Patent ID: 8733333

Claim:
A cam accessible portable bow press for a bow comprising a riser, an upper limb having an inner curved surface and an outer curved surface, an upper pivot point disposed between the riser and the upper limb, an upper cam disposed at an outer end of the upper limb, and a lower limb having an inner curved surface and an outer curved surface, a lower pivot point disposed between the riser and the lower limb, a lower cam disposed at an outer end of the lower limb, and a draw string, the cam accessible portable bow press comprising: a top press arm comprising a lower press lever including a lower cam lever and a lower limb lever and an upper press lever including an upper cam lever and an upper limb lever, the lower press lever being joined to the upper press lever by a pin disposed on an outer end of each limb lever, a first bolt disposed on an outer end of each cam lever, and a second bolt disposed approximately at a junction of each limb lever to each corresponding cam lever, each limb lever adapted to adjustably reside between the bow's riser and one of the bow's cams and each cam lever adapted to substantially enclose a circumference of the bow's upper cam without obstructing each side of the upper cam; a bottom press arm also comprising a lower press lever also including a lower cam lever and a lower limb lever and an upper press lever also including an upper cam lever and an upper limb lever, the lower press lever being joined to the upper press lever by a pin disposed on an outer end of each limb lever, a first bolt disposed on an outer end of each cam lever, and a second bolt disposed approximately at a junction of each limb lever to each corresponding cam lever, each limb lever adapted to adjustably reside between the bow's riser and one of the bow's cams and each cam lever adapted to substantially enclose a circumference of the bow's lower cam without obstructing each side of the lower cam; and a tensioning device disposed between the first bolt of the top press arm and the first bolt of the bottom press arm, whereby the pin of the top press arm is adapted to be placed on the interior curved surface of the bow's upper limb at the upper pivot point and the second bolt of the top press arm is adapted to be placed on the outer curved surface of the bow's upper limb near the upper cam, the pin of the bottom press arm is adapted to be placed on the interior curved surface of the bow's lower limb at the lower pivot point and the second bolt of the bottom press arm is adapted to be placed on the outer curved surface of the bow's lower limb near the lower cam, and said tensioning device is adapted to draw the cam levers of the top press arm closer to the cam levers of the bottom press arm thus compressing the bow's upper limb and lower limb at the upper pivot point and lower pivot point, respectively, and each cam lever of each press lever of each press arm are adapted to allow unobstructed access to sides of the bow's upper cam and lower cam.