Patent ID: 9255760
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: F41B

Claim Text:
1. A bow press for pressing the limbs of archery bows to relax string-tensioning components and permit their servicing, the bow press comprising: a pair of pivot arms in a coplanar V configuration with lower ends connected to rotate simultaneously at a fixed position on a stationary base comprising a rotationally linked set of oppositely rotating gears, and with upper ends connected to a lateral drive mechanism comprising a telescoping screw drive arranged parallel to the base and pivotally connecting the upper ends to move the pivot arms simultaneously toward and away from one another in an arc, the pivot arms defining a bow-receiving location between them with a first bow press axis defined by a lateral distance between upper longitudinal lengths of the pivot arms and a second bow press axis defined orthogonally to the first bow press axis through a center of the bow-receiving location; each of the pivot arms further comprising a slide assembly adjustable to different limb-pressing positions on the upper longitudinal length of each pivot arm, each slide assembly including a spline pin adjustment mechanism and a bow limb support rotationally adjustable on the spline pin adjustment mechanism relative to the pivot arm, each bow limb support includes multiple bow limb contact areas that are positional toward or away from the bow-receiving location wherein the spline pin mechanism axially rotates the bow limb supports 360 degrees with a rotative spline pin; wherein, each bow limb support comprises upper and lower support arms collectively connected with at least one upper and one lower bow limb support arm for contacting an outer longitudinal curvature of each limb of a bow, the upper and lower support arms are spaced a distance corresponding to an unflexed radius of curvature of the flexible portion of the respective bow limb and spaced a distance sufficient for the bow limb to flex therebetween, and wherein frictional engagement of the spaced upper and lower support arms on the outer longitudinal curvature of each bow limb is the sole contact with the bow in the bow press.