Patent ID: 8844508
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: F41B

Abstract:
1. An archery bow system which comprises: an elongated, rigid riser; upper and lower, flexible bow limb components pivotably anchored at leading ends thereof to opposite ends of the rigid riser; upper and lower cams rotatably supported from trailing ends of the upper and lower bow limb components; a bow string strung between the upper and lower cams; a fulcrum about which an associated one of the bow limb components is bent; the fulcrum contacting the limb component at a location between the leading and trailing ends of the limb component, the fulcrum being spaced apart a leveraged distance along the limb component from where the flexible bow limb components are pivotably anchored to the riser; and the bow further comprising: an operator-rotatable poundage adjuster cam contacting an inward side of the bow limb approximately where the fulcrum contacts the limb component, the poundage adjuster, the poundage adjuster having bow-contacting, poundage setting determining segments or elements at different predetermined distances from the axis of rotation of the cam for setting the bend in the limb component and thereby determining the poundage of the bow; and operator-viewable indicia corresponding to available poundage settings.