Patent ID: 8434466
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: F41B

Abstract:
1. A bow hunting attachment, comprising: a mounting bracket configured for attachment to a bow; and a spool that has a base that is attached to the mounting bracket, wherein the spool has an extension member that extends from the base and is configured for having a line wrapped onto an outer surface thereof, wherein the outer surface of the extension member has a diameter at a location with the line wrapped thereon and engaging the outer surface that is greater than or equal to a diameter of the outer surface at a terminal end of the extension member, wherein the terminal end of the extension member is opposite an end of the extension member that engages the base in a forward/rearward direction, wherein the terminal end of the extension member is also a terminal end of the spool, wherein the outer surface of the extension member with the line wrapped thereon and engaging the outer surface is a smooth surface extending in the forward/rearward direction and is an exterior tapered surface of the extension member such that no other part of the extension member surrounds the outer surface and is tapered such that the diameter of the outer surface decreases in size in the forward direction towards the terminal end such that a first portion of the line wrapped around the outer surface is wrapped around a first portion of the outer surface that has a larger diameter than a second portion of the outer surface that is located forward from the first portion around which a second portion of the line at least one complete winding about the outer surface from the first portion of the line is wrapped, and wherein the second portion of the outer surface has a larger diameter than a third portion of the outer surface around which a third portion of the line that is at least one complete winding about the outer surface from the second portion of the line is wrapped that is located forward of the second portion of the outer surface, wherein the exterior tapered surface decreases in diameter and does not increase in diameter at any point in the forward direction from the most rearward point of engagement between the line and the exterior tapered surface to the terminal end.