Flipper rest

An arrow support made of a lever pivoted in a slot. The lever is urged out of the slot by a weak spring and it is positioned outside the slot to support the arrow. The arrow passing the lever swings the lever into the slot out of the way of the arrow without deflecting the arrow. The spring has an eyelet, an intermediate part and an end part so related that they urge the lever to swing outward to support an arrow.

REFERENCE TO PRIOR ART 
U.S. Pat. No. 3,225,755 shows an arrow rest made up of bristle elements 
aligned in a group having a greater length than width. The bristles do not 
swing into a slot. 
U.S. Pat. No. 3,342,173 shows an arrow rest with a magnetic means on the 
rest that will attract magnetic means on the bow to normally retain the 
rest in laterally extended position. The magnet is more inclined to 
deflect the arrow than applicant's spring. 
U.S. Pat. No. 3,865,096 shows an arrow rest wherein a free-standing spring 
is deflected by the arrow and the arrow rest does not swing into a slot 
out of the way of the arrow as applicant's does. 
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION 
It is an object of the invention to provide an improved arrow rest. 
Another object of the invention is to provide an arrow rest that is simple 
in construction, economical to manufacture and simple and efficient to 
use. 
Another object of the invention is to provide an arrow rest which will 
swing completely out of the way of the arrow by a minimal force. 
With the above and other objects in view, the present invention consists of 
the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, 
illustrated in the accompanying drawing and more particularly pointed out 
in the appended claims, it being understood that changes may be made in 
the form, size, proportions and minor details of construction without 
departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the 
invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
Now, with more particular reference to the drawings, the arrow rest 10, is 
shown on a bow 30, having a bow string 31 and an arrow 40. The arrow rest 
is made up generally of a rectangular block 11 having at least one flat 
side with a recess 17 formed in it that has a plate 12 closing it. The 
plate 12 has a first hole 13 and a second hole 14 formed therein and 
spaced from each other. A slot 15 is formed in the plate 12 and the slot 
is generally parallel to one side of the plate. A lever 16 is swingably 
supported in the slot to swing about one end and the lever is pivotedly 
connected at 16 to the plate 12 by means of the pin 41, which is pressed 
into the hole 42 in the block and extends through a hole 43 in the lever 
16. A recess 17 is formed in the block 11 and the recess receives the 
plate 12. A spring 18 has an end part 19 and an intermediate part 20 and 
an eyelet 21 disposed at approximately 30.degree. to end part 19. The 
eyelet 21 is disposed between the plate 12 and the block 11 and the end 
part 19 engages the lever 16 urging the lever to swing away from the 
block. The screws 44 and 45 extend through the holes 13 and 14 in the 
plate 12 and into the threaded holes 46 and 47 in the block. The adjusting 
screw 48 is threaded into the threaded hole 25 in the block 11 and it has 
an end 24 that extends through the hole 49 in the plate 12 and may be 
moved toward or away from the arrow to adjust it. The hole 14 is formed in 
the block 11 which may receive a screw for exerting a force on the plate 
12 to regulate the force of the plate on the spring. The lever 16 forms a 
support for supporting one end of the arrow 40 on the bow 30. When the 
support 10 is attached to the bow 30 and the lever 16 is swung to outward 
position, the arrow 40 will rest on it as shown in FIG. 1. Then, the 
operator will fit the noc of the arrow at 34 onto the bow string 31, draw 
the bow and when he releases the bow string, the arrow will urge the lever 
16 to swing into the slot 15 out of the way of the arrow without 
deflecting the arrow from its true path of flight. The screw 48 may be 
adjusted to sight in the bow and the screw 50 may be adjusted to regulate 
the angle of the lever 16 by moving the point of engagement toward the 
arrow, thereby swinging the lever further into the slot. The inner end of 
the screw 50 engages the end of the lever 16 as shown in FIG. 3. 
The foregoing specification sets forth the invention in its preferred, 
practical forms but the structure shown is capable of modification within 
a range of equivalents without departing from the invention which is to be 
understood is broadly novel as is commensurate with the appended claims.