Patent ID: 6968834

Claim:
A bow press, for deflecting the limbs of an archery bow to allow installation, replacement, or adjustment of a bow string or components of the bow, where the bow includes a bow handle and two limbs extending in opposite directions from the bow handle, with each limb including provisions at a distal end thereof for attaching the string, the bow press comprising: a base defining a longitudinal axis of the base, and adapted for retaining the bow handle; a first pivot arm for applying a bending force against one of the limbs of the bow; a second pivot arm for applying a bending force against the other of the limbs of the bow; and an adjustment apparatus operatively connecting the first and second pivot arms to the base; the first and second pivot arms being spaced from one another along the longitudinal axis of the base, with each of the first and second pivot arms having a pivoted end and a distal end thereof, the pivoted end of each pivot arm being operatively attached by the adjustment apparatus to the base for pivoting motion about a respective pivot axis of that pivot arm in a manner that constrains the distal end of that pivot arm to circumscribe an arc extending generally parallel to a plane including the longitudinal axis of the base; the first and second pivot arms also being operatively and symmetrically attached to the base on opposite sides of a second axis extending orthogonally through the longitudinal axis of the base within the plane including the longitudinal axis of the base; the adjustment apparatus providing simultaneous selective movement of the first and second pivot arms along the longitudinal axis, toward or away from the second axis, while continually maintaining the symmetrical relationship of the pivoted ends of the first and second pivot arms to the second axis.