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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
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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.

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