Compound bow cable and bowstring attachment means

Claim 1

In a compound bow having a pair of limbs attached to a handle section, an eccentrically mounted cam attached to each limb and provided with a continuous periphery, a track in said periphery, a bowstring and a pair of tension cables spanning the bow limbs, the improvement comprising: each said cam including main and secondary lobes of dissimilar configuration spaced apart to define an elongated throat therebetween formed by opposed portions of said cam periphery, a bowstring anchor member transversely insertable within said throat, means on the periphery of said throat formed by the opposed portions restraining said inserted anchor member from displacement from said throat radially along a path which lies within the plane of said cam, said tension cables each having a terminal cam segment, said bowstring having opposite end segments, means joining one said tension cable cam segment to one said anchor member, and anchor member means permitting the removable connection of one said bowstring end segment to said anchor member when said anchor member is remote from said cam throat whereby, when said tension cable cam segment and bowstring end segment are respectively joined and connected to said anchor member and said anchor member subsequently transversely inserted into said throat, said bowstring and tension cables are precluded from independent planar displacement relative to said cam.