US3204626A - Bow sling - Google Patents

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Sept. 7, 1965 D. A. MORNEAU BOW SLING Filed April 24, 1964 INVENTOR DONALD A. MORNEAU ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,204,626 BOW SLING Donald A. Morneau, 66 West St., Winchendon, Mass. Filed Apr. 24, 1964, Ser. No. 362,434 Claims. (Cl. 124-23) This invention relates to a new and improved bow sling for improving the grip of the archer with respect to the bow and to prevent the bow from accidentally falling from the hand especially where a palm grip is utilized. The new sling is applied to the handle or to the limbs above and below the handle, and comprises in general a bifurcated strap of leather or some similar material, with the bifurcations extending downwardly and being connected with respect to the handle or bottom limb below the palm rest if present, thus providing a generally vertical aperture or slit through which the archer thrusts his hand to engage the handle of the bow and particularly with respect to the palm rest therefor, so that even though the archer should relax his grip he does not drop the bow, i.e., it is always lightly but positively applied to his hand, and the sling is maintained in the correct position on the bow, i.e., generally parallel to the handle.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the in which:

FIG. 1 is a view in side elevation illustrating the invention;

FIG. 2 is a View looking in the direction of arrow 2 on an enlarged scale;

FIG. 3 is a view illustrating the sling, and

FIG. 4 is a similar view which illustrates the holding member for the sling.

To illustrate the invention the same is shown as applied to a bow having a palm rest but the invention is useful with other bows also in which the handle does not include a palm rest. In the present case the handle is generally indicated at and the palm rest at 12, and the reference character 14 indicates the sight window. The two limbs of the bow may be of any construction desired and it is pointed out that of course the palm rest 12 is on the belly and in FIG. 1 the string is not illustrated.

Referring now to FIG. 3 the handstrap is shown prior to being applied to the handle. It is made of leather or any similar useful material and comprises in general a pair of elongated divergent legs 16 and 18 which are reduced at the portions 20 and 22 thereof and at the terminal portions there are provided apertures 24 by which these legs are laced together as illustrated in FIG. 2 (see lace 26).

At the opposite end of the strap the same is solid, or one piece, as at 28 and extends into a pair of divergent flaps 30 which are adapted to extend around the handle or limbs. These flaps are provided with apertures 32, 32 which are laced together as at 34. Between the flaps there is a cutout portion 36 which receives the handle or limb, so that the upper end of the strap is securely fastened.

It is not necessary but it is preferred that the legs 16 and 18 shall be cut out substantially on the irregular curves shown at 38 in FIG. 3, because this has been found to be more effective when the hand of the archer is received in the slot 40 in FIG. 2 defined by the two elongated legs 18 and 16.

Referring now to FIG. 1 it will be seen that the grain side of the leather is inverted when the flaps 30, 30 are applied to the bow handle and this ensures that the portion 28 of the strap shall be directed upwardly toward the upper limb of the bow, thus causing the portion of the accompanying drawings 3,204,626 Patented Sept. 7, 1965 bow strap at 28 to remain outstanding as in FIG. 1, with the legs 18 and 16 depending therefrom generally vertically. Also, the opening tends to remain open due to the divergence of the strap legs 16 and 18.

Referring now to FIG. 4 there is shown a bottom strap generally indicated at 42. This goes around the bottom limb of the bow or the lower portion of the handle. It

consists merely of an elongated strap as shown with a series of eyelets in it at 44, 46 and 48. The eyelets at 44 are connected by lacing or other means 50 about the handle of the bow as shown in FIG. 1, leaving the apertures 48 extending to the belly and then the cord or other means 26 is laced through these three holes and connected to the lacing or forming a part of the lacing connecting the ends 20 and 22 to the legs of the strap together. This holds the lower end of the strap firmly to the bow handle or limb but in loose flexible condition so that no impedance is made to the ease of insertion of the hand of the archer through the slit at 40 formed by and between strap legs 16 and 18 and extending between tthe flaps 30, 30 and the strap 42. To facilitate lacing, slits 52 can be provided adjacent the eyelets.

The present invention is specifically advantageous in maintaining the relationship of the archers hand to the handle of the bow. Particularly it allows the bow to move freely upon release of the arrow and therefore eliminates arrow deflection at the side of the bow, resulting in much greater accuracy and ease of shooting. Furthermore, the present invention eliminates the forward, down motion of a loose bow grip.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what I claim is:

1. A bow sling for the handle of a bow comprising a bifurcated strap providing a pair of elongated legs, means securing said legs together at the free ends thereof, means securing the opposite end of the strap to the bow adjacent the upper end of the handle, and means securing the bifurcated legs to the bow adjacent the bottom limb of the bow, whereby the legs of the strap are held in position along and substantially continuous with the handle in position to receive the hand of the archer through the slot formed by said bifurcated legs, giving free access to the handle of the bow and connecting the hand of the archer to the bow.

2.- The sling of claim 1 wherein the legs are divergent.

3. The sling of claim 1 including means to maintain the legs slightly spaced from the handle.

4. An archery bow sling comprising a strap, said strap including a pair of relatively elongated legs extending at angles with respect to each other and being free-ended, and a pair of shorter flaps extending in the opposite directions from the legs, said flaps being secured about the bow adjacent the upper portion of the handle thereof, means securing the free-ended elongated legs together at their ends forming a slot for the hand of the archer and means securing said secured legs at their ends to the bow adjacent the bottom portion of the handle.

5. The archery bow sling recited in claim 4 said flaps are inverted when applied to the how a portion of the strap extends away from the while being secured thereto at both ends.

wherein so that handle References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,055,354 9/62 Gates 124-23 X RICHARD C. PINKHAM, Primary Examiner.

Claims (1)

1. A BOW SLING FOR THE HANDLE OF A BOW COMPRISING A BIFURCATED STRAP PROVIDING A PAIR OF ELONGATED LEGS, MEANS SECURING SAID LEGS TOGETHER AT THE FREE ENDS THEREOF, MEANS SECURING THE OPPOSITE END OF THE STRAP TO THE BOW ADJACENT THE UPPER END OF THE HANDLE, AND MEANS SECURING THE BIFURCATED LEGS TO THE BOW ADJACENT THE BOTTOM LIMB OF THE BOW, WHEREBY THE LEGS OF THE STRAP ARE HELD IN POSITION ALONG AND SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS WITH THE HANDLE IN POSITION TO RECEIVE THE HAND OF THE ARCHER THROUGH THE SLOT FORMED BY SAID BIFURCATED LEGS, GIVING FREE ACCESS TO THE HANDLE OF THE BOW AND CONNECTING THE HAND OF THE ARCHER TO THE BOW.

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