For longbow or compound bow

Improved archery equipment comprises an archery bow with an improved reversible arrow rest. The equipment may also include an arrow supported on the rest for shooting from the bow. The rest is disposed in the arrow-receiving space or window of the bow, and comprises a base portion secured to the bow...     

An arrow holder including a bifurcated end cooperating with a bow side or arrow rest to continuously hold an arrow in emplacement under virtually every condition including while a bow and strung arrow are being carried about in a non-shooting position, while an arrow is being drawn to a fully-drawn position,...     

An arrow rest for an archery blow includes a base plate having a rear surface attachable to a bow side and a front surface provided with a vertical rib having an outer surface spaced from the plate front surface and engageable by the lateral periphery of an arrow shaft. A vertically disposed flap having...     

An arrow positioning device for compound bows having synchronizing cables which includes an arrow positioner including a pair of retaining fingers for engagement with an arrow, and a release rod and trigger device cooperating with the retaining fingers and activated by movement of one of the synchronizing...     

An arrow rest for mounting on an archery bow to maintain an arrow shaft in desired position prior to release of arrow from bow. The arrow rest is spring biased in two planes, a generally horizontal plane and a generally vertical plane, or parallel to the bow. The arrow rest disclosed provides greater...     

An arrow supporting device for use with an archery bow which includes a mounting plate adapted to be affixed to the archery bow, and a closed loop spring member having two ends pivotally attached at the ends to the mounting plate. The closed loop spring member is biased to extend laterally of the mounting...     

An archery bow arrow rest includes a hollow cylinder threaded externally for removable attachment in a threaded opening through the handle of an archery bow and threaded internally for removable attachment of a hollow, externally threaded guide sleeve which anchors a support plate and slidably guides...     

A bow frame is formed with a straight central portion and a pair of end limbs, with the latter extending either parallel to or toward the axis of draw. The bow string is about as long as the said central portion and is drawn toward the latter. The limbs are integral with the straight central portion,...     

An arrow for use in combination with an archery bow, is provided with airfoil structure on its shaft in the form of a cambered wing section to increase the flight and accuracy of the arrow. A pair of fletches at the trailing end of the shaft are circumferentially spaced from one another 120.degree. in...     

The improved archery assembly comprises, in combination, an archery bow having an arrow shelf and sidewall defining a window, an archery arrow and an improved arrow rest disposed in said window and supporting said arrow for shooting from said bow. The rest includes a flexible resilient pair of arms,...     

An arrow support made of a lever pivoted in a slot. The lever is urged out of the slot by a weak spring and it is positioned outside the slot to support the arrow. The arrow passing the lever swings the lever into the slot out of the way of the arrow without deflecting the arrow. The spring has an eyelet,...     

An arrow rest, movable to clear fletching on an arrow released from a bow includes a pivotal arrow rest pivoting to an upright arrow holding position for drawing the bow, and lowered to arrow clearing position, having a triggering control attached to an end portion of the bow responsive to movement of...     

An elongated guide member is mounted on a bow by a support and in its mounted position the guide member extends toward the bowstring. The guide member is slidable in the support and in turn slidably receives a projectile arranged to be propelled by the bowstring. The guide member and projectile structures...     

An arrow rest assembly including a coil spring or equivalent having multi-directional flexibility including flexibility in various planes serves to more effectively dampen oscillations set up in an arrow when released from a bow.

An arrow retainer for bows including a generally flat base plate for mounting on the frame of a bow and provided with an upward standing, tensioned support having a notch in the upper surface thereof, and a cooperating support arm for engagement with the notch when the arrow retainer is in supporting...     

An improved archery rest in combination with an archery bow. The rest including a shaft and a pair of inwardly biased facing elements slidably mounted on a shaft with inwardly inclined faces. The facing elements move between a rest condition and an outward condition, when an arrow is propelled through...     

An archer's bow, the center of which is constructed to permit an unimpeded, dead center flight of the arrow as it leaves the bow. A magnetic, suspension type arrow rest holds the arrow directly in the center of the bow at full draw, the arrow rest being retracted upon release of the arrow. A hand held...     

An arrow rest apparatus capable of being mounted on an archery bow adjacent the point of contact of an arrow with the bow. The arrow rest apparatus includes support structure, a shaft member rotatably carried by the support structure, the shaft member being oriented so that the axis thereof is substantially...     

Apparatus is disclosed for holding an arrow in a pulled bow and which releases the arrow when the bow is pulled slightly beyond the position in which the arrow is held. This is accomplished by a support attached to the bow which carries a movable arrow-holding bar having a point-receiving indentation....     

A device for supporting an arrow disposed in a ready-to-shoot position on an archery bow. The device has at least three contact points for contacting the arrow and completely radially supporting the arrow. Three openings are provided for receiving the rear guide fins of the arrow therethrough when the...     

Arrow rest for archery bow is disclosed. The arrow rest is supported at a position remote from the sight window defining wall of the bow and extends obliquely towards the back of the bow with the free end thereof being located close to the sight window defining wall. Bias of the arrow from the correct...     

An arrow rest for securement to an archery bow. A hingedly-supported wing having a low-friction top edge for supporting an arrow shaft riding thereon is yieldingly and resiliently pivotal about a forwardly and upwardly projecting hinge-line in response to frictional forces applied by an arrow shaft riding...     

An elongated guide member is held by a support for associating it with a bow in a longitudinal direction relative to the shooting motion of the bowstring. The guide member slidably receives a projectile arranged to be propelled by the bowstring. The guide member is slidably held in the support so that...     

An improved archery bow assembly is provided which includes an archery bow having an arrow shelf and sidewall defining an arrow window, an archery arrow and an improved arrow rest disposed in and behind the window and supporting the arrow in the window for shooting. The rest includes a bracket, and first...     

An arrow lock is provided which may be mounted on a compound bow to secure an arrow in the nocked position. First and second retaining flaps are rotatably coupled on a mounting plate. The retaining flaps have an adjacent edge into each of which a semicircular notch is cut thus defining a circular opening...     

An improved arrow support device to be used on archery bows, including a pair of elongated, generally non-resilient arrow support members, rigidly attached to a pivotable yoke member. The arrow support members are bound by the yoke member and oriented in relation to one another so that the arrow shaft...     

An elongated guide member is mounted on a bow by a support and in its mounted position the guide member extends towards the bowstring. In a first form of the disclosure the guide member is slidably supported by the support. A resilient tube is positioned on the shooting guide and is connected to the...     

A collapsible arrow rest attached at the handle of a recurve, compound, or the like, archery bow is disclosed. Action of the arrow rest is determined by an elastic cord from the arrow rest to the bow string. An elevation adjusting device is attached to a bracket supporting an arrows rest arm so as to...     

A bow and arrow rest which includes a cantilever in the form of an extending free and of a wire which is pivotably mounted near the middle of a bow and movable on that pivot between an extended position to underlie and support an arrow shaft as a bow string is drawn and then released, and a retracted...     

Apparatus for supporting an arrow on a bow, the apparatus including a main support having a transverse spindle which has an arrow rest at one end and which is adjustable independently both axially and rotatably.

An arrow rest has an L-shaped bracket for mounting the arrow rest to a bow. A ferromagnetic wire rest member is pivotalably attached to the bracket and is biased into the operative rest position. A permanent magnet permits the rest pin to be deflected from the operative position by the fletches of an...     

An improved arrow support device to be used on archery bows, including a pair of arrow support members, rigidly attached to a pivotable yoke member. The arrow support members are bound by the yoke member and oriented in relation to one another so that upon the discharge of an arrow, the arrow shaft contacting...     

A trigger actuated arrow holder which attaches to the side of an archery bow is disclosed herein. An arrow clamp is spring biased against the body of the bow, such that it securely holds an arrow in place. When the trigger is depressed, the arrow clamp rotates away from the body of the bow thereby facilitating...     

An arrow rest adapted to be connected to either side of a bow. A swinging arm is pivotally supported from a body, in one position the swinging arm supports the arrow, and in a second position the swinging arm is movable away from the arrow. The arm is releasably locked by a flexible door which is spring...     

An arrow rest including, a support plate detachably connected to one end of a non-circular rod slidable longitudinally in a non-circular bore in a body member mounted in a bow handle, a coil spring biasing the rod and arrow rest outward from one side of the bow handle, a first threadedly adjustable screw...     

A sling shot device consisting of a gun stock having an extensible rod like barrel, an elastic band carried by the barrel, a member holding the band under tension while loaded with a missile, the barrel and stock having sights and a band releasing member. The sling shot structure is adaptable to use...     

An arrow rest for hunting and target bows. The rest employs a pair of rollers mounted on each side of a groove in a carrier that is removably secured to the back of the riser handle of the bow. The carrier is fully adjustable, fits either right or left hand bows of all types and can be used with almost...     

An improved arrow support device including a pair of arrow clamping jaws pivotally secured to a pivot frame connected along a vertical pivot axis to a support bracket attached to the bow. The pivot frame is spring-biased to a neutral position and rotatable by the archer so that the jaws can be manually...     

An improved pressure button for an archery bow having a housing adapted to extend through an opening in a bow handle. The housing has a chamber disposed therein and the chamber extends to an opening in one end thereof. A plunger is slidably disposed within the chamber and the plunger has one end thereof...     

An arrow holder is disclosed which, when properly used with a conventional bow, allows an archer to laterally load an arrow onto an arrow rest or other support surface on the bow, to laterally confine the loaded arrow such that accidental separation of the arrow from the bow is prevented, and to repeatedly...     

An arrow rest assembly for attachment to an archer's bow having a support plate. Mounted near one end of the support plate is a bowed flat spring. A magnetic rest pin is pivotally mounted to the plate for movement between an operative rest position wherein a tail section of the pin is magnetically attracted...     

A device for holding an arrow in a ready position against an arrow rest and nocked against the outer cable of a compound bow that is secured to the bow by a bracket mounted above the handle of the bow, adjacent to the arrow rest. A holder arm has one end connected to one end of a shaft pivotably mounted...     

The archery arrow rest device includes an arrow launcher in the form of an upwardly and forwardly extending blade having a forked upper end for contacting the underside of an arrow shaft, flanked by a pair of flexible, resilient, bendable, upwardly and forwardly extending wire arms for gripping the opposite...     

A projectile shooting guide includes an elongated guide member to be mounted on a bow by a support and in its mounted position the guide member extends towards the bowstring. The shooting guide also includes a device to allow vertical movement of the guide member during a drawing movement of the shooting...     

An attachment for a bow to be used in cooperation with known supports which engage respectively a side of an arrow and also the lower surface of an arrow. The attachment has a flexible leaf and a cam head. An arrow is mounted to the known supports by moving the arrow shaft laterally against the cam head...     

This invention is a highly damage-resistant arrow rest assembly used to hold the arrow of an archery bow in the correct position during the drawing, aiming, and launching sequences. Its construction includes a support arm which supports the arrow and a journal arm having a flat cam surface which articulates...     

In a crossbow of the type wherein a bolt is supported solely at its front and rear ends, a spring-loaded bolt stabilizer is provided which cooperates with the front bolt rest to maintain a bolt in position. The stabilizer may be pivotally mounted on the crossbow and biased toward a bolt-engaging position...     

An arrow rest for an archery bow which is readily laterally adjustable and has an arrow support which pivots forwardly and downwardly upon movement of the arrow shaft and fletching across it and automatically returns to an initial predetermined position after discharge. The arrow rest mounts in a hole...     

The archery bow assembly includes an archery bow having a riser with arrow window, arrow rest and handle, a pair of limbs and a bowstring. The assembly also includes a novel arrow holder which prevents an arrow from inadvertently rolling off the rest but which automatically releases the arrow as the...     

A compound bow using a toggle link assembly to provide improved arrow speed, greater accuracy and improved ease of tuning and use. The bow basically includes first and second spaced bow limbs having a bowstring extending between their outer ends and having their other ends attached through power links...     

A rest adapted to be mounted on a bow can guide an arrow into its flight direction. The rest has a flexible elongated member adapted to doubly contact the arrow and a mounting device. The mounting device can attach the flexible element to the bow. The flexible element has a lower segment and a lateral...     

A pull-down type arrow rest support for an archery bow is disclosed. The downward motion of the lower limb tip as the bow changes from its drawn position to its relaxed position is used to pull down the arrow rest support out of the path of the arrow. There is no need for cocking the device each time...     

The archery bow arrow rest may include an elongated mounting block, the front portion of which is adapted to be connected to the sidewall of an archery bow with the remainder of the block extending rearwardly to a point behind the bow window. A transverse bar may be rotatingly connected to the block...     

An arrow rest is attached to an archery bow by a rigid mounting bracket having a projecting pin on which the arrow rest is carried. The arrow rest includes a mounting base and two pivot blocks which pivot independently. Each pivot block has a separate spring which biases it in a direction to normally...     

A combination arrow sight and support device is adapted to be mounted to an archery bow. A horizontal bar projects outwardly from the bow across the plane defined by drawstring action and in front of the drawn position of the drawstring. An arrow support is mounted to the bar and depends therefrom in...     

An arrow rest for an archery bow which is quickly and easily replaceable and laterally adjustable in the field without any need for tools. The arrow rest has an arrow support arm which pivots upon movement of the arrow shaft and fletching across it and by a resilient arm hinge automatically returns to...     

An arrow rest for a compound bow having an arrow window. The rest includes a first coil spring positioned in the window and having its outer coil bent outwardly for supporting engagement of an arrow. A second coil spring is also positioned in the window so as to coact with the first spring to support...     

An arrow rest and holder having a generally flat mounting plate for securement to an archery bow on one side and on the other side having holding means for detachably holding an arrow rest. A retractable arrow rest having an arrow support wire bearing hole angled forwardly and upwardly so that the outwardly...     

An arrow rest apparatus for an archery bow includes a base, a support bar extending from the base, and a support block slidably mounted to the support bar. The support block and the support bar have a dovetail sliding interconnection to enable sliding movement of the support block along the support bar,...     

An arrow guide having vertical arrow levering and horizontal arrow cushioning is fully adjustable and easily repaired. A hinge plate is attached to an archery bow riser adjacent the handle grip retained by a hollow threaded fastener passed through an aperture common to most modern bows and secured by...     

The crossbow of the claimed invention comprises a main stock and a secondary stock pivotally connected to the main stock and movable relative to the main stock between collapsed and extended positions. A pair of prod members, each having inner and outer ends, are pivotally connected at the inner ends...     

A guide device designed to hold an arrow on its rest under all conditions of hunting and shooting a bow is disclosed. The device is held to the bow by a screw through its mounting bracket and into the rest or berger button hole in the side of the bow. The guide device has two guide arms which hold the...     

The archery bow assembly includes an archery bow having a pair of limbs connected to a central riser handle defining an arrow window and interconnected by a bowstring. It also includes a pendulum-type disappearing arrow rest with a side pressure point. The rest includes a pair of generally flat, forwardly...     

A short archery arrow equipped with a sabot and a launching barrel therefor that may be used with either a regular bow or a crossbow. When in the form of a hunting arrow, the cutting blades alone provide all the required fletching action and the center of gravity of the arrow lies forwardly of the blades....     

A compound bow is disclosed that is fully adjustable for draw weight, draw length and let-off. The disclosed bow includes a frame assembly, a pair of bow limbs adjustably coupled at a first end thereof to the frame assembly to provide adjustment of the draw weight of the compound bow, an eccentric wheel...     

An archery bow handle or riser, in which the riser is cut out sufficiently to permit a broad head arrowhead to pass rearwardly of the hand grip section, and upon release of the arrow, to avoid interference with the riser by both the broad head point as well as the vanes at the rear portion of the arrow...     

An archery bow rest shelf portion amounts brackets having upper and lower horizontal arms that respectively mount an arrow holder and an arm rest device for pivotal movement between generally vertical extending positions for engaging opposite sides of the arrow shaft to aid in retaining the arrow in...     

An arrow rest for use with an archery bow comprises a mounting member attached to the bow handle and extending rearwardly thereof and a yoke adjustably and pivotably mounted to the rear end portion of the mounting member. The yoke defines a radially accesible opening having a central axis and a pair...     

An arrow support for use with a bow having a bow string and an arrow having an arrow shaft, a nock and fletch. The arrow support includes a support base connected to the bow. A first and a second post each are connected to the support base. A first roller arm is connected to the first post and the first...     

An adjustable arrow rest apparatus for mounting to a handle of an archery bow comprises, a) a base which is mountable to an archery bow handle; b) a support bar extending from the base; c) a first arrow launcher movably mounted to the support bar for lateral movement therealong; and d) a second arrow...     

An arrow rest assembly includes a mounting bracket for mounting to a bow. A rest arm is mounted on a spatially fixed lateral shaft that aids in supporting and positioning the rest arm. The rest arm is adapted to be laterally adjusted along the shaft. The assembly further includes an angular adjustment...     

An arrow rest apparatus for attachment to an archery bow handle comprises a cushion plunger assembly and an arrow support. The cushion plunger assembly has an elongated inner plunger and an elongated outer sleeve, the inner plunger being received within the outer sleeve and projecting therefrom. The...     

An arrow rest frame has a support frame for mounting on an archery bow. The arrow rest frame has a pair of opposing, spaced arrow rest wheels forming a cradle on which an arrow to be shot is rested. The arrow rest frame includes a resilient parallel linkage which provides downward movement of the arrow...     

In a hunting crossbow of the type which employs a bolt raised above the crossbow stock and supported at only two points along its length, a bolt anchoring system is provided which cooperates with these supporting points, i.e., the bolt rest and string latch mechanism, to releaseably retain a broadhead-tipped...     

An arrow rest apparatus for use in archery which generally consists of: a mounting bracket, a carriage, multiple bushings contained within the carriage, a rotatable arm contained within the bushings, an arrow rest attached to the rotatable arm and a biasing spring to apply bias to the rotatable arm....     

An adjustable arrow rest apparatus comprises a base which is mountable to an archery bow handle and an elongated support bar extending therefrom. An arrow launcher assembly is movably mounted to the support bar for lateral movement. The support bar has an elongated slot formed longitudinally therein...     

An adjustable arrow rest including a mounting plate having a plurality of threaded apertures to facilitate securement to an archery bow. An L-shaped slide block is mounted for reciprocal linear adjustment in a vertical direction on the mounting plate by a first pair of cooperating dovetail guide members....     

A kit for assembly and attachment to a crossbow that will adapt the cross bow to shoot arrows (e.g. 6 inches long) which are several times shorter than arrows of conventional length (e.g. 22 inches) normally shot by a crossbow. The kit includes an elongated track or guide assembly through which a short...     

An overdraw structure for compound bows which extends the arrow rest rearwardly at a predetermined point in the draw and which returns the carriage for the arrow rest in the line-of-sight as the bowstring is released.

Projecting forwardly from a bow 10 is a rod 18 having a transverse arm 19 rotatable on the rod. A cup or receptacle 20 is adjustably mounted on the arm to receive the head or point 21 of a nocked arrow 22. An adjustable stop 31 on the outer end of the rod holds the arrow point in a position causing the...     

An archery bow arrow rest having a pivotal support arm biased to support an arrow on its free end. At right angles to its free end, the support arm has a fixed end positioned in, and attached to a bushing. The bushing passes through and is rotatable in a mounting bracket connecting the arrow rest to...     

The archery bow assembly includes an archery bow with arrow window defined by a generally vertical sidewall and generally horizontal shelf, in which window an arrow rest is adjustably held by a transverse plunger passing laterally through the bow sidewall. An archery arrow is on the rest. The plunger...     

An arrow rest assembly is disclosed for use with an archery bow movable between a cocked position and a released position to propel an arrow forwardly away from the bow. The arrow rest assembly includes an arrow rest arm which engages and supports the arrow adjacent to its forward end when the bow is...     

An apparatus wherein a mounting plate is fixedly secured to an exterior side wall of a handle riser section of an associated archery bow. The mounting plate includes a support leg extending orthogonally to the mounting plate and above an arrow rest ledge orthogonally oriented relative to the handle riser...     

An arrow grip for mounting upon the arrow ledge of the handle of a bow comprises elongated gripping members configured and positioned to frictionally engage opposite side surfaces of the shaft of an arrow to hold it in proper position prior to firing of the arrow. The bow may be held at any angle without...     

An archery apparatus for optimizing the force exerted on the arrow upon release includes a frame or riser and a pair of resilient limbs extending in opposite directions therefrom. A bowstring is connected between the free ends of the limbs and includes a nocking point for engagement with the nock of...     

A mounting plate affixes to the vertical riser of a conventional bow. A two-way compression spring extends frontwardly from the mounting plate. A hook member with a downwardly protruding hook on one end and a protruding nub on the other end is rotatably and extensibly connected to the mounting plate...     

A two handed bow and a bowstring release mechanism for launching an arrow along a shooting axis includes a riser, a pair of flexible limbs mounted on the riser and a bowstring connected between the free ends of the limbs. A pair of handgrips are pivotally mounted on the riser. The bowstring release mechanism...     

An arrow rest for an archery bow is provided with two arrow support arms, each of which has a free end pivotal in an arc about a fixed end fastened to supporting structure mountable on a bow. Each of the arms is adjustably biased by an enclosed spring fastened on the structure adjacent to the arm, and...     

An arrow rest assembly includes a mounting plate for securement to the side window wall of an archery bow. The plate is rotatable in a plane paralleling the window wall or bow riser and is also shiftably positionable against the wall or spaced therefrom. The resulting two degrees of freedom facilitate...     

An adjustable arrow rest for an archery bow in association with an adjustable arrow-cushion plunger. The arrow rest is adjustable in both horizontal and vertical planes, while the cushion plunger is horizontally adjustable. The arrow rest includes a pivotal support arm having a free end at right angles...     

An arrow stabilizer apparatus for mounting to the riser of an archery bow in order to support and stabilize an arrow during the shooting process. The arrow stabilizer apparatus includes a major body member which is substantially tubular-shaped and laterally mounted to the riser of the archery bow. The...     

An arrow reloading device, for mounting on an archery bow, is disclosed comprising a flexible support shaft, having a first end configured for attachment to a hand grip portion of a bow and a second end having an arrow holding means, the flexible shaft being of sufficient length to permit positioning...     

A double-locking mount is disclosed for attaching an arrow quiver onto a bow. The arrow quiver has an elongated frame member for supporting an arrowhead protecting shield and an arrow shaft holder. A quiver mount, including a tapered mounting plate, is defined on the quiver frame. A mounting bracket...     

An improved arrow rest apparatus for use in archery in which the arrow rest apparatus includes a carriage having a slotted opening and a mounting bracket for attaching said arrow rest apparatus to an archery bow. The improvement consists of extending a lockable shaft between legs of the slotted opening...     

In order to provide enhanced performance from fletching, a stabilizer is operatively associated with an arrow shaft to be moveable from a launch position near the tip of an arrow at one end thereof to a flight position near the nock of the arrow at the other end thereof. The stabilizer includes a slide...     

An arrow rest is arranged for permitting overdrawing of an archery arrow employing a guide block having spaced first and second plates, including confronting bearing inserts to effect support and guidance of the arrow for flight.

An arrow rest for an archery bow having an arrow support arm that pivots in two directions from an initial arrow receiving position, on a generally horizontal plane, and automatically returns to the initial position after being displaced in either direction. Two springs cooperate to locate and maintain...     

A dual arrow overdraw system for drawing and releasing two arrows at once. Rotatable rollers are used to reduce the friction when the two arrows are released through the system. An adjustment mechanism permits variable overdraw of the arrows according to the needs of the archer. The flight path of each...     

A compound archery bow has an overdraw apparatus allowing use of shorter and lighter arrows. The overdraw apparatus has a rearwardly extended bar secured to the midsection of the bow. A cable guard rod is adjustably mounted on the top portion of the bar for laterally locating cable strands relative to...