Archery bow support

Claim 1

An archery bow support for supporting an archery bow in an upright position, said archery bow support for use in association with an upstanding structure such as a tree, said archery bow having a hand grip of a given width as measured along the front of said grip and a given depth as measured along the side of said grip and said bow having a lip above said hand grip and extending beyond the hand grip towards the bow string of said bow, said archery bow support comprising: a mount for mounting said bow support to an associated structure; a bow holder carried by said mount for retaining said bow in an upright position; said bow holder including a horizontally disposed first hook element terminating in a horizontally disposed distal finger; a horizontal member carried by said bow holder spaced opposite said first hook element and said distal finger; said first hook element and said horizontal member defining a bow receptacle for receiving said archery bow in a vertical position; said horizontal member and said distal finger defining a bow passage leading into said bow receptacle; said bow holder passage being smaller than the depth of said hand grip, and said bow passage being larger than the width of said hand grip, so that said bow may be rotated to a side facing position for being received thru said bow passage and thereafter roatated to a forward facing position for retention within said bow receptacle; whereby said bow holder supports said archery bow in an upright position for easy accessibility.