Patent Application
20240418473
Aspects of this document relate generally to hunting and carrying devices, assemblies, systems, and related methods, such as devices and methods used in conjunction with hunting and/or outdoor adventures and/or for carrying a variety of items. Particular aspects of this document relate to bow support systems and related devices and methods.
Rifles, bows, and other weapons exist for hunting and/or for military purposes and/or for recreation, such as target practice. Hiking/trekking poles exist in the art and are generally used while hiking and/or trekking. Hiking/trekking poles are often extendable/collapsible to various heights for storage and/or to adjust to comfortable lengths for use while hiking/trekking.
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a support member for a bow, including: a first portion including a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a first through-hole extending from the first surface to the second surface; and a clip coupled with the first portion, the clip including a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface; wherein the support member is configured to be fixedly secured to the bow by a stabilizer of the bow being secured to a stabilizer mount of the bow through the first through-hole; and wherein the clip is configured to vertically support the bow while a user is aiming or firing the bow.
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a support member, wherein the clip is substantially flat.
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a support member, wherein the first surface and the second surface are substantially parallel to one another, wherein the third surface and the fourth surface are substantially parallel to one another, and wherein the first surface and the third surface are substantially not parallel to one another.
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a support member, wherein the first surface and the third surface are substantially orthogonal to one another.
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a support member, wherein the clip is coupled with the first portion through a second portion of the support member, wherein the second portion is not substantially parallel with the first surface, and wherein the second portion is not substantially parallel with the third surface.
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a support member, wherein the clip includes a second through-hole.
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a support member, wherein the first portion includes a plurality of protrusions extending from the first surface, the plurality of protrusions configured to resist rotation of the support member relative to the stabilizer mount when the stabilizer is secured to the stabilizer mount through the first through-hole.
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a support member, wherein the first portion includes a recess in the second surface, the recess shaped and sized to at least partially house a first end of the stabilizer.
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a support member, wherein the clip is substantially rectangular.
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a bow support system, including: a support member including: a first portion including a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a first through-hole extending from the first surface to the second surface; and a clip coupled with the first portion, the clip including a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface; and a clip receiver, the clip receiver including an opening and a cavity accessible through the opening; wherein the support member is configured to be fixedly secured to a bow by a stabilizer of the bow being secured to a stabilizer mount of the bow through the first through-hole; and wherein the clip is configured to selectively couple within the clip receiver to vertically support the bow while a user is aiming or firing the bow.
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a bow support system, further including a pole receiver coupled with the clip receiver, the pole receiver configured for securing to a trekking pole.
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a bow support system, wherein the pole receiver includes a substantially cylindrical hollow interior.
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a bow support system, further including a tightener for tightening the pole receiver around the trekking pole.
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a bow support system, wherein the clip receiver is rotatable relative to the pole receiver.
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a bow support system, wherein the cavity is substantially rectangular.
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a bow support system, wherein the first surface and the second surface are substantially parallel to one another, wherein the third surface and the fourth surface are substantially parallel to one another, and wherein the first surface and the third surface are substantially not parallel to one another.
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a bow support system, wherein the first portion includes: a plurality of protrusions extending from the first surface, the plurality of protrusions configured to resist rotation of the support member relative to the stabilizer mount when the stabilizer is secured to the stabilizer mount through the first through-hole; and a recess in the second surface, the recess shaped and sized to at least partially house a first end of the stabilizer.
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method of use of a bow support system, including: coupling a support member to a bow, the support member including: a first portion including a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a first through-hole extending from the first surface to the second surface; and a clip coupled with the first portion, the clip including a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface; securing a pole receiver to a trekking pole; inserting the clip into a cavity of a clip receiver coupled with the pole receiver, the cavity accessible through an opening of the clip receiver; and vertically supporting the bow, using the trekking pole, while aiming or firing the bow.
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method, further including rotating the bow up or down, while the bow is vertically supported by the trekking pole, by rotating the clip receiver relative to the pole receiver while the clip is inserted into the clip receiver.
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method, further including decoupling the bow from the trekking pole by removing the clip from the clip receiver.
General details of the above-described implementations, and other implementations, are given below in the DESCRIPTION, the DRAWINGS, the CLAIMS and the ABSTRACT.
Implementations will be discussed hereafter using reference to the included drawings, briefly described below, wherein like designations refer to like elements. The drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale.
Implementations/embodiments disclosed herein (including those not expressly discussed in detail) are not limited to the particular components or procedures described herein. Additional or alternative components, assembly procedures, and/or methods of use consistent with the intended bow support systems and related devices and methods may be utilized in any implementation. This may include any materials, components, sub-components, methods, sub-methods, steps, and so forth.
Base member 402 has a clip receiver 404 extending therefrom having an opening 406 providing access to a cavity. Any clips of any elements disclosed herein could be coupled with the clip receiver.
Clip assembly 410 of the pole clip system includes a pole receiver 412 that is identical or similar to pole receiver 391, having through-holes 414 allowing a tightener 416 (such as a screw or bolt or the like) and nut (not shown) or threads of the through-holes to tighten the pole receiver around a trekking/hiking pole or other pole. A clip 418 extends from the pole receiver and may be used to clip the clip assembly 410 with the clip receiver assembly 390 (or any other clip receiver).
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The first portion 508 has a first surface 510 and a second surface 516 (opposite the first surface 510) which are parallel (or in some cases substantially parallel) to one another. The clip 522 has a third surface 524 and a fourth surface 526 (opposite the third surface 524) which are parallel (or in some cases substantially parallel) to one another. The first surface 510 and third surface 524 are seen to not be parallel to one another. It may also be said that they are substantially not parallel to one another. In the examples shown in the drawings the first surface 510 and third surface 524 are orthogonal (or in some cases substantially orthogonal) to one another. This is useful, in some cases, for the same reason given above of positioning the clip 522 at a desired location, position, and angle for supporting the bow. In the shown example the second portion 520 partially serves to provide this positioning for the clip 522, and so it can be seen that the second portion 520 is not parallel (and is not substantially parallel) with either the first surface 510 or the third surface 524. It is also not orthogonal to either of these surfaces. Rather, it is angled relative to each, and this is useful at least in part to position the clip 522 relative to the first portion 508, as discussed.
The first portion 508 is seen to have a first through-hole 512 which extends from the first surface 510 to a recess 518 in the second surface 516. It is pointed out that the recess 518 itself forms a surface parallel or substantially parallel with second surface 516 (and parallel or substantially parallel with first surface 510) and this surface may accordingly itself be appropriately called a second surface, opposite the first surface, in the claims. Thus, if and where the claims require a through-hole passing from a first surface to a second surface of a first portion of a support member, this would be met by first through-hole 512 passing from the first surface 510 to the second surface 516 (where no recess 518 is present) or by passing from first surface 510 to the recess 518, or by passing between other surfaces that otherwise fit within the claim language.
The first through-hole 512 is useful for allowing the threaded extension 610 of the stabilizer 606 to pass therethrough and secure to the stabilizer mount 602 (and thereby also secure the support member 506 to the bow 600). In general the stabilizer mount 602 may have sufficient internal threads to fully receive the threaded extension 610 and, when the support member 506 is secured between the two, not as many threads of the threaded extension 610 and stabilizer mount 602, respectively, will engage one another. Even so, the 506 is thin enough that the respective threads sufficiently engage one another to both secure the support member 506 firmly to the bow 600 and also firmly secure the stabilizer 606 to the stabilizer mount 602.
It is pointed out that even if the bow 600 were to have an opposite configuration such as the stabilizer mount 602 having a threaded extension and the stabilizer 606 having internal threads, securing the support member 506 between the two would occur in the same or substantially the same manner. Further, any method of securing a stabilizer 606 to a stabilizer mount 602, using an extension (threaded or not) narrow enough to pass through the first through-hole 512, may be useful for securing the support member 506 to the bow 600.
The first through-hole 512 has a continuous cylindrical sidewall in the shown example, and furthermore has a circular cross-section. In other cases the cross-section need not be circular (or the sidewall cylindrical), necessarily, though in instances wherein the threaded extension 610 is generally or substantially cylindrical (as is the case in the shown example, similar to the threaded portions of threaded bolts generally) this configuration is useful for more securely attaching the support member 506 to the bow 600 in such a way that it does not move around much or at all when secured thereto. In some cases the sidewall need not be continuous (but could have a slot therein extending from the first through-hole 512 to a side surface of the support member 506 between the first surface 510 and second surface 516) so that the user does not have to fully unscrew the threaded extension 610 from the stabilizer mount 602 to install or remove the support member 506. Instead the user would sufficiently unscrew the threaded extension 610 to allow sufficient space to slip the support member 506 into place (or remove it therefrom), passing the threaded extension 610 through the slot and into the first through-hole 512 for installation (or the opposite for removal), and then rotate the threaded extension 610 back to a tight configuration. However, having a continuous sidewall for the first through-hole 512, such that the first through-hole 512 is accessible only from the first surface 510 and second surface 516, may allow for a more secure configuration in which the support member 506 is less likely to detach from the bow 600 during use.
The first portion 508 is seen to have a plurality of protrusions 514 extending upward from the first surface 510. In some cases these are made of the same material as the support member 506 itself (for example a molded or otherwise formed hard polymer such as a thermoplastic or thermoset polymer, a metal, or a composite material). In other cases they could be formed of a more flexible material, such as rubber or silicone strips, or elements formed of another flexible polymer, and adhered to the support member 506 using an adhesive, an overmolding process, a friction fit, or another mechanism. Using a separate flexible material may result in more friction between the bow 600 and the plurality of protrusions 514 when the support member 506 is fully installed, but may also be more complicated in terms of time and cost for fabrication. Forming the plurality of protrusions 514 from the same material as the rest of the support member 506 (such as molding, machining, forging, 3D printing, or otherwise forming them in the same fabrication process as is used to form the rest of the support member 506) may make fabrication quicker and less costly but may result in less friction between the plurality of protrusions 514 and the bow 600 in the installed configuration, making rotation of the support member 506 somewhat more likely in the installed configuration. Even so, in implementations the plurality of protrusions 514, even when made of the same material as the rest of the support member 506, provide sufficient friction with the bow 600 for the purposes of supporting the bow securely, and in the implementations shown in the drawings the plurality of protrusions 514 are formed of the same material as the rest of the support member 506, and during the same processing step as used to form the rest of the support member 506.
The plurality of protrusions 514 are shown in the drawings to be generally linear and extending radially outward from the first through-hole 512. This is only one example, though such a configuration may tend to provide useful friction against rotation of the support member 506 along the axis of the first through-hole 512 when installed. However, in other configurations the plurality of protrusions 514 could have another configuration, such as dots, non-radial lines (for example parallel lines), circles coaxial with the first through-hole 512, or any other configuration. In some cases the plurality of protrusions 514 may be excluded and there may still be sufficient friction between the support member 506 and the bow 600 in the installed configuration for the purpose of securely supporting the bow, and this may result in even less cost and time in manufacturing the support member 506, but in the shown examples they are included and are useful for increasing the friction therebetween.
A recess 518 is included in the second surface 516 in the shown examples. The recess 518 is shaped and sized to receive a first end 608 of the stabilizer 606 and at least partially house it, as in the shown examples (for example housing or partially housing the flat and angled portions at or proximate the first end 608). This allows the first end 608 to extend at least partially into the recess 518 and is useful for allowing the first through-hole 512 to be thinner than it otherwise would be, thus allowing more threads to secure the threaded extension 610 to the stabilizer mount 602. The partial housing of the stabilizer 606, facilitated by the recess 518, may also help to more securely secure the support member 506 and stabilizer 606 to one another and to the bow. Even so, in some cases the recess 518 could be excluded and the first through-hole 512 could still be thin enough to allow sufficient purchase/engagement of the respective threads of the threaded extension 610 and the stabilizer mount 602 to firmly secure the stabilizer 606 and support member 506 to the bow.
It is pointed out here that if the rotation of the support member 506 along the axis of the first through-hole 512 is desired to be changed, while the support member 506 is in a fully installed configuration, the user can simply unscrew the stabilizer 606 partially, to allow sufficient leeway for rotating the support member 506 to the desired rotation, and then screwing the stabilizer 606 back to a tight configuration.
The clip 522 is seen to have a rectangular or substantially rectangular configuration in the drawings. Correspondingly, the cavity of the clip receiver assembly 390, accessible through opening 406, is rectangular or substantially rectangular. It may also be said that the clip and cavity each form a substantially rectangular cuboid or are each substantially rectangularly cuboidal. In some cases the substantially rectangular or rectangularly cuboidal shapes are useful for ease of manufacturing the different components and for providing a substantially secure coupling between the clip 522 and the clip receiver assembly 390, reducing or eliminating undesired movement of a bow relative to a trekking pole supporting the bow (by reducing or eliminating undesired movement between the clip 522 and the clip receiver assembly 390 to which the clip 522 is coupled). However, other matching shapes/configurations are possible for the clip 522 and the clip receiver 404 even if they are not substantially rectangular or rectangularly cuboidal.
The clip 522 in the illustrated examples includes one or more second through-holes 528. One or more of these could be used for locking purposes to secure the bow to a locking clip receiver or clip retainer or locking assembly, or the like, such as those described in the above-mentioned '050 and/or '888 application(s). This may be useful for locking the bow to a secure configuration on a backpack or on a wall for storage purposes or the like. In implementations such a locking assembly could be included or incorporated within the clip receiver assemblies discussed herein (attached to a trekking pole), to more securely couple the bow to the trekking pole, but in implementations it may be desired to not have such a locking mechanism so that the user can more quickly decouple the bow from the trekking pole after firing the bow. In some cases the second through-holes 528 could be excluded entirely, for example for more ease of manufacturing.
While the bow 600 is secured to the trekking pole 502 through the support member 506 and clip receiver assembly 390, as described, and with the trekking pole 502 resting on a surface upright or substantially upright (meaning perpendicular to the ground or other surface) or even at an angle if desired, the weight of the bow is fully or substantially vertically supported by the trekking pole 502. This is useful in that it allows the user to aim the bow 600 more easily without having to, additionally, vertically support the weight of the bow 600. Thus, a user may be hiking/walking using or holding one or more trekking poles and with a bow attached/secured to a backpack or shoulder strap or other item (such as using any method disclosed in the '050 or '888 application) or otherwise carrying the bow, and when the user sees an animal or other target the user may quickly retrieve the bow from a backpack or shoulder strap (or other holding configuration), position the trekking pole in a desired position, and secure the bow to the trekking pole using the support member 506 and clip receiver assembly 390 for a quick aiming and firing of the bow.
The above-described orthogonality between the first portion 508 and clip 522 facilitates the clip 522 being parallel or substantially parallel with a longest length of the bow when secured thereto (i.e., parallel or substantially parallel with the undrawn bow string). This at least partially facilitates a configuration whereby, when the bow is secured to the trekking pole using the support member 506 and clip receiver assembly 390, and with the trekking pole vertical or substantially vertical (and pressed securely into the ground if desired, or not if in a rush or if not desired), the bow is fixed and supported at a stable vertical level by the trekking pole. If desired, the user could adjust the height of the trekking pole (using its inherent height adjustment mechanism) to secure the bow at a desired height. While the bow is secured to the trekking pole in this way the user can still rotate the bow along an axis of rotation allowing the arrow to be aimed more upward or more downward, as desired, due to the available rotation of the clip receiver 404 (and/or base member 402) relative to the pole receiver 391. The user could, similarly, rotate the bow left or right along the axis of the longest length of the trekking pole itself, due to the ease with which the trekking pole itself can be rotated even while resting on or partially pushed into the ground or another surface. The user could, additionally, partially move the bow and/or trekking pole such that the trekking pole is not fully upright, but only partially so, to achieve the most desired position and aiming configuration for the bow (even so, the trekking pole may still substantially support the weight of the bow, making it easier to accurately aim and fire the bow, even if the trekking pole is not fully upright).
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Alternatively, in some cases the support member 506 itself could be made to be reversible so that, for example, for a right-handed user the threaded extension 610 is passed through the first through-hole 512 from the first surface 510 or, for a left-handed user the threaded extension 610 is passed through the first through-hole 512 from the second surface 516, before securing the support member 506 to the bow. This would allow the user to properly have the clip facing downward (toward a bottom of the bow) while extending either to the left or to the right of the bow, as desired, according to the right-handedness or left-handedness of the user. For such a universal configuration the support member 506 may be slightly different than that shown in the drawings, for example excluding the recess 518 or having a first recess in the first surface 510 and another matching recess in the second surface 516, excluding the plurality of protrusions 514 or having plurality of protrusions 514 extend from both the first surface 510 and the second surface 516 (or from the surfaces of both recesses if both sides/surfaces have recesses therein), etc., so that the mounting configuration of the first portion 508 between the stabilizer mount 602 and stabilizer 606 is basically identical regardless of which way the support member 506 is flipped for installation.
Any of the bow support systems and related devices and methods disclosed herein may include, wherever feasible, any details of systems and/or devices and/or methods disclosed in the above-referenced '050 and/or '888 application(s).
In some cases a custom stabilizer mount 602 could be formed which includes recesses corresponding with the shown plurality of protrusions 514 or vice versa (with the stabilizer mount 602 having protrusions and the support member 506 having a plurality of recesses instead of protrusions) to facilitate a “locking” of the support member 506 to a number of discrete desired rotations relative to the bow when the stabilizer 606 is fully tightened. The stabilizer 606 can be loosened to allow rotation of the support member 506 to another discrete rotated position and then the stabilizer 606 can be tightened again to secure the configuration. Without such a matching protrusion/recess configuration the support member 506 can still be rotated to any arbitrary position (without having only a finite number of discrete positions), but such a configuration may allow for more quick rotation to one of a set of desired positions and may result in an even more secure configuration when tightened, more fully preventing or resisting rotation of the support member 506 when installed.
The various devices and/or assemblies disclosed herein and their elements, sub-elements, sub-assemblies, and so forth may be formed from any materials that will feasibly allow, facilitate, and/or otherwise not hinder their respective functions as described herein. For example, any of the devices, elements, or sub-elements may, wherever possible, be formed of metals, polymers, composites, ceramic materials, fabrics, and so forth.
Furthermore, there are a variety of ways in which the various elements may be directly or indirectly coupled together. Notwithstanding the specific ways in which elements are depicted as being coupled together herein, these same elements could, wherever feasible, be joined together in any of the following ways: manually removably coupled together such as using a friction fit, hook and loop fasteners, snaps, buttons and corresponding holes/slits, zippers, a reusable adhesive, manually removable bolts and nuts or screws or other threaded fasteners, and any other type of manually removable coupling mechanism; or fixedly/permanently coupled together such as using a permanent adhesive, rivets, welding, melt joining or heat bonding, sewn elements, stitching, seams, and any other type of permanent coupling mechanism that is not manually removable. Manually removable, as defined herein, refers to the ability to remove a coupling using manual force either using hands alone or using non-powered hand tools.
Wherever feasible, the above-described elements may in implementations be configured or arranged in a variety of arrangements, each arrangement with its own advantages as will be understood by the practitioner of ordinary skill in the art, notwithstanding the specific example arrangements which are discussed above and representatively illustrated in the drawings.
In many cases a stabilizer is in the form of a bar (as in the drawings) but, even if not a bar, the support member 506 and bow support system 500 may still function appropriately so long as some portion of the stabilizer can pass through the first through-hole 512 to secure the support member 506 to the bow while securing the stabilizer to the bow.
The term “substantially” is used in many instances throughout this disclosure. In all instances, unless otherwise defined for a specific instance, this has the meaning of being within 80% of the relevant configuration. For example “substantially flat” means at least 80% flat, “substantially rectangular” means at least 80% rectangular, “substantially rectangularly cuboidal” (or the like) refers to a configuration of being at least 80% rectangularly cuboidal, “substantially parallel” means at least 80% parallel, “substantially orthogonal” means at least 80% orthogonal (for example 80% variation from ninety-degrees, which would be fully orthogonal, would allow “substantially orthogonal” to include a range of seventy-two degrees to one-hundred-eight degrees, and the same “range” allowance applies for other “substantially” terms), “substantially cylindrical” means at least 80% cylindrical, and so forth. “Substantially not,” on the other hand, refers to a configuration which is more than 20% off from the matching configuration, so that “substantially not parallel” means more than 20% off from being fully parallel, and so forth.
Although the cavity of the clip receiver 404 is shown to be fully enclosed by the clip receiver 404 except at a single opening, there could be multiple openings accessing the cavity. In other words, the “cavity” in implementations would still be considered a cavity so long as it is mostly enclosed (i.e., more than 50% of the “surface area” of the cavity would be defined by and/or enclosed by the clip receiver 404). In other implementations the “cavity” would not be considered a cavity unless it is at least 25% enclosed (i.e., 25% or more of the “surface area” of the cavity being defined by and/or enclosed by the clip receiver 404). In other implementations the “cavity” would not be considered a cavity unless it is at least 75% enclosed (i.e., 75% or more of the “surface area” of the cavity being defined by and/or enclosed by the clip receiver 404). Using less material for forming the walls of the cavity results in lower material costs, but at the potential expense of less rigidity of the walls of the cavity (and thus potentially the coupling between the clip and clip receiver being somewhat less secure), so the practitioner of ordinary skill in the art may adjust the cavity and its sidewalls, formed by the clip receiver 404, according to the desired balance between cost, strength, and/or other considerations.
For convenience, a list of elements and respective element numbers (as depicted in the drawings) is provided below:
While each individual above-described element may be configured as shown in the drawings and/or as discussed above, these are only representative examples and other configurations are possible for any individual element, with various advantages and tradeoffs as will be understood by the practitioner of ordinary skill in the art.
In places where the phrase “one of A and B” is used herein, including in the claims, wherein A and B are elements, the phrase shall have the meaning “A and/or B.” This shall be extrapolated to as many elements as are recited in this manner, for example the phrase “one of A, B, and C” shall mean “A, B, and/or C,” and so forth. To further clarify, the phrase “one of A, B, and C” would include implementations having: A only; B only; C only; A and B but not C; A and C but not B; B and C but not A; and A and B and C.
In places where the description above refers to specific implementations of bow support systems and related devices and methods, one or more or many modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. Details of any specific implementation/embodiment described herein may, wherever possible, be applied to any other specific implementation/embodiment described herein. The appended claims are to encompass within their scope all such changes and modifications as are within the true spirit and scope of this disclosure.
Furthermore, in the claims, if a specific number of an element is intended, such will be explicitly recited, and in the absence of such explicit recitation no such limitation exists. For example, the claims may include phrases such as “at least one” and “one or more” to introduce claim elements. The use of such phrases should not be construed to imply that the introduction of any other claim element by the indefinite article “a” or “an” limits that claim to only one such element, and the same holds true for the use in the claims of definite articles.
Additionally, in places where a claim below uses the term “first” as applied to an element, this does not imply that the claim requires a second (or more) of that element-if the claim does not explicitly recite a “second” of that element, the claim does not require a “second” of that element. Furthermore, in some cases a claim may recite a “second” or “third” or “fourth” (or so on) of an element, and this does not necessarily imply that the claim requires a first (or so on) of that element-if the claim does not explicitly recite a “first” (or so on) of that element (or an element with the same name, such as “a widget” and “a second widget”), then the claim does not require a “first” (or so on) of that element.
Method steps disclosed anywhere herein, including in the claims, may be performed in any feasible/possible order. Recitation of method steps in any given order in the claims or elsewhere does not imply that the steps must be performed in that order-such claims and descriptions are intended to cover the steps performed in any order except any orders which are technically impossible or not feasible. However, in some implementations method steps may be performed in the order(s) in which the steps are presented herein, including any order(s) presented in the claims.
This document is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. Nonprovisional patent application Ser. No. 18/639,050, entitled “Hunting and Carrying Devices, Assemblies, Systems, and Related Methods,” naming as first inventor Michael Swensen, which was filed on Apr. 18, 2024 (hereinafter referred to as “the '050 application”), which in turn claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/496,888, entitled “Hunting and Carrying Devices, Assemblies, Systems, and Related Methods,” naming as first inventor Michael Swensen, which was filed on Apr. 18, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as “the '888 application”), the disclosure of each of which is hereby incorporated entirely herein by reference.
| Number | Date | Country | |
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| 63496888 | Apr 2023 | US |
| Number | Date | Country | |
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| Parent | 18639050 | Apr 2024 | US |
| Child | 18821523 | US |
