Patent ID: 9494381
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: F41B

Claim Text:
1. Apparatus for de-cocking a crossbow, the crossbow having a bowstring and a trigger comprising: (a) a first body adapted to attach to a crossbow, the first body comprising a channel therethrough, the first body also comprising a threaded bore therethrough, the threaded bore intersecting with the channel; (b) an elongated second body having opposed sides that incline once from one end thereof toward the other end thereof, the elongated second body having a notch at the other end thereof, the elongated second body adapted to slide through said channel, (c) a threaded stud having a distal end so that when said elongated second body is slid through said channel and said threaded stud is threaded into said threaded bore, the distal end of said stud can contact said elongated second body and halt further travel of said elongated second body through said first body, so that when the first body is attached to a cocked crossbow with the bowstring of the crossbow positioned in the notch of the elongated second body with the distal end of the stud contacting the elongated second body, the trigger of the crossbow can then be pulled to release the bowstring against the elongated second body and then the threaded stud can be unscrewed to permit the elongated second body to controllably slide further through said channel to de-cock the crossbow.