Patent ID: 8839770
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: F41B

Abstract:
1. A crutch device for use with a compound bow having a bow string, the crutch comprising: a crutch body with mounting means for mounting the crutch body to the compound bow; a crutch head rotatably mounted on the crutch body for receiving and holding the bowstring in a ready-to-shoot position, the crutch head being a unitary asymmetrically C-shaped piece having a first end that is shorter than a second end and a middle section therebetween, so as to bias by weight the crutch head to a home position; and a crutch-head mount for mounting the crutch head to the crutch body; wherein, when a user loads the crutch head, the crutch head is rotated to a loaded position in which the middle section is in a horizontal orientation and transverse to an orientation of the bowstring and, when the user releases the bowstring from the crutch head, the crutch head automatically and immediately returns to the home position, in which the middle section is in a vertical orientation.