Patent ID: 7644708
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: F41B

Abstract:
1. A bow press for servicing an archery bow, comprising: a frame for securing the archery bow; an adjustment mechanism for applying force to the limb ends of the bow to compress the bow, wherein the limb ends of the bow include at least one limb end that is split into two portions; and an adaptable finger assembly mechanically coupled to the frame and including a pair of fingers for contacting the split portions of the limb ends of the bow to apply the force, wherein the fingers are adaptable to at least one of a shape of a structure at the at least one limb end, a width between the two portions of the at least one limb end or a length of the portions of the at least one limb end, wherein the portions of the at least one bow limb end have differing extensions in a second direction along the length of the archery bow when the archery bow is mounted in the bow press, and wherein the pair of fingers can be adjusted to accommodate a distance between ends of the differing extensions, such that a first point of contact of a first one of the fingers with an end of a first one of the portions of the at least one bow limb is displaced by the distance in the second direction with respect to a second point of contact between a second one of the portions of the at least one bow limb end and a second one of the fingers.