Patent ID: 8434464
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: F41B

Abstract:
1. An arrow rest for supporting an arrow with respect to an archery bow having a string assembly that includes a bow string, the arrow rest comprising: a pair of arms that are moveable in unison between a raised position, wherein the arms are adapted to support the arrow, and a lowered position, wherein the arms are adapted to release the arrow, the arms further moveable with respect to one another between a closed position and an open position; a guide structure that engages the pair of arms to move the pair of arms from the closed position to the open position in response to movement of the arms from the raised position to the lowered position and further operable to move the arms from the open position to the closed position in response to movement of the arms from the lowered position to the raised position; a main body that is mountable to the archery bow such that the main body is restrained against rotation with respect to the archery bow, the main body having a circumferential wall that extends along a longitudinal axis of the main body, wherein the guide structure includes a pair of guide tracks that extend through the circumferential wall, and the arms extend through the guide tracks; a drive mechanism operable to selectively bias the pair of arms toward the lowered position, the drive mechanism operatively connected to the string assembly of the bow, wherein release of the bow string from a drawn position causes the drive mechanism to move the arms from the raised position to the lowered position, the drive mechanism including a drive member that is mounted to the main body for rotation with respect to the main body, a first biasing element that biases the drive member in a first direction, a cord having a first end connected to the drive member and a second end that is connectable to the string assembly of the bow to rotate the drive member in response to movement of the bow string of the bow, and a clutch member that selectively engages and disengages the drive member with respect to the pair of arms to move the drive mechanism between the engaged and disengaged position; wherein the clutch member includes a ramp surface that is engageable with the spring steel tab to deflect the spring steel tab away from the pair of arms to thereby disengage the drive member from the pair of arms when the pair of arms reaches the lowered position; and a return mechanism operable to move the arms from the lowered position to the raised position subsequent to movement of the arms from the raised position to the lowered position by the drive mechanism.