Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
191 words
Improved Archery Equipment comprising, in combination: a. an archery bow having a bow handle including a sidewall and a bottom shelf defining an arrow-receiving space; and, b. an improved reversible arrow rest attached to said bow handle in said arrow-receiving space, said rest comprising, in combination: i. a base support in said space attached to said bow handle; and, ii. at least one resilient, vertically depressible, elongated, free-standing, upwardly projecting arm rising above said base support in said arrow-receiving space, spaced laterally from and above said bow handle to provide free arrow shaft and vane clearance therefrom and secured adjacent the lower end thereof to said base support, said at least one projecting arm extending generally along the forward-rearward axis of said bow, a portion of said at least one projecting arm providing a fork adjacent the upper end thereof for a shaft of an arrow, said form being dimensioned and positioned with respect to the bow so as to permit all vanes of an arrow, during shooting of an arrow from said bow, to freely clear without striking any part of said at least one projecting arm, including said fork.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
191 words
Improved Archery Equipment comprising, in combination: a. an archery bow having a bow handle including a sidewall and a bottom shelf defining an arrow-receiving space; and, b. an improved reversible arrow rest attached to said bow handle in said arrow-receiving space, said rest comprising, in combination: i. a base support in said space attached to said bow handle; and, ii. at least one resilient, vertically depressible, elongated, free-standing, upwardly projecting arm rising above said base support in said arrow-receiving space, spaced laterally from and above said bow handle to provide free arrow shaft and vane clearance therefrom and secured adjacent the lower end thereof to said base support, said at least one projecting arm extending generally along the forward-rearward axis of said bow, a portion of said at least one projecting arm providing a fork adjacent the upper end thereof for a shaft of an arrow, said form being dimensioned and positioned with respect to the bow so as to permit all vanes of an arrow, during shooting of an arrow from said bow, to freely clear without striking any part of said at least one projecting arm, including said fork.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
The improved archery equipment of claim 1 wherein said at least one projecting arm is movable towards and away from said sidewall and said bottom shelf and wherein said at least one projecting arm rises at an angle from the vertical above said base support.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
55 words
The improved archery equipment of claim 2 wherein said rest has only one said at least one projecting arm, wherein said at least one projecting arm is notched at its upper end to provide said fork and wherein said fork has tines adapted to support opposite sides of an arrow shaft below the midline thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The improved archery equipment of claim 3 wherein said base support is bendable to vary said angle of rise of said at least one projecting arm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The improved archery equipment of claim 3 wherein said at least one projecting arm comprises flexible plastic.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
59 words
The improved archery equipment of claim 2 wherein said rest has a pair of arms of the type of said at least one which are spaced apart but converge towards each other to provide said fork, said spacing between said pair of arms permitting a vane of an arrow to pass freely therebetween in the area of said fork.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
The improved archery equipment of claim 6 wherein said upper ends of said pair of arms diverge to form an open centered fork, tines of said fork adapted to support opposite sides of an arrow below the midline thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
The improved archery equipment of claim 7 wherein said fork is adapted to receive arrows of various diameters and wherein said tines are bendable towards and away from each other to vary the width of said fork.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The improved archery equipment of claim 8 wherein the height of said arms in said space is adjustable by bending said arms.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
13 words
The improved archery equipment of claim 9 wherein said arms comprise metal wire.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
39 words
The improved archery equipment of claim 1 wherein said equipment includes an arrow disposed on said rest for shooting from said bow and wherein said at least one projecting arm projects generally along the longitudinal axis of an arrow.