Archery training system

• US 10,563,950 B2
• Filed: 04/15/2019
• Issued: 02/18/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Justin D. Tafoya
• Original Assignee: Justin D. Tafoya
• Inventors: Tafoya, Justin D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fernstrom, Kurt
• Application Number:
  US16/384,816
• Publication Number:
  US 20190323792A1
• Time in Patent Office: 309 Days
• Field of Search: 434247, 124 231, 124 241, 124 86, 482122, 482126
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2244/04 Bow shooting
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/00 Training appliances or apparatus for special sports training of parachutists B64D23/00
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 5/1469 Bow-string drawing or releasing devices F41B5/1473 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 5/1476 Devices for archery training
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports

Abstract

Disclosed is a finger release aid for archery shooting training with an archery training device. The archery training system provides an archer the ability to safely condition psychologically and physically without the need of a bow and arrow while maintaining the sensation of using a bow and arrow. Dry firing the archery training system with the finger release aid mimics the actions of finger shooting an arrow while using a traditional archery bow. Instant feedback for users is provided when they have maintained proper form during the draw, hold, and release phases used during finger shooting.

Claims

1. A finger release aid for archery shooting training with an archery training device, comprising

a nock;

a top string fixedly attached to the nock at a first portion of the nock;

a bottom string fixedly attached to the nock at the first portion of the nock; and

an aid body fixedly attached to a second portion of the nock, comprising a top arm extending from the aid body and fixedly attached to the top string, a bottom arm extending from the aid body and fixedly attached to the bottom string, a top slit located proximate to the second portion of the nock, and a bottom slit located proximate to the bottom arm, wherein, when a user dry fires the archery training device, the top slit is configured to releasably couple with a top interconnector of the archery training device, and the bottom slit is configured to releasably couple with a bottom interconnector of the archery training device.

2. The finger release aid of claim 1, wherein the top string is attached to the nock at a first angle equal to 90°

minus an angle theta between the top string and a y-axis that is in a plane formed by the top string and the nock and is perpendicular to the nock, the bottom string is attached to the nock at a second angle equal to 90°

minus an angle phi between the bottom string and the y-axis, the bottom slit has a depth forming an angle omega with the y-axis, the angle theta is in a range of at least one of 5°

to 40°

, 17°

to 33°

, 17°

to 23°

, and 19°

to 21°

, the angle phi is in a range of at least one of 5°

to 40°

, 13°

to 27°

, 13°

to 19°

, and 15°

to 17°

, and the angle omega is in a range of at least one of 40°

to 70°

, 50°

to 60°

, and 53°

to 57°

.

3. The finger release aid of claim 2, wherein the angle theta is approximately 20°

, the angle phi is approximately 16°

, and the angle omega is approximately 55°

.

4. The finger release aid of claim 1, wherein the top string is attached to the nock at a first angle equal to 90°

minus an angle theta between the top string and a y-axis that is in a plane formed by the top string and the nock and is perpendicular to the nock, the bottom string is attached to the nock at a second angle equal to 90°

minus an angle phi between the bottom string and the y-axis, and the angle theta and the angle phi correspond to a draw length of the user such that at least one of the angle theta and the angle phi increases when the draw length increases.

5. The finger release aid of claim 1, wherein the top slit is configured to release the top interconnector and the bottom slit is configured to couple with the bottom interconnector when the user tilts the finger release aid at an angle exceeding a range.

6. The finger release aid of claim 1, the top string and the bottom string each having a length approximately the same as or larger than a width of a finger of the user.

7. The finger release aid of claim 1, wherein the top string and the bottom string are one continual string.

8. A finger release aid for archery shooting training with an archery training device, comprising

a nock;

a top string fixedly attached to the nock at a first portion of the nock;

a bottom string fixedly attached to the nock at the first portion of the nock; and

an aid body fixedly attached to a second portion of the nock, comprising a top arm extending from the aid body and fixedly attached to the top string, a bottom arm extending from the aid body and fixedly attached to the bottom string, a top slit located proximate to the first portion of the nock, and a bottom slit located proximate to the bottom arm, wherein, when a user dry fires the archery training device, the top slit is configured to releasably couple through a top interconnector of the archery training device with a top resistance band of the archery training device that provides a primary tension, and the bottom slit is configured to releasably couple through a bottom interconnector of the archery training device with a bottom resistance band of the archery training device that provides a counterbalance tension to the primary tension.

9. The finger release aid of claim 8, wherein the top string is attached to the nock at a first angle equal to 90°

minus an angle theta between the top string and a y-axis that is in a plane formed by the top string and the nock and is perpendicular to the nock, the bottom string is attached to the nock at a second angle equal to 90°

minus an angle phi between the bottom string and the y-axis, the bottom slit has a depth forming an angle omega with the y-axis, the angle theta is in a range of at least one of 5°

to 40°

, 17°

to 33°

, 17°

to 23°

, and 19°

to 21°

, the angle phi is in a range of at least one of 5°

to 40°

, 13°

to 27°

, 13°

to 19°

, and 15°

to 17°

, and the angle omega is in a range of at least one of 40°

to 70°

, 50°

to 60°

, and 53°

to 57°

.

10. The finger release aid of claim 8, wherein the top string is attached to the nock at a first angle equal to 90°

minus an angle theta between the top string and a y-axis that is in a plane formed by the top string and the nock and is perpendicular to the nock, the bottom string is attached to the nock at a second angle equal to 90°

minus an angle phi between the bottom string and the y-axis, and the angle theta and the angle phi correspond to a draw length of the user such that at least one of the angle theta and the angle phi increases when the draw length increases.

11. The finger release aid of claim 8, wherein the top slit is configured to release the top interconnector and the bottom slit is configured to couple with the bottom interconnector when the user tilts the finger release aid at an angle exceeding a range.

12. The finger release aid of claim 8, the top string and the bottom string each having a length approximately the same as or larger than a width of a finger of the user.

13. The finger release aid of claim 8, wherein the top string and the bottom string are one continual string.

14. A finger release aid for archery shooting training with an archery training device, comprising

a nock having a first portion and a second portion distal to the first portion;

a top string having a first portion and a second portion distal to the first portion and fixedly attached to the second portion of the nock at the second portion of the top string;

a bottom string having a first portion and a second portion distal to the first portion and fixedly attached to the second portion of the nock at the second portion of the bottom string; and

an aid body fixedly attached to the first portion of the nock, comprising a top arm extending from the aid body in a first direction and turning in a second direction and fixedly attached to the first portion of the top string at a distal end of the top arm, a bottom arm extending from the aid body opposite the first direction and turning in the second direction and fixedly attached to the first portion of the bottom string at a distal end of the bottom arm, a top slit located proximate to the first portion of the nock, and a bottom slit located proximate to the bottom arm, wherein, when a user dry fires the archery training device, the top slit is configured to releasably couple through a top interconnector of the archery training device with a top resistance band of the archery training device that provides a primary tension, and the bottom slit is configured to releasably couple through a bottom interconnector of the archery training device with a bottom resistance band of the archery training device that provides a counterbalance tension to the primary tension.

15. The finger release aid of claim 14, wherein the top string is attached to the nock at a first angle equal to 90°

minus angle theta between the top string and a y-axis that is in a plane formed by the top string and the nock and is perpendicular to the nock, the bottom string is attached to the nock at a second angle equal to 90°

minus an angle phi between the bottom string and the y-axis, the bottom slit has a depth forming an angle omega with the y-axis, the angle theta is in a range of at least one of 5°

to 40°

, 17°

to 33°

, 17°

to 23°

, and 19°

to 21°

, the angle phi is in a range of at least one of 5°

to 40°

, 13°

to 27°

, 13°

to 19°

, and 15°

to 17°

, and the angle omega is in a range of at least one of 40°

to 70°

, 50°

to 60°

, and 53°

to 57°

.

16. The finger release aid of claim 15, wherein the angle theta is approximately 20°

, the angle phi is approximately 16°

, and the angle omega is approximately 55°

.

17. The finger release aid of claim 14, wherein the top string is attached to the nock at a first angle equal to 90°

minus an angle theta between the top string and a y-axis that is in a plane formed by the top string and the nock and is perpendicular to the nock, the bottom string is attached to the nock at a second angle equal to 90°

minus an angle phi between the bottom string and the y-axis, and the angle theta and the angle phi correspond to a draw length of the user such that at least one of the angle theta and the angle phi increases when the draw length increases.

18. The finger release aid of claim 14, wherein the top slit is configured to release the top interconnector and the bottom slit is configured to couple with the bottom interconnector when the user tilts the finger release aid at an angle exceeding a range.

19. The finger release aid of claim 14, the top string and the bottom string each having a length approximately the same as or bigger than a width of a finger of the user.

20. The finger release aid of claim 14, wherein the top string and the bottom string are one continual string.