Patent ID: 9341422
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: F41A,F41B

Claim Text:
1. An archery bow configured to allow multiple projectiles to be selectively fired by the archery bow, the bow comprising a bow riser extending between a front and a rear with a first end and a second end, the bow further including a first limb arrangement fixed relative to the first end and a second limb arrangement fixed relative to the second end wherein a bow string is joined between the first and second limb arrangements rearwardly of the riser, the bow further including a drum housing and a selectively rotatable drum rotatably secured relative to the drum housing, the selectively rotatable drum being rotatable about a drum axis and having a plurality of projectile openings circumferentially spaced about the drum axis, each of the plurality of projectile openings having a front extent and said each opening of the plurality of openings being shaped to receive an associated projectile wherein a plurality of associated projectiles can be secured in the selectively rotatable drum at one time, one of the plurality of projectile openings being in a firing position and supporting an associated projectile to be fired by the bow and a remaining portion of the projectile openings being spaced from the firing position such that a remaining portion of the associated plurality of projectiles are spaced from the firing position to reduce interference with the associated projectile to be fired, the selectively rotatable drum having a rotation mechanism to selectively rotate each of the plurality of openings into the firing position individually, the bow further including a shooting force mechanism to selectively propel the associated projectile to be fired.