Patent ID: 11874085
Assignee: BARNETT OUTDOORS, LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 21:
22. A crossbow comprising:
a crossbow body having a flight track;
a bowstring extending across the crossbow body;
a trigger latch block slidingly connected to the crossbow body, wherein the trigger latch block is configured to draw the bowstring in a rearward direction along the flight track;
a first cocking member and a second cocking member each operatively associated with the crossbow body and each configured to draw the trigger latch block in the rearward direction along the flight track, wherein the second cocking member is disposed rearward of the first cocking member;
a cocking mechanism configured to draw the trigger latch block in the rearward direction along the flight track from an initial position to a cocked position;
a one-way retention mechanism configured to immobilize the trigger latch block against linear movement in a forward direction along the flight track;
a trigger configured to engage the trigger latch block in the cocked position, wherein the trigger is configured to selectively cause the trigger latch block to release the bowstring; and
a trigger-traverse mechanism configured to slide the trigger latch block along the crossbow body to the initial position after the bowstring is released.