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Cocking mechanism for a crossbow

  • US 10,260,835 B2
  • Filed: 06/02/2016
  • Issued: 04/16/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A cocking mechanism for a crossbow comprising:

  • a center support including longitudinal axis;

    an energy storage assembly coupled to the center support with a draw string that extends across the center support coupled to the energy storage assembly;

    an elongated handle pivotally attached to the center support at location near a distal end of the center support;

    a traveler that slides along the center support back and forth along the longitudinal axis in a channel formed in the center support;

    an arm having a first end pivotally coupled to the elongated handle and a second end pivotally coupled to the traveler, wherein the portion of the arm pivotally coupled to the traveler moves in the channel with the traveler as the elongated handle is moved between a closed configuration and an open configuration, and wherein as the elongated handle is moved by a user to the open configuration the arm advances the traveler in the channel to the distal end of the center support and into engagement with the draw string in a release configuration, and as the elongated handle is moved by a user to the closed configuration the arm pulls the draw string and the traveler from the released configuration to a drawn configuration, and the draw string into engagement with a trigger assembly located near a proximal end of the center support;

    a latch that retains the elongated handle in the closed configuration;

    a ratcheting mechanism that prevents the elongated handle from moving to the open configuration as the elongated handle is being moved toward the closed configuration; and

    a thumb trigger located near a proximal end of the elongated handle coupled to the latch and the ratcheting mechanism, wherein actuating the thumb trigger releases the latch and the ratcheting mechanism.

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