Archery Riser Mounting Cavities for Arrow Rest Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing archery accessories, such as arrow rest devices, face challenges in easy installation, fine-tuning adjustments, and maintaining precise settings due to complex and time-consuming processes. Additionally, the U-shaped arrow holders are prone to becoming loose, leading to shooting inaccuracies and wear on arrow shafts.
Innovation Solution
The archery riser features a mounting portion with multiple side surfaces and mount surfaces that intersect at angles less than ninety degrees, creating cavities for secure attachment of archery accessories. This design allows for easier installation and adjustment of arrow rests, enabling precise and repeatable settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a screw is used to attach the arrow rest to the archery riser, then the arrow rest can be securely attached, but the installation process becomes difficult and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting portion is divided into multiple cavities with different orientations, allowing the arrow rest to be attached through a simple insertion motion rather than requiring complex screw fastening. This segmentation of the attachment function into multiple positional options simplifies the installation process while maintaining secure attachment.
Solution Approach 2:
The cavities act as intermediaries between the arrow rest and the archery riser, providing pre-configured attachment points that eliminate the need for direct screw fastening. The cavities mediate the connection by offering multiple angular options that align with the arrow rest mounting holes, enabling quick and easy attachment.
2Reliability
If the arrow rest is attached using a screw, then secure attachment is achieved, but fine-tuning the position becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting portion provides multiple cavities at different angles, enabling dynamic adjustment of the arrow rest position. The archer can select different cavities to achieve the desired angle and position, making fine-tuning simple and repeatable without requiring tools or complex procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the mounting parameter from a fixed screw position to multiple discrete angular positions defined by the cavities. This allows the archer to adjust the arrow rest angle by selecting different cavities, making fine-tuning easier and more precise while maintaining secure attachment.
3Ease of operation
If the U-shaped arrow holder is used, then arrow support is provided, but the holder becomes loose over time causing loss of setting
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is segmented into multiple cavities that provide discrete positioning options. Once the arrow rest is inserted into a cavity, the position is locked in place, preventing the loosening that occurs with continuous-use U-shaped holders. This segmentation maintains stable settings over time.
Solution Approach 2:
The cavities provide a disposable-like attachment mechanism where the arrow rest is inserted and locked into position. This one-time insertion replaces the continuous adjustment needed with U-shaped holders, eliminating the loosening problem and maintaining stable settings throughout use.
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple adjustment mechanisms are added to enable fine-tuning, then adjustability improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple adjustment functions are merged into a single mounting portion structure. The cavities at different angles provide both positional adjustment and angular adjustment in one integrated design, eliminating the need for separate adjustment mechanisms and reducing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting portion is designed with universal multi-functionality, where the same structure provides multiple attachment points at different angles. This single structure performs both the function of securing the arrow rest and providing fine-tuning adjustment, eliminating the need for additional specialized components.
Data Source
AI summary
An archery assembly and method are disclosed herein. The archery assembly includes, in an embodiment, a mounting device defining a hole. The mounting device includes a protrusion that is configured to be at least partially inserted into a cavity of an archery mounting portion, and the archery mounting portion has a dovetail shape. The archery assembly also includes an adjuster configured to be at least partially inserted into the hole of the mounting device.