Compound Bow Mount with Lateral Adjustment and Low-Profile Rail
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing compound bow mounts are bulky and obstructive, making it difficult for archers to achieve unobstructed views and are complicated to use, install, and adjust, especially in low-light conditions, leading to misalignment and parallax errors.
Innovation Solution
A bow mount with a rigidly attached bracket, sliding lateral adjustment piece, and a position locking mechanism, utilizing a Picatinny rail that does not extend beyond the bow's line of sight, allowing for the attachment of devices like red dot sights without obstruction, enabling easier target acquisition and shooting with both eyes open.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If prior art bow mounts are used to attach sights to compound bows, then devices can be mounted on the bow, but the mounts are bulky and obstructive, blocking the archer's line of sight to the target
Solution Approach 1:
The patent repositions the mounting system from protruding forward (blocking the line of sight) to attaching on the side or rear of the bow. The rail mount is configured to extend perpendicular to or away from the arrow shaft rather than parallel to it, changing the spatial dimension of the mount's placement to eliminate obstruction of the archer's view toward the target.
2Measurement precision
If prior art bow mounts with multiple sight pins are used, then target acquisition can be achieved, but the sight requires tedious adjustment and zeroing of multiple components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and eliminates the complex multi-pin sight system and its associated adjustment mechanisms. Instead of using traditional peep sights, pin sights, and leveling adjustments, the invention employs a simplified red dot sight that projects a digital reticle directly, removing the need for manual zeroing and alignment of multiple components while maintaining targeting accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical sight system (physical pins, peep sights, and adjustment screws) with an electronic/optical system. A red dot sight uses electronic components to project a illuminated reticle onto the target, eliminating the need for mechanical adjustment and alignment of multiple physical sight elements.
3Productivity
If prior art bow mounts are used in cloudy, rainy or low ambient light conditions, then shooting can continue, but the effectiveness of the sight is reduced due to misalignment and parallax errors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a red dot sight that uses an illuminated reticle visible in various lighting conditions. The electronic display and illuminated elements of the red dot sight maintain visibility and accuracy in cloudy, rainy, or low-light conditions where traditional optical sights fail, eliminating parallax and alignment errors through its digital projection system.
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AI summary
A bow mount for a bow. A mount bracket is rigidly attached to a mount attachment side. A lateral adjustment piece is slidingly attached to the mount bracket. A position locking mechanism rigidly holds the lateral adjustment piece in a desired position. A device attachment rail is connected to the lateral adjustment piece. A device is connected to the device attachment rail. The device attachment rail does not extend beyond the planar surface of the bow's line of sight side. This allows for the archer to have a line of sight unobstructed by the bow mount. In a preferred embodiment the bow is a compound bow, the device attachment rail is a Picatanny rail and the attached device is a red dot sight.