Patent ID: 8485170

Claim:
A projectile launcher, comprising: a riser base having a vertical section and a horizontal section extending perpendicularly from an end of the vertical section, the vertical section having a top and a bottom; a barrel assembly attached to the riser base, the barrel assembly having an elongate rail system adapted for placement of a projectile, the rail system having a top, a bottom, a front, and a back; a projectile stirrup carriage slidably engaged with the top of the rail system, the projectile stirrup carriage being adapted for supporting the back of the projectile for selective release thereof; a cocking mechanism slidably mounted to the rail system, the cocking mechanism having a cocking pawl carriage selectively engageable with the projectile stirrup carriage for cocking the projectile stirrup carriage; a bow assembly attached to the riser base, the bow assembly being oriented reversed and vertically, the bow assembly having at least one flex cable trained on the projectile stirrup carriage, the bow assembly being flexed when the projectile stirrup carriage is moved to a cocked position, the bow assembly accelerating sliding movement of the projectile stirrup carriage when the carriage is released from the cocked position in order to fire the projectile; a crank mechanism attached to the rail system, the crank mechanism selectively reciprocating the cocking carriage; and a trigger assembly attached to the riser base, the trigger assembly selectively catching and releasing the projectile stirrup carriage.