Nocking system for archery
First Claim
1. An improved nocking system for archery, the nocking system including a nock element fastened to the rear end of an arrow shaft and a nocking member carried by a bowstring, wherein the improvement comprises:
- the nocking member has a spherically convex surface and the nock element has a correspondingly spherically concave receptacle for the nocking member, so that the nocking member and the nock element are rotatable relative to one another in any direction.
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Abstract
A nocking system for use in archery includes a plastic nock element at the end of an arrow and a plastic nocking member carried on a bowstring to cooperate with the nock element when the arrow is shot. The nock element has a spherically concave receptacle between a pair of nock wings. The nocking member is spherically convex and fits into the receptacle. Such an arrangement permits the nock element and the nocking member to rotate relative to one another in any direction, which improves accuracy when the arrow is shot while protecting the bowstring from wear. The nocking member may be a ball with a central bore which is threaded so that the archer can screw the ball to a desired position on a nocking region of the bowstring, the bowstring having a yarn winding at the nocking region. The nocking member may also be two ball-halves that are joined together at the nocking region between two yarn windings. The nocking wings of the nock element have tabs which grip the ball.
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1. An improved nocking system for archery, the nocking system including a nock element fastened to the rear end of an arrow shaft and a nocking member carried by a bowstring, wherein the improvement comprises:
the nocking member has a spherically convex surface and the nock element has a correspondingly spherically concave receptacle for the nocking member, so that the nocking member and the nock element are rotatable relative to one another in any direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An arrow for use with a bow which is strung with a bowstring having a ball attached thereto, comprising:
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an arrow shaft having a rear end; and a nock element attached to the rear end of the arrow shaft, the nock element having a three-dimensionally concave receptacle to rotatably receive the ball, the nock element additionally having a pair of nock wings symmetrically disposed about the receptacle. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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