Patent ID: 7275532

Claim:
A bow blind, comprising: a mounting bracket being adapted for attachment to a compound bow, said mounting bracket including: a base plate with a central aperture; a first pair of tubular socket members being affixed to the top of said base plate and extending upwardly, forwardly, and outwardly from said base plate; a second pair of tubular socket members being affixed to the bottom of said base plate and extending downwardly, forwardly and outwardly from said base plate; and, a pair of downturned hooks, each of which being affixed to a respective one of said second pair of tubular socket members; a fastening assembly for joining said mounting bracket to the compound bow, said fastening assembly including: a bracket spacer tube abutting the back of said base plate and being in axial alignment with said central aperture in said base plate; a threaded fastener penetrating said central aperture and said bracket spacer tube and being adapted to penetrate the compound bow; a camouflaged panel being releasably secured to said mounting bracket, said camouflaged panel including: a flexible sheet having a first horizontal sleeve positioned at the top of said flexible sheet and a second horizontal sleeve positioned at the middle of said flexible sheet, said flexible sheet also having an opening between said first horizontal sleeve and said second horizontal sleeve for the passage of an arrow fired from the compound bow; a first stiffening rod being located in said first horizontal sleeve; a second stiffening rod being located in said second horizontal sleeve and being releasably grasped by said downturned hooks; and, a first pair of support arms, each of said first pair of support arms respectively having a first inner end and a first outer end, said first outer end of each of said first pair of support arms being pivotally fastened to said first stiffening rod, and said first inner end of each of said first pair of support arms being removably positioned within a respective one of said a first pair of tubular socket members.