Archery Hand Warming Device with Stabilizer Mount

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Solution Overview

Problem

Archers experience cold hands when grasping compound archery bows during cold weather conditions, as standard gloves provide inadequate insulation, and removing the hand to warm it up compromises readiness to shoot.

Innovation Solution

An archery hand warming device with a sleeve and flexible flaps that wrap around the bow handle, incorporating a stabilizer attachment and adjustable tensioning mechanisms to secure the flaps in place, providing insulation and easy hand removal/reinsertion without interfering with bow mechanics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Temperature

If an archer uses a standard glove to keep the hand warm, then the hand warmth is improved, but the insulation is inadequate and the hand still gets cold during extended bow holding

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehand warmthVSAvoidinsulation effectiveness

Core Design Contradiction:

TemperatureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The hand warming device is segmented into multiple functional components: an insulating sleeve portion, overlapping flaps that wrap around the bow, and attachment mechanisms. This segmentation allows the device to provide comprehensive insulation while maintaining dexterity and bow compatibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The device utilizes composite material construction with an insulating sleeve made from thermally insulating materials, combined with flexible flap materials that provide both insulation and mechanical flexibility for wrapping around the bow handle.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

2Temperature

If an archer removes the hand from the bow handle to warm it up, then the hand warmth is improved, but the readiness to shoot is compromised

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehand warmthVSAvoidreadiness to shoot

Core Design Contradiction:

TemperatureVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The device provides preliminary thermal protection by insulating the hand before cold temperatures can cause discomfort, allowing the archer to maintain hand warmth and readiness simultaneously without needing to remove the hand from the bow.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Temperature

If a device is added to keep the hand warm while grasping the bow, then the hand warmth is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehand warmthVSAvoiddevice structure

Core Design Contradiction:

TemperatureVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The device employs flexible fabric flaps and a sleeve construction that can easily wrap around the bow handle and conform to the archer's hand, providing thermal protection without rigid structures or complex mechanical components.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

Solution Approach 2:

The stabilizer attachment mechanism serves as an intermediary that connects the hand warming device to the bow's existing stabilizer system, leveraging existing bow components rather than requiring separate complex attachment mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Temperature

If a hand warming device is designed to wrap around the bow handle, then the hand warmth is improved, but the ease of operation for hand insertion and removal is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehand warmthVSAvoidhand access

Core Design Contradiction:

TemperatureVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The device incorporates dynamic elements including flexible flaps that can be easily opened and closed, and adjustable straps with quick-release buckles that allow the archer to rapidly insert or remove the hand while maintaining secure wrapping around the bow when in use.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The device effectively keeps the archer's hand warm and ready to shoot by maintaining grip and protection from elements while allowing easy hand access, ensuring consistent performance during extended hunting or shooting sessions.

Implementation Method 1

an archery hand warming device that has a sleeve with a first opening through which a user extends his or her hand to position the sleeve around a user's forearm

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectThermal Insulation: Thermal Insulation

Data Source

PatentUS10006738B2Archery hand warming device

Publication Date: 2018.06.26 STOPPENHAGEN RANDALL T

AI summary

What is disclosed is an archery hand warming device that functions to keep a user's bow hand warm when grasping an archery bow. The device has a sleeve that fits over a user's forearm and two flaps that wrap around a user's hand when grasping the handle of a bow so as to shield a user's bow hand from the elements. The archery hand warming device utilizes a grommet or other opening typically located in one or both flaps which allows for the passage of a male threaded connector of a typical archery stabilizer to pass through and connect to the female threaded connector of an archery bow in order to mount or attach the archery hand warming device to the archery bow.