Patent ID: 9696107
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: F41B

Claim:
1. A multi-element one piece crossbow frame comprising: a barrel having a forward end, a mid-point and a stock end; a riser extending from said barrel as an integral portion thereof, said riser is disposed between said mid-point and said stock end, wherein said barrel and said riser being formed in an injection molding process using a mold and deriving full structural integrity internally without a spine to form a body, said body having a body top, a body bottom, a body front and a body back, and a body surface, said body comprising a selected amount of fibers three dimensionally arranged in a preselected manner and in a preselected and variable density within said body as a result of a flow of said selected amounts of fibers and a resin within the mold, said resin having a liquid form and a solid form, wherein said selected amounts of fibers being fully embedded within said body thereby preventing an amount of fiber pullouts and an amount of exposed fibers and said selected amount of fibers have an orientation, said orientation of said selected amounts of fibers within said body being constrained only by said resin when said resin is in said solid form; and said body surface has a plurality of body surface characteristics that are independent of said preselected manner and said preselected and variable density of said selected amounts of fibers, at least some of said selected amounts of fibers being flowed and wrapped to create a plurality of pockets when said resin is in a liquid form.