Patent ID: 6789535
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: F41B

Abstract:
A multiple-roller arrow rest for an archery bow, said bow having a riser, upper and lower limbs, and a bowstring supported between end portions of said limbs; the arrow rest being adapted for supporting a shaft of an arrow at a support plane fixed with respect to said riser and perpendicular to an axis of said arrow shaft; the bow rest comprising:a mounting portion attached onto one side of said riser; a block portion attached onto said mounting portion; a rest portion that is adjustably mounted on said block portion, including dovetail means permitting left-to-right center shot adjustment of the rest portion in respect to the bow riser; said rest portion including: first, second and third guide rollers positioned for supporting the arrow shaft on three sides thereof at said support plane; upper and lower arms supported on a main portion of said rest portion, and disposed in said support plane, each arm having a channel therein; first and second support shafts each coaxially mounting a respective one of said first and second guide rollers and being slidably supported in the channel of a respective one of said upper and lower arms such that the first and second guide rollers are displaceable over a limited distance within said support plane but are not displaceable in a direction radial to the axis of the arrow shaft; and a burger button arrangement situated on the main portion of the rest portion and resiliently supporting said third guide roller for holding same against said arrow shaft, the burger button member including a threaded nipple adjustably fitting into a mating threaded bore in the main portion of said rest portion, a threaded shaft passing through said threaded nipple, a spring disposed in an annulus defined between said nipple and said threaded shaft, a nut fitting onto an end of said threaded shaft, and a carriage holding said third guide roller and mounted at an opposite end of said threaded shaft, said nipple and said nut both being rotatable to adjust both the position of the third guide roller and the spring tension applied by said spring between said nipple and said carriage.