Patent ID: 8807125

Claim:
A riser comprising: a body of a three dimensional unitary structure formed in a one step, automated industrial composite manufacturing technique that is an injection molding process using a mold and deriving full structural integrity internally without a spine, said body having a body top, a body bottom, a body front and a body back, and a body surface; said body further comprising a selected amount of fibers three dimensionally arranged in a preselected manner and in a preselected and variable density within said body as a result of a flow of said selected amount of fibers and a resin within the mold, said resin having a liquid form and a solid form, wherein said selected amount of fibers are a selected amount of flowable fibers when said resin is in said liquid form, said selected amount of fibers being fully embedded within said body thereby preventing an amount of fiber pullouts and an amount of exposed fibers, and said selected amount of fibers have an orientation, said orientation of said selected amount of fibers within said body being constrained only by said resin when said resin is in said solid form; said body surface has a plurality of body surface characteristics that are independent of said preselected manner and said preselected and variable density of said selected amount of fibers; and said body further comprising a plurality of pockets, said plurality of pockets being adapted to receive a plurality of bow limbs, at least some of said selected amount of fibers being flowed to and wrapped around said plurality of pockets when said resin is in said liquid form.