US3844268A - Archery bow having integrally molded features - Google Patents

Abstract

An archery bow having a bow body provided with integrally molded fixtures so that the attaching of the accessories to the bow may be easily accomplished. The accessories will thus be mounted on integrally molded fixtures that are always positioned in the same place on the bow. The integrally molded fixtures will preserve the strength of the bow and will improve the accuracy of the user.

Description

United States Patent [1 1 lkeya [451 Oct. 29, 1974 1 ARCHERY BOW HAVING INTEGRALLY MOLDED FEATURES [75] Inventor:

[73] Assignee: Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hamamatsu, Japan [22] Filed: Nov. 21, 1 972 [21] Appl. No.: 308,511

Fumihiro lkeya, Hamakita, Japan [30] Foreign Application Priority Data Dec. 1, 1971 Japan ..46-96905 [52] US. Cl. 124/24 R, 124/30 R, 273/D1G. 7 [51] Int. Cl. F4lb 5/00 [58] Field of Search 124/24 R, 23 R, 22, 41,

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 9/1954 Meyer 273/D1G. 7 7/1965 Hoyt 124/24 R 3,310,875 3/1967 Kowalski 33/265 3,318,298 5/1967 Bear 124/24 R 3,505,985 4/1970 Helton 33/265 X Primary Examiner-Richard C. Pinkham Assistant Examiner-William R. Browne Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Lerner, David, Littenberg & Samuel [5 7] ABSTRACT An archery bow having a bow body provided with integrally molded fixtures so that the attaching of the accessories to the bow may be easily accomplished. The accessories will thus be mounted on integrally molded fixtures that are always positioned in the same place on the bow. The integrally molded fixtures will preserve the strength of the bow and will improve the accuracy of the user.

2 Claims, 5 Drawing Figures ARCHERY BOW HAVING INTEGRALLY MOLDED FEATURES FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to an improved archery bow. More particularly, the invention relates to the archery bow which is produced by molding integrally therewith fixtures for mounting sighting devices.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The bow body is generally made of wood, synthetic resin, WPC (wood plastic combination) or laminated material of them. However, it is difficult to obtain a large amount of the wooden material which is excellent and uniform in the qualities such as strength and grain, and further the rise of cost of the wooden material is also the problem to be solved. Accordingly, the bow bodies which are made of plastic materials have come into attention.

While, the archer requires very delicate nerves in shooting the arrows, therefore in order to make a better hit, it is commonly practised that the accessories or auxiliary devices such as a sighting device, a stabilizer and an arrow rest are attached to the bow body.

However, in the ordinary method to fix such accessories or auxiliary devices to the bow body, they have to be attached by using screw threads or adhesives which requires much time and is considerably troublesome.

Further, in the ordinary archery bow, the accessories or auxiliary devices are fixed to the bow body by first boring the bow body and then threadedly engaging the accessories or auxiliary devices therein, which however is often accompanied by failure to bore at the right and accurate positions. What is worse, the holes made in the bow body result in the reduction of the strength and rigidity thereof. Such archery bow has another disadvantage that the accessories thus th'readedly engaged are often loosened while in use, becoming a cause of rattle or a good for nothing.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, in which the trouble and difficulty of fitting such accessories or auxiliary devices to the bow body are reduced significantly, attaining sufficient accuracy in the attachment of the accessories or auxiliary devices, and eliminating the disadvantage of their becoming loose.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Pursuant to the above object of the invention, the archery bow body of the invention is characterized in that the fixtures are mounted and molded integrally with the bow at the same time the bow is molded. The fixtures are used to mount sighting devices.

The bow body of the invention may be produced through any of the appropriate known method such as injection molding and hot press molding using synthetic resins, glass fiber reinforced plastic or light metals. Further, the invention concerns the handle section of the bow body; therefore, the handle section and the limb portions may be molded separately, or may be molded together according to the requirements of the production process and the products.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS These and other feature of the invention will be more fully understood by referring to the following detailed description presented solely for purpose of illustration and to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a side elevation of the first embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view taken along the line III III in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a side elevation of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 1 which is provided with a sighting device and an arrow rest; and

FIG. 5 is a side elevation of another embodiment of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Now, referring to FIGS. 1 to 4, inclusive, the first embodiment of the invention is shown, in which the numeral 1 indicates the handle section of the bow body A. Said handle section I is made of glass fiber reinforced plastic, other synthetic resin or light metal such as aluminum or magnesium through injection molding,

-hot press molding, or other well-known molding methods. The numeral 2 denotes a stabilizer which is molded or attached integrally at the same time of molding of the handle section 1, the numeral 3 denotes a guide rail having T-shaped cross-section for attaching the sight or sighting device, which guide rail is molded integrally with the belly face of. the handle section I, and the numeral 4 denotes an aperture or through hole for attaching the arrow rest which is provided on the side surface of the handle section 1. The aperture 4 is also formed at the time of molding by use of a mold or die. That is, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the sight 5 is slidably fitted to the guide rail 3 and the arrow rest 6 is fixed in the aperture 4 to obtain the finished product 7.

In FIG. 5, another embodiment of the invention is shown, in which an extension 8 is provided on the back side of the handle section 1. Another sighting device 9 is slidably fitted to the extension 8, whereby the precise sight can be taken by using the sighting device 9 solely or together with the sighting device 5 attached on the belly side of the handle section 1. Such sighting devices may be of any type, such as a peep sight, or one or more pins may be used as the sighting device. The upper and lower limbs can be formed at the same time of the molding of the handle section 1 or they may be attached to the handle section I after the molding of said section I.

The archery bow of the present invention as disclosed in the above has the molded integral portions of accessories or auxiliary devices or fixtures therefor such as the stabilizer 2, the guide rail 3 for the sight, the arrow rest aperture 4 or the extension 8. It is further possible, according to the present invention, to mold a sighting device or a arrow rest itself integrally with the bow body. Accordingly, screw threads or adhesives are not necessary for attaching the accessories or auxiliary devices, and the attaching thereof can be carried out with ease, which is far excellent as compared with those of the ordinary types. Therefore, the productivity of the archery bow can be improved very much, and the archery bow of the present invention is quite suitable for the mass-production process in which inexpensive archery bows can be produced economically. Further, it is possible to secure high accuracy in the attachment of the accessories or auxiliary devices or fixtures thereof,

the bow and formed during the molding of the bow to preserve the strength of the bow and said guide rail extending from the belly side of the bow forming a T- shaped rail, said T-shaped rail lying along the belly side of the bow so that a sight may be attached thereto.

2. The archery bow as defined in claim 1 wherein said bow body further includes second sight attaching means integrally molded with the bow body and positioned on the back side of said bow body.

Claims (2)

1. An archery bow comprising a bow body and sight attaching means for supporting a sight, said sight means comprising a guide rail formed of the same material as the bow and formed during the molding of the bow to preserve the strength of the bow and said guide rail extendiNg from the belly side of the bow forming a Tshaped rail, said T-shaped rail lying along the belly side of the bow so that a sight may be attached thereto.

2. The archery bow as defined in claim 1 wherein said bow body further includes second sight attaching means integrally molded with the bow body and positioned on the back side of said bow body.

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