US2771620A

US2771620A - Arrow container

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Publication number: US2771620A
Application number: US563636A
Authority: US
Inventors: Wenzell S Hoffman
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1956-02-06
Filing date: 1956-02-06
Publication date: 1956-11-27
Anticipated expiration: 1973-11-27

Description

Nov. 27, 1956 w. s. HOFFMAN 2,771,620

ARROW CONTAINER Filed Feb. 6; 195s INVENToR. MWA-z d'. 'Afa/#MAW United States Patent() Fice 2,711,620 Y ARRow CONTAINER wenzell s. Hoffman, Lake orion, Mich. Application February 6, 1956, Serial No. 563,636

' 1 claim. (Cl. 15o- 1.5)

This invention relates to hunting arrow quivers, and, more particularly, to an arrow quiver especially adapted to be carried on the back of a hunter and to support a plurality of arrows in an easily accessible position.

/At the present time, there are hunting arrow quivers on the market which are adapted to be carried on the back of Va hunter, but they have certain disadvantagesand drawbacks, as, for example, the arrows are mounted in said quivers with the tuft or rearward ends thereof projected upwardly, adjacent the back of the head of the hunter. Withv such a quiver, the hunter. must reach backwardly and over his shoulder to grasp the arrow, and, this movement is very awkward and diicult to make, especially at various times when the hunter is in the woods and has need of an arrow in Ia hurry so .as to make a shot at game that may have appeared suddenly.

A further disadvantage of "the prior art type arrow quivers is that the brightly-colored tufts of the arrows are carried high up in the air, adjacent the rearward side of the head ofthe hunter, and, this provides a distraction as the hunter moves through the forest, ,which has the eiect of scaring the game away. Accordingly, it is a primary object of this invention toprovide a hunting arrow quiver which overcomes the aforementioned `dis. advantages, and, which is adapted to carry a plurality of arrows with the tufts disposed toward the lower vend of the quiver which is carried in a vertical position on the back of a hunter.

It is another object of the invention to provide a` hunting arrow quiver which is adapted to Abe detachably mounted on the back of a hunter, and, in which the'larrows are vertically disposed with the heads of the arrows upwardly and the tufts downwardly, whereby, the hunter may remove an arrow from the quiver by merely placing his hand at his side and moving it backwardly and to the rear of his body, whereby, his hand will then be adjacent the tufts of the arrows, and, an'arrow may be easily and quickly removed from the quiver bymerely grasping the lower end of an arrow and bringing the hand downwardly and forwardly to the front of the body so that the arrowV ends up in a position ready for proper orientation or positioning in the bow and for instant shooting thereof.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a hunting arrow quiver which will be light of weight, simple and compact in construction, adjustable in length, economical of manufacture, and, eicient in use.

It is still another object of this invention to provide a hunting arrow quiver comprising: an upper head and a lower head, which are spaced apart and which are provided with a covering of sponge rubber on the inner adjacent sides thereof, an adjustable elongated support iixedly connecting said heads together, socket means on said sponge coverings adapted to releasably hold the head and tuft ends of a plurality of arrows, a covering means for covering the arrows when they are mounted 2,771,620 Patented Nov. 27, 1956 in said sockets, and, means for detachably fastening said quiver to the back of a hunter.

Other objects, features and advantages of this invention will be apparent from the following detailed description and appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of the specification wherein like reference numerals designate corresponding parts of the several views.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a quiver made in accordance with the invention, and shown in a mounted position on the back of a hunter;

Fig. 2 is an elevational sectional view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 3, taken along the line 2 2 thereof;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 2, taken along the line 3 3 thereof;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal partial sectional view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 2, taken along the line 4 4 thereof; and

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 2, taken along the line 5 5 thereof.

Before explaining in detail the present invention, it is to be understood, that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawing, since the invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood, that the phaseology and terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not limitation. l

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates a hunter having an arrow quiver 12, made in accordance with the principles of the invention, detachably strapped on his back. The hunting arrow quiver 12 comprises a lower supporting arm,- generally indicated by the numeral 14, and, which may be made from any suitable light-weight metal, plastic, ber board, or the like. The lower supporting arm 14 is xedly connected, as by welding, to a vertical lower ilat elongated supporting member 16 made from the same material as the supporting arm 14. The supporting member 16 is provided with a pair of laterally spaced longitudinally extending ferrules or

projections

18 and 20.

The lower supporting arm 14 comprises a bottom wall 22 and an integral upwardly extended peripheral side wall 24. As shown in Fig. 3, the lower supporting arm 14 is substantially oval in shape and ilat on one side, however, it will be understood that this supporting armor member may be formed with any other desirable cros`s-section shape. The side wall 24 forms a recess with the bottom wall 22 in which is xedly mounted, by any suitable means, a piece of elastic material 26, such as sponge rubber or the like. Fixedly mounted on the upper surface of the sponge rubber 26 is a plurality of spaced apart rings 28 which are made from any suitable material, such as leather, plastic, or light-weight material. As shown in Fig. 2, the rings 28 are adapted to slidably receive and hold in position, the lower or tufted end 30 of the hunting arrows, generally indicated by the numeral 32.

As is shown in Figs.' 2 and 4, the quiver 12 includes an upper at elongated supporting member 34 which is provided with -a pair of longitudinally extending spaced apart

ferrules

36 and 38, which are adapted to be slidably engaged in the ferr-

illes

18 and 20, respectively, of the lower support-ing member '16. The outer longitudinal edges 40 of the upper supporting member 34 are folded inwardly over the longitudinal edges 42 of the lower supporting member 16. The upper supporting member 34 is provided with a pair of longitudinally disposed slots 44, `on each side thereof, as shown in Fig. 2. The lower supporting, member 16 is provided with a pair of bolts, as I48, along each side thereof, which are adapted to pass through the slots `44 and be adjustably secured in ,any position in said slots, by means of .the nuts '50. The numeral 52 indicates the upper edge of the lower supporting Vmember 16, and, the numeral y'4 indicates the lower edge of the upper supporting member 34.

As shown in Fig. 2, an upper supporting arr-m, generally indicated by the numeral 56, is fxedly mounted on the front side of the upper elongated supporting member 34, by .any suitable means, and in a manner similar to that for the lower supporting a-rm 14. T-he upper supporting arm 56 would be made from lthe same material as the lower supporting arm 14. The upper supporting arm l56 comp-rises a top wall 58 and .an integral downwardly extended peripheral wall 60, which coacts with the top wall S8 to form a downwardly facing recess in which is `ixedly mounted a piece of an elastic material 62, such tas sponge ru-bber, or the like. Fixedly mounted on the lower downwardly facing side of Ithe elastic material y62 is a `plurality of rings or annular members 64, which are spaced apart and in alignment with mating rings among the plurality of rings 28 on the lower supporting arm 14. As shown in Fig. 2, the rings 64 are adapted to slidably receive the upper ends 66 of the hunting arrows 32, and, to hold them in position in the quiver. The quiver 12 is adapted to be adjustab'ly mounted on -t-he back of the hunter by means of a pair of shoulder straps 68 ,and J70, one pair of ends of which are connected to the -upper set of bolts 48, and the other pair of ends 72 yand 74 of which are passed under the arms of the hunter and are .secured to t-he lower pair of bolts 48. These shoulder straps may be provided with suitable adjustment means, as 76. The quiver is further .provided with a. strap adapted to pass around the waist of the hunter with Athe ends 7-8 and 80 thereof being adapted to 'be xedly mounted on the lower pair of bolts l4S in the

quiver supporting members

16 and 34.

The quiver is provided with a cover, generally indicated by the numeral 82, and which may be made from any suitable flexible material, as canvas, plastic, or the like. The cover is adapted to be xed around the opensides lof the upper supporting arm 56, and, to lbe secured thereto by :any suitable means, as by the snap members 84. The cover 82 does .not extend down completely to the lower supporting arm 1'4 but terminates ,a few inches thereabove, as indicated by the numeral 86. As viewed in Figs. l and 2, Ithe cover 82 is preferably fastened to the elongated supporting

members

16 and 34 along the lef-t side thereof by any suitable means, as |by the snaps `8?, and, said cover is substantially loose along the right side thereof, to permit the hunter to move this side and get into Athe quiver to take an arrow therefrom. The right side of the cover '82 is held against the quiver in a loose manner by means of the end 80 of the waist strap passing through an aperture 89 in said cover.

ln use, the quiver 12 would be d-etachabiy mounted on the back of the hunter 10, as shown in Fig. l, and, with the `tufted ends of the arrows disposed in the lower position. `In order to remove -an arrow from the quiver, the hunter would merely place his hand by his side Iand then reach Ibackw-ardly into the quiver, which movement may Ibe easily made by the hunter. The lower end of lan arrow is then grasped and such arrow is moved upwardly a slight distance lto a position shown by the arrow '90 in Fig. 2. Since the el-ast-ic material yields under such movement of the arrow, the lower end of the arrow may then be swung outwardly from the lower supporting arm 14 Iand the arrow then completely removed from the quiver by an easy downward yand forward movement of the lhunters arm. The hun-ter has then merely to continue the movement of his arm to bring the arrow into a position for instant mounting on the bow for immediate discharge thereof in a minimum of time.

Experience has shown that a quiver made in Iaccordance with the present invention permits ya 'hunt-er to move through the `forest without entangling the quiver with the underbrush, and, with -a minimum display of the `bright colors of the arrows. With a quiver of the present i-nvention, a hunter may remove an arrow therefrom and shoot it in a shorter time than has been heretofore possible with similar type arrow quivers. It will be seen, that the present hunting arrow quiver may be made to hold -as many arrows as desired, .and that each arrow so held or retained may be removed Ifrom the quiver without disturbing the others.

While it w-ill -be apparent that t-he preferred embodiment of the invention herein disclosed is well calculated to fulfill the objects above stated, it will be appreciated that the invention is susceptible to modification, variation and change Without departing from the proper scope or fair meaning of the -subjoined claim.

What is claimed is:

A Ahunt-ing arrow quiver comprising: -a lower supporing arm; a lower elongated member adapted to carry said lower arm; an upper elongated member slidably mounted on said lower elongated member; means adjustably securing said elongated members together; an upper suppor-ting arm on the upper end `of said upper elongated member; sa-id arms having a recess on their inner adjacent sides; :an elastic means in said recesses adapted to releasably retain a plurality of arrows between said arms; each of said elastic means 'being provided with a plurality of locating par-ts for retaining the arrows in predetermined positions -on said supporting arms; said `quiver being provided with a cover for enclosing the arrows carried thereby, which is adapted to being secured to the top arm and to extend downwardly and adjacent to, but not in contact with said lower arm, and to be secured to said quiver along one side of said elongated mem-bers and to be in engagement with the other side of said elongated members but being free to be swung away from the quiver to permit the user to easily withdraw an arrow tfrom the quiver.

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