Claims
- 1. A recurve bow, comprising in combination:
- a handle having an upper and lower portion and a front and a rear;
- a flexible upper limb and a flexible lower limb, each said limb having a tip at one extremity of said limb and a butt end remote from said tip;
- said upper limb pivotally connected to said upper portion of said handle, said lower limb pivotally connected to said lower portion of said handle;
- a drawstring connecting said tips of said upper and lower limbs adjacent the rear of the handle; and
- a first cable and a second cable, said first cable connected and routed directly from said upper limb to said lower limb and said second cable connected and routed directly from said lower limb to said upper limb, said first and second cables crossing each other at the front of the handle and opposite the drawstring, said upper limb and lower limb store energy as the drawstring is connected and as the bow is drawn.
- 2. The bow of claim 1 wherein a pair of guide plates are disposed at said upper and lower portions of said handle, each said guide plate pair supporting a limb.
- 3. The bow of claim 2 wherein said handle's upper and lower said portions are formed as risers, said upper riser separated from said handle by means of an arrow shelf and an offset.
- 4. The bow of claim 3 wherein said butt end of each said limb supports one end of a said cable, and another end of said cable is connected and routed directly to said other limb near said tip of said other limb.
- 5. The bow of claim 4 wherein each said limb is connected to said riser via a pivot.
- 6. The bow of claim 5 wherein each said pivot extends through said guide plate.
- 7. The bow of claim 6 wherein said pivot of each said limb is in a line with a portion of the handle.
- 8. A method for fabricating a recurve bow, the steps including:
- pivoting a flexible upper limb to an upper portion of a handle;
- pivoting a flexible lower limb to a lower portion of the handle;
- attaching a first cable directly from the upper limb to a butt end of the lower limb;
- crossing the first cable with a second cable such that the cables cross at a front side of the handle, and attaching the second cable from the lower limb directly to a butt end of the upper limb; and
- attaching a drawstring between the limbs at tips of the limbs remote from the butt ends such that the drawstring is on a rear side of the handle opposite the front side where the cables cross.
- 9. The method of claim 8 including placing the pivot of each limb onto the handle such that one third of each limb extends from the butt area to the pivot.
- 10. The method of claim 9 including placing the connection of one cable from one limb to the other limb such that it extends halfway between the pivot and the tip of the limb.
- 11. The method of claim 10 including sandwiching each limb between guide plates and fastening the guide plates to the handle.
- 12. The method of claim 11 including crossing the first and second cables forward of the handle on a side of the handle remote from an arrow rest.
- 13. The method of claim 12 including offsetting the handle where the cables cross so that there is clearance for the hand of an archer.
- 14. The method of claim 13 including limiting the degree to which the limbs can move with respect to the handle.
- 15. The method of claim 14 including providing a tether to limit travel.
- 16. The method of claim 14 including providing a stop to limit travel.
- 17. A recurve bow, comprising in combination:
- a handle having a hand grip area and an arrow rest shelf located on one side of said handle and above said hand grip area;
- a flexible upper limb and a flexible lower limb connected to said handle at a respective upper and lower handle end;
- a drawstring connecting tips of said limbs rearward of said handle; and
- a first cable and a second cable connecting said limbs, said first and second cables crossing each other forward of said handle and on a side remote from said arrow rest shelf.
- 18. The bow of claim 17 including a riser section interposed between each said upper and lower limb and integrally formed with said handle, said risers forming supports for guide plates thereon, said guide plates including pivots and sandwiching each said limb and allowing pivotal motion thereabout, said pivots on said guide plates at said limb falling in line with said hand grip area.
- 19. The bow of claim 18 wherein said first and second cables cross forward of said handgrip area and said drawstring is rearward of said handgrip area when said bow is uncocked.
- 20. The bow of claim 19 wherein said handgrip area is offset from said cable to allow grasping by an archer.
- 21. A recurve bow, comprising in combination:
- a handle having a hand grip area and an arrow rest shelf above said hand grip area and located on one side of said handle;
- a flexible upper limb and a flexible lower limb connected to said handle at a respective upper and lower handle end;
- a drawstring connecting tips of said limbs;
- a first cable and a second cable connecting said limbs, said first and second cables crossing each other at said handle on a side remote from said arrow rest; and
- a riser section interposed between each said upper and lower limb and integrally formed with said handle, said risers forming supports for guide plates thereon, said guide plates including pivots and sandwiching each said limb and allowing pivotal motion thereabout, said pivots on said guide plates at said limb falling in line with a crotch area of holder's hand at the juncture with the thumb and index finger of the archer.
- 22. A recurve bow, comprising in combination:
- a handle having a hand grip area and an arrow rest shelf above said hand grip area and located on one side of said handle;
- a flexible upper limb and a flexible lower limb, each having a pivotal connection to said handle at a respective upper and lower handle end;
- a drawstring connecting tips of said limbs rearward of each said pivotal connection; and
- a first cable and a second cable connecting said limbs, said first and second cables crossing each other on a side remote from said arrow rest;
- wherein said first and second cables cross forward of each said pivotal connection when said bow is uncocked.
- 23. A recurve bow, comprising in combination:
- a handle having a hand grip area and an arrow rest shelf above said hand grip area and located on one side of said handle;
- a flexible upper limb and a flexible lower limb connected to said handle at a respective upper and lower handle end;
- a drawstring connecting tips of said limbs; and
- a first cable and a second cable connecting said limbs, said first and second cables crossing each other forward of said handle on a side remote from said arrow rest;
- wherein said first and second cables cross forward of said handgrip area and said drawstring is rearward of said handgrip area when said bow is uncocked.
- 24. A method for fabricating a recurve bow, the steps including:
- pivoting a flexible upper limb to an upper portion of a substantially non-flexible handle;
- pivoting a flexible lower limb to a lower portion of the handle;
- attaching a first cable from the upper limb directly to a butt end of the lower limb;
- crossing the first cable with a second cable such that the cables cross on one side of the handle, and attaching the second cable from the lower limb directly to a butt end of the upper limb; and
- attaching a drawstring between the limbs at tips of the limbs remote from the butt ends;
- vertically aligning the limbs where they pivot with a crotch area of a holder's hand at the juncture of a thumb and index finger of an archer.
- 25. A recurve bow, comprising in combination:
- a handle having a hand grip area;
- a flexible upper limb and a flexible lower limb connected to said handle at a respective upper and lower handle end;
- a drawstring connecting tips of said limbs rearward of said handle; and
- a first cable and a second cable connecting said limbs, said first and second cables crossing each other forward of said handle.
- 26. A recurve bow, comprising in combination:
- a handle having a hand grip area located between upper and lower handle ends;
- a flexible upper limb and a flexible lower limb, said limbs having tips and butt ends, said limbs connected near said butt ends to said handle at a respective upper and lower handle end;
- a drawstring connecting said tips of said limbs; and
- a first cable and a second cable connecting said limbs, said first and second cables crossing each other forward of said handle on a side remote from said drawstring.
- 27. In combination, a bow having a handle and a hand grip area;
- an upper flexible limb and a lower flexible limb connected to the handle at handle ends;
- a drawstring rearward of the handle connecting the limbs; and
- two tension cables, one cable crossing from the upper limb to the lower limb and the other cable crossing from the lower limb to the upper limb, said cables crossing each other at the handle at the grip forward of the crotch area of the holder's hand at the juncture where the thumb and index finger meet.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/475,400, filed Feb. 5, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,408,982.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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