Patent ID: 6763820
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: F41B

Abstract:
An arrow hold down for use with a compound bow having a bow string and an arrow rest and a cable guard bar mounted above said arrow rest, said cable guard bar extending rearward from said bow and having a cable block slidingly received on said cable guard bar, said arrow hold down comprisinga pivot block secured to said cable guard bar and a holding apparatus pivotally secured in said pivot block, said holding apparatus comprising a forwardly extending arm having a tip adapted to press downwardly against an arrow on said arrow rest and a rearwardly extending trigger, said trigger having a transverse portion adapted to engage said bow string as an arrow is shot from said bow, whereby said arrow is held on said arrow rest by said tip and said tip is disengaged from said arrow in response to the motion of said bowstring as said arrow is shot from said bow.