Patent Application
20240401899
This disclosure relates to the field of archery bow quick release systems for use with arrow rests.
Archery compound bows may include a drop away arrow rest. Upon drawing and then releasing an arrow from a compound bow, the arrow rest may drop away from the arrow shaft to improve accuracy and reduce friction on the arrow. A quick disconnect system for a compound bow arrow rest system is desirable to allow expeditious arrow rest interchangeability between different compound bows. See e.g., U.S. patent application Ser. No. 18/141,150, Archery Bow Quick Disconnect Buss Cable Wedge Assembly, filed May 15, 2023, and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all purposes.
This Summary introduces a selection of concepts relating to this technology in a simplified form as a prelude to the Detailed Description that follows. This Summary is not intended to identify key or essential features.
In some aspects, a system for use with an arrow rest may include a top configured to removably attach to an archery bow limb, a bottom configured to removably engage the top, at least two socket head screws configured to engage the top and the bottom, wherein the top and the bottom sandwich the archery bow limb when the at least two socket head screws are in an engaged position, and a set screw configured to removably secure an arrow rest cable to the top, and wherein the cable is configured to engage the arrow rest. In some examples, the top may be generally pyramidal-shaped or a truncated square pyramid shape. In other examples, the top may include a slot positioned in a center of the top. In yet other examples, the arrow rest cable may be positioned within the slot in the engaged position. In still other examples, the slot may be generally U-shaped. In some examples, the slot may be positioned on a facet opposite a rear side of the top. In some examples, the top or bottom may include a metal, an alloy, or combinations thereof. In another example, the top or bottom may include a polymer. In yet another example, the top or bottom may comprise a carbon fiber material. In another example, an archery bow or a compound bow may include the system disclosed herein.
In other aspects, an archery bow limb driven arrow rest quick disconnect cable assembly may include a top configured to removably attach to an archery bow limb, a bottom configured to removably engage the top, at least two socket head screws configured to engage the top and the bottom, wherein the top and the bottom sandwich the archery bow limb when the at least two socket head screws are in an engaged position, a set screw, and a cable configured to engage an arrow rest and the top, wherein the set screw is configured to removably secure the cable to the top. In certain examples, the top may be generally pyramidal-shaped or a truncated square pyramid shape. In other examples, the top may include a slot positioned in a center of the top. In another example, the slot may be generally U-shaped. In still other examples, the top may be formed from a metal, an alloy, a polymer, a carbon fiber material, or combinations thereof. In yet another example, the bottom may include a metal, an alloy, a polymer, a carbon fiber material, or combinations thereof. In another example, an archery bow or a compound bow may include the archery bow limb driven arrow rest quick disconnect cable assembly disclosed herein.
In yet another aspect, a kit for use with a compound bow may a limb driven arrow rest quick disconnect cable assembly and a set of printed instructions. In some examples the limb driven arrow rest quick disconnect cable assembly may include a top configured to removably attach to an archery bow limb, a bottom configured to removably engage the top, a set screw configured to engage the top, at least two socket head screws configured to engage the top and the bottom, wherein the top and the bottom sandwich the archery bow limb when the at least two socket head screws are in an engaged position, a cable configured to engage an arrow rest and the top, and wherein the set screw is configured to removably secure the cable to the top. In another example, each component may be combined into a unitary packaging assembly. In yet another example, the set of printed instructions may be integral with the unitary packaging assembly. In still another example, the set of printed instructions may be printed on the unitary packaging assembly.
These and other features, advantages, and objects of the present disclosure will be further understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art by reference to the following specification, claims, and appended drawings, where various embodiments of the design illustrate how concepts of this disclosure may be used.
A more complete understanding of features described herein and advantages thereof may be acquired by referring to the following description in consideration of the accompanying drawings, in which like reference numbers indicate like features.
In the following description of the various embodiments, reference is made to the accompanying drawings identified above and which form a part hereof, and in which is shown by way of illustration various embodiments in which features described herein may be practiced. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural and functional modifications may be made without departing from the scope described herein. Various features are capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or being carried out in various different ways.
Conventional archery bow arrow rests are fixedly attached to a tether or cable that is fixedly attached to the compound bow limb. Such a configuration makes removing the cable attached to the arrow rest from the bow itself extremely difficult and time consuming. With the emergence of quick release arrow rest systems, archers have the capability to swap arrow rests between various bows providing increased flexibility for the archer or hunter. An archer or hunter may have dedicated bows for dedicated purposes. Having a quick release arrow rest equipped with a quick release system for attachment to the archery bow limb would be advantageous. The limb driven rest quick disconnect cable system disclosed herein provides a novel approach to providing archers and bow hunters desired flexibility.
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Limb driven rest quick disconnect cable assembly top 102 and/or bottom 104 may be formed from a metal, an alloy, a polymer, a carbon fiber material, or combinations thereof.
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The foregoing has been presented for purposes of example. The foregoing is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit features to the precise form disclosed. The examples discussed herein were chosen and described in order to explain principles and the nature of various examples and their practical application to enable one skilled in the art to use these and other implementations with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. The scope of this disclosure encompasses, but is not limited to, any and all combinations, subcombinations, and permutations of structure, operations, and/or other features described herein and in the accompanying drawing figures.
Although examples are described above, features and/or steps of those examples may be combined, divided, omitted, rearranged, revised, and/or augmented in any desired manner. Various alterations, modifications, and improvements will, in view of the foregoing disclosure, readily occur to those skilled in the art. Such alterations, modifications, and improvements are intended to be part of this description, though not expressly stated herein, and are intended to be within the spirit and scope of the disclosure. Accordingly, the foregoing description is by way of example only, and is not limiting.
