US3271863A

US3271863A - Bow sight

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Publication number: US3271863A
Application number: US401792A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles M Harrington
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1964-10-06
Filing date: 1964-10-06
Publication date: 1966-09-13
Anticipated expiration: 1983-09-13

Description

S p 13, 1955 c. M. HARRINGTON BOW SIGHT Filed Oct. 6, 1964 INVENTOR (liarkr/lf/arrzkyzbzz United States Patent 3,271,863 BOW SIGHT Charles M. Harrington, 1107 W. Pine St., Hattiesburg, Miss. Filed Oct. 6, 1964, Ser. No. 401,792 2 Claims. (CI. 33-46) This invention relates to archery, which is the art of shooting an arrow with a bow, and more particularly, the invention relates to a sight for the bow, which is known as a bow sight by those experienced in the art.

Numerous bow sights have been devised from time to time, however, to date, they all fall into one of two categories, namely, those that are extremely simple, and those that are extremely complicated. In other words, there are no bow sights available for the man who is neither a beginner nor a professional archer.

It is, therefore, the principal object of this invention to provide a bow sight that is suitable for use by the average archer, a bow sight that has the accuracy of any professional model and the simplicity usually desired by the less experienced archer.

Another object of this invention is to provide a bow sight that can be secured to any bow regardless of its size.

Another object of this invention is to provide a bow sight that has a minimum number of parts and is, therefore, an instrument that can be manufactured and retailed .at a price any archer can afford.

Another object of this invention is to provide a bow sight that is both compact and light in weight, one that will not interfere with the handling of the bow and its arrows.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a bow sight that is fully adjustable, as will be hereinafter described in detail.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will more fully appear from the following description made in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein like reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a top view of this invention.

FIGURE 2 is a front View of this invention.

FIGURE 3 is a side view of this invention.

FIGURE 4 is a pictorial view of this invention.

FIGURE 5 is a pictorial view of this invention attached to a bow.

The preferred form of my invention, as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, embodies a square plate that is attached to the handle of the bow by either a pair of knurled head screws 11, or by some form of glue, or the like. An arm 12, having one end 13 terminating in a disk-like member 14 and the other end terminating in a U-shaped holding member 15, is secured to the center of the aforesaid square plate 10 by means of a centrally located knurled head screw 16. A positioning shaft 17 having a knurled head 18 on one end thereof, and a block 19 on the other end thereof, passes through the aforesaid U-shaped holding member 15, to which it is secured by the knurled head screw 20. The block 19 adjustably supports the rectangular bar 21 by means of a knurled headed screw 22 passing upward through the aforesaid block 19 and on through the elongated opening 23 in the rectangular bar 21, thereby providing additional adjustment for this novel invention of a bow sight. A hollow disk 24 is located on one upper end of the aforesaid rectangular bar 21 while a similar hollow disk 25 is likewise located on the opposite upper end of the same rectangular bar, thereby providing a pair of "ice spaced sights for this invention, the construction of which has now been described in detail.

The way in which this invention works is quite simple. The device is secured to the handle 26 of the bow 27 in the manner previously described, which is illustrated in FIGURES 1, 2, 3 and 5 of the accompanying drawing. The mark 28 (which has an arrow thereon) in the aforesaid square plate 10 is, of course, stationary. The bow will have already been zeroed in for different intervals, and the intervals 29 indicated on the peripheral face of the disk-like member 14 of the arm 12. This does away with the unnecessary zeroing in at different yards. The

sights

24 and 25 are provided with hair-

lines

30 and 31 respectively. The first mentioned hair-line being horizontal and the second hair-line being vertical.

One is now ready to use this novel bow sight. This is done by sighting through the bow sight as the arrow (not shown in any of the views of the accompanying drawing) is placed against the side of the bow and shot in the usual manner. The bow sight is kept in its desired setting by means of the knurled head screws that-have already been described in detail. To repeat their individual use here would only be stating what is already obvious to those experienced in the art.

It is also to be understood that this invention can be mounted on the front of the bow as well as on its back as is shown in the accompanying drawing, and naturally Work just as well.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made in the form, details, arrangement and proportions of the parts Without departing from the scope of my invention.

What I claim is:

1. A bow sight of the character described, comprising a square plate to the center of which is secured one end of an arm that has its other end formed at right angles thereto, and terminating in a U-shaped holding member that adjustably supports a structure embodying a pair of spaced sights one of which is equipped with a horizontally disposed hair-line, and the other of which is equipped with a vertically disposed hair-line and said arm being secured to said square plate by means of a knurled head screw, and said bow sight being secured to the handle of a bow by means of screws passing through said square plate and said square plate having a horizontal line having an arrow thereon that is in alignment with the marking on the peripheral face of said disk-like member of said arm.

2. A bow sight of the character described, comprising a square plate to the center of which is secured one end of an arm that has its other end formed at right angles thereto, and terminating in a U-shaped holding member that adjustably supports a structure consisting of a rectangular bar having an elongated opening therein and a pair of spaced sights, one of which is equipped with a horizontally disposed hair-line and the other of which is equipped with a vertically disposed hair-line, said sights being mounted in parallel spaced relation to one another, one sight being mounted upwardly and vertically on each end of said rectangular bar, said bar being supported by a block having a knurled head screw extending upwardly through the elongated opening in said rectangular bar, and a positioning shaft having one end projecting into said block, said positioning arm having a knurled head on the other end thereof, and said arm being secured to said square plate by means of a knurled head screw, and said bow sight being secured to the handle senses 3 v 41 of a bow by means of screws passing through said square 2,669,023 2/1954 Pizzuti 3346 plate, and said square plate having a horizontal line hav- 2,959,860 11/1960 Kowalcyk 33-464 ing an arrow thereon that is in alignment with the mark- 3,013,336 12/ 1961 Pennington 3346.4 ing on the peripheral face of said disk-like member of 3,058,221 10/1962 McNeel 33-464 said arm. 5 3,063,151 11/1962 Hanson 33 46.4

References Cited by the Examiner LEONARD FORMAN, Primary Examiner.

UNITED STATES PATENTS ISAAC LISANN, Examiner.

2,335,881 12/1943 Persinget 3350 X B. DONAHUE, Assistant Examiner.

Claims

1. A BOW SIGHT OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, COMPRISING A SQUARE PLATE TO THE CENTER OF WHICH IS SECURED ONE END OF AN AMR THAT HAS ITS OTHER END FORMED ONE END THERETO, AND TERMINATING IN A U-SHAPED HOLDING MEMBER THAT ADJUSTABLY SUPPORTS A STRUCTURE EMBODYING A PAIR OF SPACED SIGHTS ONE OF WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED HAIR-LINE, AND THE OTHER OF WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH A VERTICALLY DISPOSED HAIR-LINE AND SAID ARM BEING SECURED TO SAID SQUARE PLATE BY MEANS OF A KNURLED HEAD SCREW, AND SAID BOW SIGHT BEING SECURED TO THE HANDLE OF A BOW BY MEANS OF SCREWS PASSING THROUGH SAID SQUARE PLATE AND SAID SQUARE PLATE HAVING A HORI-