Bow window

Abstract: 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 behind the window and bears a pair of resilient, upwardly and forwardly extending arrow-supporting blades. The second blade is weaker, longer and wider than the first and is mounted immediately below the first blade, extends forwardly thereof and rises thereabove. The front end of the second blade bent is up and is forked or notched with a pair of spaced diverging or parallel lines adapted to bracket an arrow shaft without gripping it so as to prevent arrow roll-off from the rest. The first blade's front end is also forked or notched to hold the underside of the arrow shaft. When an arrow shaft is supported by the two blades, they contact the shaft at two spaced points along the length of the shaft for better support. The second blade is weak enough to be easily flicked down and out of the way when the vanes of an arrow just shot by the bow strike it, without damaging the vanes or interfering with arrow flight. The blades may be biased into the arrow-supporting position by a spring connected to the bar and block and thus are vertically depressable. Rotational limit components, as well as bar position-adjusting components may also be provided.

Abstract: The reversible archery arrow holder rest device includes a bracket having a side plate mounted on an archery bow sidewall, and a rear clamp. The clamp adjustably holds a pair of vertically spaced cross-arms behind the bow riser, which arms extend transversely to a point behind the bow window and support a pair of blades, namely, the rest blade and the holder blade. Thus, the rest includes an upwardly and forwardly projecting resilient blade, the front end of which has a side surface which slopes downwardly towards the bow sidewall. The holder is above the rest and includes a downwardly and forwardly extending resilient blade, the front end of which has a side surface which slopes upwardly towards the bow sidewall. A first arrow vane-receiving space is between the front ends of the rest and holder. A second connecting space is defined by the rest, holder and bow sidewall and receives the remaining vanes and shaft of the arrow for free clearance during arrow flight from the bow. The device may include a fitting bearing a depressible side pressure point button in the bow window to contact the side of the arrow shaft. The device is simple, durable, and provides improved arrow flight. It can be inverted and reversed for use on both left-handed and right-handed bows.

Abstract: A device for checking the setting on a sports bow having a bow window and a spring-biased arrow guide button projecting from the bow window includes a measuring sleeve provided with a scale to measure the projection of the arrow guide button from the bow window when being in contact with the arrow guide button. For measuring the spring force acting on the arrow guide button, the sleeve accommodates a spring bolt which is provided with a marking. By screwing a setting nut and a counter nut on the sleeve, the spring bolt is forced against the arrow guide button until the marking appears in a viewing window of the sleeve. The spring force can then be read on another scale displayed on the sleeve.