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Portable cocking device

  • US 8,573,192 B2
  • Filed: 09/28/2010
  • Issued: 11/05/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device comprising:

  • a first handle connected to a first end of a flexible member;

    a second handle slidably engaged with the flexible member, wherein the first and second handles are adapted to be grasped by a user;

    a housing, integral with the second handle, and comprising a retraction device operatively connected to a second end of the flexible member, wherein the retraction device is adapted to retract at least a portion of the flexible member into an interior portion defined by the housing;

    a first hook member slidably coupled to the flexible member, wherein the first hook member comprises a first attachment assembly and a first coupling assembly;

    a second hook member slidably coupled to the flexible member, wherein the second hook member comprises a second attachment assembly and a second coupling assembly;

    wherein the first and second hook members are positioned between the first and second handles;

    wherein the first and second attachment assemblies are adapted to receive at least a portion of an associated crossbow bowstring;

    wherein the first and second coupling assemblies are adapted to at least partially enable the movement of the first and second hook members, respectively, along at least a portion of the flexible member;

    wherein the retraction device comprises;

    a shaft member rotatably coupled to the housing;

    a pair of end plates connected to ends of the shaft member, wherein the end plates rotate in conjunction with the shaft member and retain at least a portion of the flexible member retracted into the housing; and

    ,a biasing member operatively connected to the shaft member to urge the shaft member to rotate in a first direction, wherein rotation of the shaft member in the first direction causes the flexible member to wind around a circumference of the shaft member between the pair of end plates.

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