Patent ID: 8307816

Claim:
A compound archery bow that includes: a bow handle having at least one limb, a pulley rotatably mounted on said at least one limb, a cable system that includes a bowstring cable extending from said pulley and spaced from said handle for movement toward and away from said handle to propel an arrow, and at least one power cable extending from said pulley to control rotation of said pulley as a function of draw of said bowstring cable, a cable slide rod extending from said handle adjacent to said cable system, and a cable slide engaged with said at least one power cable and slidably mounted on said cable slide rod to hold said at least one power cable away from said bowstring cable as said bowstring cable is drawn and released, wherein said cable slide rod is non-linear, and said cable slide is positioned on said cable slide rod to slide along a non-linear portion of said rod as said bowstring cable is drawn.