Patent ID: 7527182

Claim:
A lower leg-secured archery bow supporter adapted to be worn on the side of the lower leg of an archer above his or her foot and compromising: a support base assembly extending upwardly above the ankle to lie along the archer's calf; a fastener assembly for retaining the base assembly on the calf of the archer; a pocket forming device adapted for removably receiving the lower end of the bow extending forwardly from the base assembly and the lower leg of the archer; and a hook device comprising: a rearwardly extending terminal end defining an open hook socket positioned for free receipt of a bow cable or bow string from the rear to cooperate with the pocket to support the bow from above the pocket forming device, and for release of the bow cable or bow string by simply pivoting the bow lower end in a rearward arc to swing the bow cable or string to a position rearward of the hook socket; and a wire with the rearwardly extending terminal end joined to a mid-leg portion extending parallel to the terminal end and spaced therefrom to form an opposite portion of the hook socket; the mid-leg portion being joined to a forwardly extending leg received by the support base assembly; and the support base assembly comprising a pliable material base hemmed at its upper end to provide a front to rear extending pliable material upper receptacle in which the mid-leg portion and forwardly extending leg are housed in the pliable material support receptacle, the pliable material support base being slit rearwardly of the front end of the forwardly extending leg to permit the hook terminal end portion to protrude sidewisely from the pliable material receptacle and pivot.