BOW STRING DRAWING AND RELEASE DEVICE

• US 3,656,467 A
• Filed: 01/15/1971
• Issued: 04/18/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Dale F. Halter
• Original Assignee: Dale F. Halter
• Inventors: Halter, Dale F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pinkham, Richard C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Browne, William R.
• Application Number:
  US05/106,907
• Time in Patent Office: 459 Days
• Field of Search: 124/35,30 D22/5
• US Class Current: 124/35.2
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 5/1469 Bow-string drawing or releasing devices F41B5/1473 takes precedence

Abstract

A hand held bow string drawing and release member having a notch formed for engagement with and drawing of the bow string, a finger engaging portion formed for drawing the bow string to a stable bow tensioned position with the use of a single finger, and another finger engaging portion positioned to provide a trigger release of the bow string upon squeezing down on the several finger portions. The finger engaging portion used in drawing the string is aligned with the notch in such a way that the mid-point of this portion will be directly behind the notch while the bow string is being drawn by a single finger.

Claims

1. A bow string drawing and release device comprising a member providing a bow string notch having an open side for receipt of a bow string and said member having finger engaging portions for drawing a bow string engaged in said notch to and releasing it from bow tensioned position, the improvement comprising:

the open side of said notch and a first of said finger engaging portions being positioned in confronting relation and being spaced apart to define an opening therebetween for entering a bow string to said notch and an archer'"'"''"'"'s finger to said first portion, said first portion providing a finger engaging pressure area, a mid-point of which has a perpendicular force line intersecting said notch thereby positioning said area midpoint directly behind said notch and in a common plane therewith when the bow string and bow are in bow tensioned position, thereby permitting the drawing of a bow string to stable bow tensioned position with the use of only a single finger engaged with said area; and

a second finger engaging portion positioned in laterally spaced relation to said plane for rocking said member to a firing position releasing the string from said notch while maintaining full bow string drawing force on said area.

2. A member as defined in claim 1 and comprising:

a shank positioned between and extending forwardly from said finger engaging portions and whose sides are formed from extensions of said portions, said shank providing said notch.

3. A member as defined in claim 2, said first portion being of concave form to receive the fore finger of the user and being positioned nearer the user than said second portion in said bow tensioned position:

and said second portion being formed to receive a middle finger of a user.

4. A member as defined in claim 3, said portions and notch being formed and positioned for inversion of said member for optional right and left handed use.

5. A member as defined in claim 4, said first portion having an outermost edge disposed laterally from said plane and being formed for engagement by the thumb of a user.

6. A member as defined in claim 5, said first portion and shank being substantially hook shaped with said notch being positioned adjacent one end of said shank and said first and second portions being positioned adjacent and on opposite sides of the other end of said shank.

7. A member as defined in claim 6, said second portion having an outer edge disposed laterally from said plane and being formed for engagement by the ring finger of a user.

8. A member as defined in claim 7, said notch having a bow string release surface forming an angle of approximately 75* with said plane.

9. A member as defined in claim 3, said first portion having a curved outer surface receiving the index finger of a user at the second joint and having a sharp corner closely adjacent said curved surface adapted to receive the first joint of a user'"'"''"'"'s index finger.