Patent ID: 8365713

Claim:
A bowstring suppressor for an archery bow comprising: a suppressor assembly adapted to be joined with an archery bow, the suppressor assembly including: a housing defining an internal bore and including a first housing end and a second housing end; a plurality of resilient elements positioned adjacent one another in the bore, each resilient element at least partially engaging the bore, the plurality of resilient elements being located between the first housing end and the second housing end; a push rod telescopically joined with the housing, the push rod including a first push rod end and a second push rod end, the second push rod end being located proximal at least one of the plurality of resilient elements and being and adapted to move toward the plurality of resilient elements and to compress the plurality of resilient elements; and an engagement element defining a recess adapted to face a bowstring of the archery bow, the engagement element joined with the first push rod end, the engagement element adapted to be engaged by the bowstring; a string attachment element joined directly with the bowstring, the string attachment element aligned with the engagement element so that when the archery bow is shot, the string attachment element engages the suppressor assembly, at least partially seats within the engagement element and at least partially deforms the engagement element, wherein the seating of the string attachment element at least partially within the engagement element at least partially restrains lateral and vertical movement of the bowstring, wherein engagement of the string attachment element and the suppressor assembly moves the push rod relative to the housing to at least partially compress at least one of the plurality of resilient elements, whereby compression of the at least one of the plurality of resilient elements provides at least one of energy absorption, vibration absorption and dampening in relation to energy generated by the bow when shooting an arrow from the bow.