Patent ID: 7461647

Claim:
An arrow holder, comprising: a U-shaped bracket having a bottom and first and second opposed substantially vertical sides, the sides being substantially parallel and spaced apart so as to receive therebetween a single stack of arrows within the bracket with the arrows protruding beyond front and back ends of the bracket; an arrow catch extending substantially horizontally from a top edge of the first side of the bracket toward the second side and positioned so as to leave a vertical gap between the arrow catch and a top edge of the second side of the bracket for enabling one arrow at a time to pass between the arrow catch and the top edge of the second side; a spring member positioned within the bracket for biasing an arrow stack within the U-shaped bracket against the arrow catch; and first and second opposed substantially vertical arrow guides at the front end of the bracket, the arrow guides being spaced apart so as to receive the single stack of arrows therebetween, the first and second arrow guides extending vertically so as to constrain horizontally a top arrow of the arrow stack, wherein the bracket, arrow catch, arrow guides, and spring member are arranged for: enabling a top arrow of the received arrow stack to pivot substantially horizontally about the arrow guides and pass through the vertical gap between the arrow catch and the top edge of the second side of the bracket; releasing the top arrow of the received arrow stack from the arrow holder when the top arrow pivots about the arrow guides through an angle sufficient to clear the arrow catch; and biasing a remainder of the received arrow stack against the arrow catch if the top arrow is released.