of the drawing. The angularly-disposed
top 14 of the aforesaid upper surface 13 is seven-eights of an inch
from the center of the aforesaid arrow 9.
Continuing to look at FIG. 3 of the accompanying drawing it will be
seen that an arrow rest pad support 15, which is trapezoidal in
shape when viewed from the rear, rests on the aforesaid flat bottom
7 of the arrow 6. This arrow rest pad must be exactly five-eights
eighth of an inch at its maximum height which is in the
longitudinal center of the pad support when viewed from the side
since the aforesaid pad support 15 has a convex top surface 16 to
which is secured the arrow rest 17 by any desired adhesive. It will
be noted from examination of FIG. 3 of the drawing that the
aforesaid arrow rest pad 15 has its top surface 16 leaning back in
the recess at an angle of exactly 5.degree..
Attention is called at this time to the three equally disposed
radial lines that extend outward from the aforesaid arrow 9 in FIG.
3 of the drawing. These lines represent the three feathers on the
rear end of the arrow. The aforesaid feathers obviously do not
touch any part of the aforesaid bow 6 when the arrow is resting on
the arrow rest 17 which is the crux of this invention.
Attention is also directed to the fact that the bow 6 has its
center section so configurated by smooth curving lines as to have
no sharp corners in the bow. It is this inventive feature of this
bow 6 that makes it different from any other bow for if the bow did
have sharp corners it would break when put under tension by the
pulling back of the bow string 18, a fact that all other bow
designers have overlooked. Unless the above given dimensions are
followed carefully in making this novel bow, the bow will be
structurally weak and will break and will also obstruct the
feathers of the aforesaid arrow from leaving the bow without
touching the same when the arrow 9 is shot.
From the foregoing, I have herein provided a new and novel archery
bow having a built-in arrow rest that fulfills all of the objects
of this invention. While the invention is subject to any and all
changes and/or modifications that one may care to make in so long
as the changes and/or modifications fall within the scope and
intent of the appended claims.
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