Bowstring release device adjuster for archery

• US 5,273,021 A
• Filed: 04/15/1991
• Issued: 12/28/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Timothy T. Tepper
• Original Assignee: Timothy T. Tepper
• Inventors: Tepper, Timothy T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Reese, Randolph A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): KIM, HARRY CHONG HYUN
• Application Number:
  US07/684,822
• Time in Patent Office: 988 Days
• Field of Search: 124/35.2, 124/35.1, 24/129 A, 24/129 B, 24/129 W, 24/130, 24/129 R, 24/115 H, 24/127, 24/135 A, 24/135 R, 24/135 K, 24/135 N, 403/389, 403/391, 403/373, 403/390
• US Class Current: 124/35.2
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 5/1469 Bow-string drawing or releasing devices F41B5/1473 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/396 Screw clamp with snubber
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3987 Loop, adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/7141 Plural channels in connector

Abstract

A cord adjuster for a bowstring release device tethered by said cord to a strap extending from an archer'"'"'s forearm, and having clamp plates and one of which bears upon the strap an has a central opening to adjustably pass opposite ends of the cord which are turned laterally, the opening forming opposite bits over which bites of the cord ends are secured by screws drawing the plates together and pressing the cord ends therebetween.

Claims

1. In combination with an archery bowstring release device tethered by a cord to a strap extending under tension from an archer'"'"'s forearm;

there being an opening through and emanating from a flat top of said strap,

said cord being turned around an anchor on the release device and having a pair of sections extending rearwardly under tension and turned to project upwardly through said strap opening,

a cord adjuster comprised of a base plate and a clamp plate, the base plate having an opening therethrough to pass the pair of cord sections and each turned laterally to overlie a top face of the base plate, and the clamp plate having a bottom face engageable onto the cord sections turned laterally to overlie said top face,

and clamp means for drawing the plates together with the cord sections turned laterally to overlie said top face and with the cord sections pressed tightly therebetween,

the base plate having a bottom face engaged flatly with and to bear against the flat top of the strap.

2. The archery bowstring release device and tether cord adjuster combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein the opening through the strap is reinforced by a grommet, with the bottom face of the base plate engaged flatly onto said grommet.

3. The archery bowstring release device and tether combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein the base plate has lateral grooves to receive and guide the laterally turned pair of cord sections.

4. The archery bowstring release device and tether cord adjuster combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein the base plate has a pair of grooves extending radially from the opening therethrough to individually receive and guide the laterally turned pair of cord sections.

5. The archery bowstring release device and tether cord adjuster combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein the clamp plate has a transverse groove to receive and guide the laterally turned pair of cord sections.

6. The archery bowstring release device and tether cord adjuster combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein the clamp plate has a transverse groove extending radially and oppositely from the opening through the base plate to individually receive and guide the laterally turned pair of cord sections.

7. The archery bowstring release device and tether cord adjuster combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein the clamp means is a screw means operating between said base plate and clamp plate.

8. The archery bowstring release device and tether cord adjuster combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein the clamp means is a pair of screws operating between said base plate and clamp plate.

9. The archery bowstring release device and tether cord adjuster combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein the opening through the strap is reinforced by a grommet, with the bottom face of the base plate engaged flatly onto said grommet, wherein the base plate has lateral grooves to receive and guide the laterally turned pair of cord sections, and wherein the clamp means is a screw means operating between said base plate and clamp plate.

10. The archery bowstring release device and tether cord adjuster combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein the opening through the strap is reinforced by a grommet, with the bottom face of the base plate engaged flatly onto said grommet, wherein the base plate has a pair of grooves extending radially from the opening therethrough to individually receive and guide the laterally turned pair of cord sections, and wherein the clamp means is a screw means operating between said base plate and clamp plate.

11. The archery bowstring release device and tether cord adjuster combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein the opening through the strap is reinforced by a grommet, with the bottom face of the base plate engaged flatly onto said grommet, wherein the clamp plate has a transverse groove to receive and guide the laterally turned pair of cord sections, and wherein the clamp means is a pair of screws operating between said base plate and clamp plate.