Archery bowholder

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1999-07-23

2001-03-13

Vidovich, Gregory M. (Department: 3727)

Package and article carriers

Vehicle attached

Carrier attached to special purpose vehicle

C224S546000, C224S553000, C224S570000, C224S571000, C224S916000, C248S316500

Reexamination Certificate

active

06199734

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention pertains to an archery bowholder which may be mounted on various structures including the cargo deck of a vehicle, such as an all terrain vehicle (ATV), and wherein the bowholder is characterized by opposed somewhat U-shaped rotatable support brackets for supporting and snubbing the opposed limbs of an archery bow.
BACKGROUND
Various types of archery bowholders have been developed including those adapted to be mounted on a motorized vehicle, such as an all terrain vehicle (ATV). However, certain desiderata in the art of archery bowholders have not been met by prior art devices, including the need to snugly retain an archery bow on the bowholder but in such a way which will permit convenient mounting of the bow on the bowholder and removal of the bow from the bowholder quickly and without risk of damage to the bow.
Other desiderata in the art of archery bowholders include the need to provide a bowholder which is adapted to support various bow sizes and configurations without requiring adjustment of the bowholder attachment points to the bow. Still further, there has been a desire to provide a bowholder which is readily adapted to mount on various fixed and movable structures, including the cargo deck or rack of a motor vehicle, particularly an ATV, and which is adapted to be supported on various cargo deck or cargo rack configurations. It is to meet the above-mentioned ends and needs in the art of bowholders, as well as others which are recognized by those skilled in the art, that the present invention has been developed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides an improved archery bowholder. The present invention also provides an archery bowholder adapted to mount on a vehicle and more particularly adapted to mount on a cargo carrier deck or rack of a motor vehicle, such as an ATV.
The present invention also provides an archery bowholder which is adapted to support an archery bow in a manner which provides for ease of mounting the archery bow on the bowholder and removing the bow quickly from the bowholder while minimizing risk of damage to the bow.
Still further in accordance with the present invention, an archery bowholder is provided which is adapted to support various sizes and configurations of archery bows without requiring adjustment to the bowholder itself.
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, an archery bowholder is provided which is characterized by spaced apart somewhat U-shaped upstanding support brackets which are mounted on a support bar or frame member for pivotal movement and wherein the brackets are each resiliently biased into a position to snugly retain an archery bow supported thereon in such a way that the bow may be quickly and conveniently mounted on the bowholder and quickly and conveniently removed from the bowholder, when desired. The bowholder support brackets are advantageously interconnected by an elastic member connected to opposed bracket pivot arms, each pivot arm including a handle portion for rotating one or both of the support brackets to release gripping engagement with a bow retained in the bowholder.
Still further, the present invention provides an improved archery bowholder in combination with a flexible bow cover which is operable in a working position to cover the bowholder and a bow supported thereon and which is also operable to be quickly removed from its working position to allow access to and removal of an archery bow from the bowholder.
Those skilled in the art will further appreciate the above mentioned advantages and superior features of the present invention together with other important aspects thereof upon reading the detailed description which follows in conjunction with the drawing.


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