Patent ID: 8627813

Claim:
A carrying handle for a compound bow including a riser with a hand grip, a threaded stabilizer bore with an open end facing forwardly in the direction of travel of launched arrows, an upper limb fixed to one end of the riser, a lower limb fixed to another end of the riser opposite the one end of the riser and wherein the carrying handle comprises: an anchor portion with an anchor end, a riser engaging surface, a bore with a stabilizer bore axis passing through the anchor portion; an intermediate portion, of the carrying handle, integral with the anchor portion and extending away from the riser engaging surface on the anchor portion; a hand engaging portion of the carrying handle integral with the intermediate portion and extending to a handle free end, a hand engaging surface on the hand engaging portion, the hand engaging surface facing substantially in the same direction as the riser engaging surface, a threaded bore in the carrying handle parallel to the stabilizer bore axis, positioned away from the bore passing through the anchor portion and wherein the threaded bore in the hand engaging portion has an open end that faces away from the riser engaging surface on the anchor portion; and wherein the hand engaging surface includes a plurality of arcuate recesses.