Patent ID: 8201339

Claim:
A compound bow peep sight system ( 10 ) for positioning a peep sight to facilitate sighting a target with a compound bow, the positioning and sighting being done in a safe, accurate, convenient and economical manner, the system comprising, in combination: a compound bow ( 14 ) with a draw string ( 16 ), the compound bow having bow upper and lower ends and a bow central extent, the draw string having upper and lower draw string ends coupled the upper and lower bow ends, the draw string having a draw string central extent, the draw string having separated strands ( 18 ) forming an opening ( 20 ) between the separated strands, the separated strands being located between the draw string central extent and the draw string upper end, the draw string adapted to be drawn by a user from an angled undrawn orientation to a vertical orientation when drawn; a peep sight ( 26 ) positioned within the opening in the draw string, the peep sight having generally bi-convex curved external surfaces ( 28 ) with a vertical, mid-plane and a horizontal aperture ( 30 ) there through when in the drawn orientation, the exterior surface of the peep sight having an annular recess ( 32 ) at the vertical mid-plane, the annular recess having a rectangular cross sectional configuration with a width and a depth, the width of the recess and the depth of the recess being essentially equal, the exterior surface of the peep sight having planar end faces ( 34 ) parallel with each other and vertically oriented when in the drawn orientation; the horizontal aperture having a central axis, the horizontal aperture being formed with opposed frusto-conical surfaces ( 38 ) extending entirely around the central axis, the frusto-conical surfaces having interior edges ( 40 ) at the vertical mid-plane and exterior edges ( 42 ) at the planar end faces, the exterior edges being larger than the interior edges, the frusto-conical surfaces being planar and forming an angle of 60 degrees, plus or minus 10 percent; and coupling grooves ( 46 ) formed in the exterior surface of the peep sight, the coupling grooves extending to opposite sides of the recess, the coupling grooves having a generally semi-circular configuration with a depth essentially equal to the depth of the recess, the grooves being parallel with each other at an angle of 34 degrees, plus or minus 10 percent, the grooves having midpoints spanning the central axis, the coupling grooves receiving the separated strands whereby, when the draw string is drawn, the peep sight will rise to a level of an eye of the user with the opening and central axis in an intended direction of the target.