Patent ID: 7275327

Claim:
An improved rear sighting system for use in conjunction with a forward pin sight assembly on a bow, the improvement comprising; a base plate for mounting on said bow, said base plate having a mounting portion and a support portion extending from said mounting portion, said base plate being elongated in a longitudinal direction and having a longitudinal axis, said mounting portion having a slot in the longitudinal direction and said support portion having a slide outwardly extending toward said mounting portion, said slide being removably insertable within said slot such that said support portion is transversely movable from said mounting portion along said longitudinal direction; and a sighting assembly having a sight groove, said sight groove extending along an axis oriented substantially parallel to the plane of said support portion, said sighting assembly being mounted on said base plate in a manner so that said sighting assembly is adjustably movable along three axis of movement relative to said base plate, said sight groove having a length, a width and a height such that said length has a longer dimension than said width, said height and said width of said sight groove being uniform along said length of said sight groove wherein said length is along the longitudinal axis that is parallel to flight of an arrow, said sight groove positioning said length such that misalignment of said bow will cause a portion of said sight groove to obscure a view through said sight groove.