Portable archery stand

Claim 1

A portable archery stand for supporting a bow, having an upper segment, a middle portion, including a handle, a lower segment and a plurality of arrows, comprising a base having a flat upper surface, a U-shaped support bracket mounted on the upper surface of said base, a vertical member extending upwardly from the said upper surface of said base located a predetermined distance from said U-shaped member, means at the top of said vertical member forming bifurcated arms, horizontal parallel arms mounted on said vertical member for supporting the middle portion of the bow, means for securing the middle portion of said bow to said bifurcated arms, a facility for storing said arrows mounted on said base contiguous with said vertical member, a U-shaped accessory compartment for supporting said vertical member and providing a storage facility for miscellaneous items, each of said parallel arms extending outwardly and horizontally from the vertical member and on the opposite side from the arrow storage facility so as to surround and act as a support for the handle portion of the bow, a spacer, said spacer located between the handle of the bow and the slot opening between the bifurcated arms, and a bolt adapted to pass between an opening in the bow handle and within the spacer, a wing-nut whereby when said wing-nut is threaded to the bolt, the bow is secured at its lower segment next to the U-shaped bracket and at the bow handle by the parallel horizontal arms in an upright position, so that the bow cannot move.