Bow Stabilizer Quiver Integration for Accuracy
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Solution Overview
Problem
Bow-mounted quivers obstruct the archer's view, cause fatigue due to offset weight, and affect accuracy and precision, as they are typically vertically oriented and offset from the bow's center of gravity.
Innovation Solution
A combined stabilizer/quiver design that functions as both a stabilizer and a quiver, reducing weight, improving balance, and providing a compact, adjustable, and detachable system that maintains clear visibility and enhances mobility, with a horizontally oriented quiver and adjustable shaft to align with the bow's center of mass.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a bow-mounted quiver is used, then arrows can be conveniently carried, but the quiver obstructs the archer's view and causes fatigue due to offset weight
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the quiver and stabilizer into a single integrated component. The stabilizer shaft serves dual functions: providing balance and vibration damping for the bow while simultaneously holding arrows. This eliminates the need for a separate quiver, removing the harmful effects of obstructed view and offset weight while maintaining arrow carrying capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The stabilizer is designed to perform multiple functions: it acts as both a stabilizing element for the bow and a quiver for holding arrows. The shaft structure provides both mechanical stability for accurate shooting and storage capacity for arrows, making the device universal and eliminating the need for separate components.
2Ease of operation
If a bow-mounted quiver is used, then arrows are easily accessible, but accuracy and precision are affected due to offset weight from center of gravity
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the quver and stabilizer functions into one component positioned at the correct location, the invention eliminates the offset weight problem. The integrated stabilizer/quiver is positioned to provide proper balance for the bow while maintaining arrow accessibility, thus preserving shooting accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the position parameter of the arrow-holding component from the conventional offset location to a position that aligns with the bow's center of gravity. This parameter change ensures that the weight is properly distributed, maintaining both arrow accessibility and shooting precision.
3Ease of manufacture
If separate stabilizer and quiver components are used, then each component can be optimized for its specific function, but the overall weight increases and reliability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges two separate components (stabilizer and quiver) into one integrated unit. This reduces the total weight by eliminating redundant structures, connection points, and mounting hardware while maintaining the functional optimization of both components through careful design of the multi-functional element.
4Adaptability or versatility
If separate stabilizer and quiver components are used, then each can be independently adjusted, but the system becomes more complex and susceptible to failure
Solution Approach 1:
By combining the stabilizer and quiver into one component, the invention reduces the number of parts and assembly points, thereby reducing complexity and potential failure points. The integrated design maintains adjustability through built-in mechanisms within the single component structure.
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AI summary
A combined stabilizer/quiver for a bow is provided that may store arrows and may also function as a stabilizer. The combined stabilizer/quiver may comprise a shaft that extends forward from the front side of a bow and functions as a stabilizer, and arrows may be disposed substantially parallel to the shaft and contribute to the stabilizing function. With two components combined into one, the bow has less weight, improved accuracy and precision, and greater versatility. Alternatively, a quiver is provided which is adapted to attach to a conventional stabilizer which is attached to a riser of a bow.