Claims
- 1. An archery training device for teaching an archer proper upper body muscular control and positioning while shooting a bow including a bowstring, said archery training device comprising:
- a string arm connector having an upper loop securable to the upper arm of the archer's string arm proximate the elbow and a lower loop securable to the forearm of the archer's string arm proximate the elbow, said upper and lower loops cooperating together upon pulling the string arm connector to prevent shifting thereof about the elbow of the string arm; and
- a resilient force carrying means having one end attached to said string arm connector and an opposite end extending in a direction away from said string arm connector, said opposite end of said resilient force carrying means having means for attaching said resilient force carrying means to said bowstring such that when said archery training device is mounted to the archer's string arm by securing the upper loop to the upper portion of the string arm and the lower loop to the lower portion of the string arm and said resilient force carrying means is attached to said bowstring and said bowstring is drawn to the full draw position said resilient force carrying means is at a relaxed configuration prior to bowstring release and a stretched configuration after bowstring release, whereby the muscles associated with the upper body continue to work during and after release of the bowstring by the string fingers to restrain the archer's bow hand, string arm and shoulders from movement that would adversely affect shooting accuracy, such that said archery training device provides to said archer positional feedback based on such movement, said feedback relating to a co-planar alignment of said archer's bow hand, string arm and shoulders upon bowstring release.
- 2. The archery training device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
- a guard portion positoned between said resilient force carrying means and said bowstring for protectng said resilient force carrying means from said bowstring.
- 3. The archery training device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said guard portion further comprises a pair of apertures therein, said pair of apertures receiving therethrough said resilient force carrying means.
- 4. The archery training device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
- a pair of linking members, one each of said pair of linking members extending from each asid upper and lower loops for connecting each of said upper and lower loops, respectively, to said resilient force carrying means.
- 5. The archery training device as claimed in claim 4, wherein each said linking member of said pair of linking members includes a grommet to which said resilient force carrying means is attached.
- 6. The archery training device as claimed in claim 5, wherein said resilient force carrying means is an elongated and tubular elastomeric member having one end and an opposite end, and wherein said archery training device further comprises:
- a pair of stops, one of said pair of stops being inserted in said one end of said elastomeric member, the other of said pair of stops being in said opposite end of said elastomeric member, each of said pair of stops cooperating with its respective end to define enlarged portions, such that when each of said ends are attached to one of said upper and lower loops said enlarged portions interfere with said grommets so that when the archer pulls said resilient force carrying means, each of said ends is secured by said associated grommet.
- 7. The archery training device as claimed in claim 6, wherein each of said stops of said pair of stops comprises a spherical member.
- 8. The archery training device as defined in claim 6, wherein each of said stops of said pair of stops comprises a plug.
- 9. The archery training device as claimed in claim 6, wherein each of said stops of said pair of stops comprises a spherical member and a plug.
- 10. The archery training device as claimed in claim 6, wherein each of said stops of said pair of stops comprises a knot formed proximate an end of said elongated and tubular elastomeric member.
- 11. The archery training device as claimed in claim 4, wherein each of said upper and lower loops includes a closed segment through which the associated linking member passes and wherein said string arm connector further comprises at least one adjuster which extends through at least one closed segment and said associated linking member, said upper and lower loops further having lengths which are altered by said at least one adjuster to accommodate the archer's arm so that they are sized to approximate the girth of the archer's string arm proximate said elbow thereof, said upper and lower loops fitting said string arm thereat to avoid shifting of said string arm connector in relation to said elbow when said archery training device is under tension.
- 12. The archery training device as claimed in claim 11, further including a first fastener attached to each said linking member for detachably retaining one of said upper and lower loops together upon applicaiton of forces associated with shooting and allowing separation of said upper and lower loops during assembly and disassembly of asid archery training device.
- 13. The archery training device as claimed in claim 11, further including a second fastener attached to each closed segment of said upper and lower loops for detachably retaining each loop together upon application of forces associated with shooting and allowing separation of said upper and lower loops during assembly and disassembly of said archery training device.
- 14. The archery training device as claimed in claim 11, further including a first fastener attached to each linking member and a second fastener attached to each closed segment of said upper and lower loop, said first and second fasteners detachably retaining each said upper and lower loops together upon application of forces associated with shooting and allowing separation of said upper and lower loops during assembly and disassembly of said archery training device.
- 15. The archery training device as claimed in claim 4, wherein each of said upper and lower loops includes a closed segment having an inner face adjoining an outer face, each of said pair of linking members passing between its associated inner and outer face and wherein said string arm connector further comprises an adjuster associated with said outer face of each closed segment, said adjuster extending through said outer face of said closed segment and associated linking member, each of said upper and lower loops being adjustable by cooperation between each of said respective one of said adjuster, said outer face of asid closed segment, and said associated linking member, said upper and lower loops having a length which is altered by said respective adjuster to accommodate the archer's arm so that each said upper and lower loop is sized to approximate the girth of the archer's string arm proximate said elbow thereof, said upper and lower loop cooperating together and fitting said elbow of said string arm to avoid shifting of said string arm connector in relation to said elbow when said archery training device is under tension.
- 16. The archery training device as claimed in claim 15, further comprising a second fastener attached to each of said inner faces of said closed segments for detachably retaining said respective upper and lower loops together for assembly and disassembly of said archery training device.
- 17. The archery training device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said resilient force carrying means comprises latex tubing.
- 18. The archery training device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said resilient force carrying means comprises a spring.
- 19. The archery training device as claimed in claim 1, wherein asid resilient force carrying means comprises an hydraulic cylinder.
- 20. The archery training device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said upper and lower loops include a closed segmeent through which said associated loop passes and a grommet which extends through said closed segment and said associated loop for securement of each said upper and lower loop to said resilient force carrying means, each of said upper and lower loops further including a pair of fasteners mounted proximate an associated grommet for detachably retaining each of said upper and lower loops together proximate said elbow of said string arm upon application of forces associated with shooting, for allowing joinder of said upper and lower loops during assembly, and for separation of said upper and lower loops during disassembly of said archery training device.
- 21. The archery training devices as claimed in claim 20, wherein each fastener of said pairs of fasteners comprises a stud in one of said upper and lower loops and a slit defined in the other of said upper and lower loops for receiving said stud.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of prior co-pending application Ser. No. 058,395 filed June 5, 1987, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,909,232; and prior application Ser. Nos. 934,674 filed Nov. 25, 1986, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,887,584; 891,863 filed July 30, 1986, now abandoned and 848,983 filed Apr. 7, 1986, now abandoned.
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