Trigger shoe

• US 6,651,642 B1
• Filed: 06/28/2002
• Issued: 11/25/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael Ivan Powers
• Original Assignee: Michael Ivan Powers
• Inventors: Powers, Michael Ivan
• Primary Examiner(s): Ricci, John A.
• Application Number:
  US10/187,145
• Time in Patent Office: 515 Days
• Field of Search: 42/690.1, 124/31, 124/35.2
• US Class Current: 124/35.2
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 5/1469 Bow-string drawing or releasing devices F41B5/1473 takes precedence

Abstract

The invention discloses an adjustable trigger shoe for the trigger of an archery bowstring release mechanism. The adjustable trigger shoe can be secured to the release mechanism trigger in a nearly infinite range of positions to provide exactly the right feel to the archer. In alternative disclosed embodiments, the trigger shoe also has a gripping surface, formed of ridges or knurling, and sharp or rounded trigger edges, to provide additional sensitivity to the archer.

Claims

1. A trigger shoe for the trigger of an archery bowstring release mechanism, comprising:

a body having a trigger face and a top, and a chamber within the body, an opening at the top communicating with the chamber, and at least one threaded bore opening into the chamber,

a set screw threadedly received by the bore, to secure the body to the trigger of the archery bowstring release mechanism.

2. The trigger shoe of claim 1 further comprising a gripping surface on the trigger face.

3. The trigger shoe of claim 2 wherein the gripping surface comprises ridges.

4. The trigger shoe of claim 2 wherein the gripping surface comprises knurling.

5. The trigger shoe of claim 1, wherein the trigger face extends from the top to a bottom and has at least one edge running along the face from the top to the bottom.

6. The trigger shoe of claim 5, wherein the edge is sharp.

7. The trigger shoe of claim 5, wherein the edge is rounded.

8. The trigger shoe of claim 1, wherein body further comprises a back surface, and wherein the chamber extends through the body, from the opening at the top to a bottom opening in the back surface.

9. A trigger shoe for the trigger of an archery bowstring release mechanism, comprising:

a body having a means for adjustably attaching the shoe to the trigger of the release mechanism.

10. The trigger shoe of claim 9, wherein the shoe has a trigger face, and wherein the face further comprises a means for gripping.

11. The trigger shoe of claim 9, wherein the shoe has a top and a bottom and a trigger face and an edge extending along the face between the top and the bottom.

12. The trigger shoe of claim 11, wherein the edge is sharp.

13. The trigger shoe of claim 11, wherein the edge is rounded.

14. A trigger shoe for the trigger of an archery bowstring release mechanism, comprising:

a body having a curved trigger face, a curved back surface, a top surface, a pointed bottom, sides between the top surface and the bottom and running the length of the face,

a chamber, to receive the trigger, within the shoe body and communicating with an opening in the top of the body,

at least one threaded bore in at least one of the sides of the body, wherein the threaded bore communicates with the chamber,

a set screw, threadedly received by the bore, to secure the body to the trigger.

15. The trigger shoe of claim 14, wherein the trigger face further comprises a gripping surface.

16. The trigger shoe of claim 15, wherein the gripping surface comprises ridges.

17. The trigger shoe of claim 15, wherein the gripping surface comprises knurling.

18. The trigger shoe of claim 14, wherein the edge is rounded.

19. The trigger shoe of claim 14, wherein a top edge between at least one of the sides and the top surface is rounded.