Archery bowstring drawback and release device
First Claim
1. A bowstring release device, comprising in combination bow string-engaging structure having string-engaging catch means pivotally mounted in a supporting member;
- a handle member;
a ball and socket joint universally coupling said supporting member and said handle member together;
a trigger pivotally mounted in said handle member;
means resiliently biasing said trigger;
a transversely segmented, longitudinal, composite rod extending between said trigger and said string-engaging catch means, one longitudinal end segment of said rod being rigid and adapted to engage said catch means, the other longitudinal end segment being stiffly flexible and secured to said trigger;
slideway means laterally confining said rigid end segment of said composite rod; and
resilient means acting against said trigger to normally urge said rigid end segment of said rod means into engagement with said catch means, said trigger being movable against the urge of said resilient means when pulled to withdraw said rigid end segment of said composite rod from said catch means for releasing the bowstring from said string holder, the said other end segment of the rod being unrestrained laterally and free to flex transversely while still transmitting movement longitudinally.
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Abstract
The bowstring drawback and release device of the invention has a handle member that is advantageously of comfortably contoured T-formation in which the stem of the T extends forwardly and is connected by ball and socket joinder to a support for a bowstring catch. The support is in the form of a housing that is desirably open at its forward end and along its bottom, the catch being a lever within and pivoted to the housing intermediate its ends so as to drop open upon release effected by pulling a resiliently biased trigger that is pivoted within the housing and extends outside for convenient pulling, as by the thumb of the hand of an archer holding the handle. An important feature is the provision of a transversely segmented, longitudinal, composite rod having a laterally confined, rigid, forward end segment that is adapted to engage a rearwardly shouldered portion of the catch for holding the bowstring in engaged drawback position and a laterally unconfined, rearward end segment of stiffly flexible material connected to the trigger for accommodating any misalignment of the handle member when the trigger is pulled.
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1. A bowstring release device, comprising in combination bow string-engaging structure having string-engaging catch means pivotally mounted in a supporting member;
- a handle member;
a ball and socket joint universally coupling said supporting member and said handle member together;
a trigger pivotally mounted in said handle member;
means resiliently biasing said trigger;
a transversely segmented, longitudinal, composite rod extending between said trigger and said string-engaging catch means, one longitudinal end segment of said rod being rigid and adapted to engage said catch means, the other longitudinal end segment being stiffly flexible and secured to said trigger;
slideway means laterally confining said rigid end segment of said composite rod; and
resilient means acting against said trigger to normally urge said rigid end segment of said rod means into engagement with said catch means, said trigger being movable against the urge of said resilient means when pulled to withdraw said rigid end segment of said composite rod from said catch means for releasing the bowstring from said string holder, the said other end segment of the rod being unrestrained laterally and free to flex transversely while still transmitting movement longitudinally. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- a handle member;
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