Patent ID: RE38833

Claim:
A bow string release mechanism having a housing and a two-way trigger mounted in the housing, a sear assembly for selectively holding a bow string and for releasing the bow string upon actuation of the trigger, the bow string release mechanism including an actuator movable between a sear locking position and a sear releasing position for permitting movement of the sear assembly between a closed, string retaining position and an opened, string releasing position, respectively, and said trigger for controlling the actuator, the trigger and actuator being carried in the housing, the trigger further comprising: a. an elongated stem having one end extending outwardly of the housing and an opposite end; b. an actuator engaging element on the stem, wherein the actuator engaging element is positioned on the stem intermediately of the opposite stem ends, and wherein the stem is adapted for rocking movement relative to the actuator engaging element; and c. a mount for mounting the stem and the actuator engaging element for relative movement with respect to the housing in both a forward and a reverse direction, the actuator being responsive to each movement for activating the sear assembly to permit movement of the sear assembly from the closed, string retaining position to the opened, string releasing position: d. wherein the actuator comprises a shaft mounted for axial movement relative to the housing and wherein the actuator engaging element is a through channel in the trigger stem and adapted for receiving the actuator shaft, the through channel having opposite outer edges disposed in axially spaced apart relationship along the axis of the actuator shaft, the through channel further including a shaft engaging element intermediately of the opposite outer edges, the channel opening at the outer edges being of a larger opening than the clearance between the shaft and the shaft engaging element, whereby the trigger stem is adapted to rock in a forward and reverse direction about the shaft in a plane of the axis of the shaft.