Patent ID: 8752536

Claim:
The combination of a bow and a fall away arrow rest; the bow having a shelf; and the fall away arrow rest comprising a pivotable arrow support arm located above the shelf of the bow; the arrow support arm: (a) having a first, raised, arrow launching position, and (b) being pivotably displaceable at arrow launch out of the path taken by an arrow leaving the bow toward a second, arrow-loading position nearer the shelf of the bow; and the arrow rest further comprising: a first, automatically operable stop halting the arrow support arm at the arrow loading position subsequent to arrow launch and the concomitant pivotable movement of the arm toward the arrow loading position; and a second, automatically operable stop halting the arrow support arm at the arrow launching position upon the bow being drawn and the arm consequentially pivoting away from the shelf; the fall away arrow rest having a rotatable axle to which the arrow support arm is fixed and a non-rotatable axle housing; first and second, stop engageable members protruding from the axle; the first and second stops being supported in the axle housing in paths traced by the first and second stop-engageable members as the axle rotates; the arrow-supporting segment being configured for adjustable locating relative to the bow to optimally locate the arrow-supporting segment for noise reduction and a shock/vibration absorber being installed on the shelf in a location in which absorber cushions the arrow-supporting segment of the arrow support arm as the support arm is displaced from its arrow launching position to, and reaches, its arrow loading position.