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Bow string release

  • US RE34,126 E
  • Filed: 12/11/1990
  • Issued: 11/17/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. pair of balls are engaged with a bow string..]. PG,5 2. A bow string release device comprising:

  • a body having a slot for receiving a bow string;

    a pair of balls mounted in said body on opposite sides of the slot, said balls being relatively movable from a first position in which they are adjacent one another and engage the bow string to prevent removal thereof from said slot, toward a second position in which they permit passage of the bow string therebetween;

    a release member mounted on the body so as to be movable between a string-retaining position in which it prevents movement of the balls from said first position, and a release position permitting movement of the balls toward said second position;

    means connected to the release member for moving it from the string-retaining position to the release position at such times as said pair of balls are engaged with a bow string.Iadd.;

    .Iaddend.and .[.;

    .].including a trigger member pivotally connected to the body and engaged with the release member in such a manner that as the trigger member is moved from a first trigger position toward a second trigger position, the release member is moved from the string-retaining position towards the release position.Iadd.; and

    said release member being slidably mounted relative to said body for linear movement therealong;

    said trigger member having a cam which applies a positive force to said release member when the trigger member is moved from said first trigger position to said second trigger position for causing the release member to move linearly along said body to the release position; and

    spring means located within said body for simultaneously biasing said trigger member to said first trigger position and said release member to

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