Patent ID: 9395142
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: F41B

Claim Text:
1. A firing assembly for an archery bow that allows multiple projectiles in a projectile clip to be selectively fired by a bow string, the bow having a projectile track and a bow string having a launching force configured to launch the projectile forwardly along the projectile track wherein the projectile track is configured to support and direct the projectile as it is shot from the bow, the firing assembly comprising a projectile clip shaped to receive a plurality of associated projectiles that include a first associated projectile and a second associated projectile, the projectile clip having an outer shell including a base and side walls extending from the base toward a clip opening, the clip further including a projectile follower and a biasing member urging the projectile follower toward the clip opening such that the associated plurality of projectiles are urged toward the clip opening and the associated first projectile is urged toward the clip opening with the associated second projectile being adjacent to the associated first projectile toward the projectile follower, the clip further including an actuatable projectile retainer that can be moved from a locked condition wherein it engages the associated first projectile and the plurality of associated projectiles are retained in the projectile clip and an unlocked condition wherein the associated first projectile can be urged out of the clip opening by the force of the projectile follower and the biasing member, the projectile clip further including a firing portion having at least one projection wherein the firing portion is operably connected to the projectile retainer such that when the firing portion is in a rear position the projectile retainer is in the locked condition and when the firing portion is in a forward position the projectile retainer is in the unlocked condition, the clip having a firing portion biasing member to urge the firing portion toward the rear position, the bow further including a bow receiver having a receiver opening shaped to selectively receive the projectile clip of the firing assembly in an operable position relative to the receiver, in the operable position the associated first projectile is adjacent a portion of the projectile track of the bow when the firing portion is in the rear position and the projectile retainer is in the locked condition thereby allowing a bow string configured to launch the associated projectiles to pass the associated first projectile and past the at least one projection to engage the at least one projection, the shooting force of the bow string engaging the at least one projection moving the firing portion forwardly from the rear position to the forward position and the projectile retainer into the unlocked condition allowing the force of the projectile follower and the biasing member to move the associated first projectile into general alignment with the projectile track, the bow further including a trigger assembly joined relative to the receiver and having a firing finger, the firing finger configured to urge the bow string off of the at least one projection, moving the bow string off of the at least one projection both causing a launch of the associated first projectile and the firing portion to automatically move back to the rear position to automatically move the projectile retainer to the locked condition and prevent the associated second projectile from exiting the clip opening.