Patent ID: 6820607
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: F41B

Abstract:
An archery bow, comprising:a riser; a pair of flexible limbs extending oppositely from said riser, each said limb having a distal end; an arrow rest mounted to said riser and defining a trajectory path for an arrow, said arrow rest including: an arrow rest platform; a first sear associated with said arrow rest platform; a second sear selectively engageable with said first sear, and automatically disengageable with said first sear upon application of an impulse in a direction generally parallel to said trajectory path; a spring for biasing said first sear and said second sear to an engaged position, said arrow rest platform being in a raised support position when said first sear and said second sear are in the engaged position; and a pendulum arm with a distal end carrying said second sear, and wherein said spring is connected at one end with said pendulum arm and at an other end with said first sear.