Hinged Archery Sight With Securing Spikes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing archery sights are difficult to attach to a bowstring, requiring excessive time and effort, especially in adverse climates, and tend to move during arrow shot due to vibration, leading to accuracy issues and bowstring degradation.
Innovation Solution
A hinged archery sight with pivotally secured front and back portions that automatically align and secure to the bowstring without visual alignment, using pointed projections to maintain position and reduce vibration-induced movement, and an enlarged bowstring aperture to prevent member separation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If prior art archery sights are secured by intertwining with the bowstring or squeezing between front and back portions, then the sight can be attached to the bowstring, but the procedure takes excessive time and effort especially in cold and wet climates
Solution Approach 1:
The archery sight is divided into front and back portions that can be separated for easy attachment. The front portion includes a sight aperture and the back portion includes a securing mechanism, allowing the archer to attach only the necessary components rather than manipulating the entire sight assembly
Solution Approach 2:
The sight incorporates a self-retaining mechanism where the bowstring itself helps secure the sight in place. The sight is designed to grip the bowstring automatically when attached, reducing the need for continuous manual manipulation or complex fastening procedures in adverse weather conditions
2Stability of the object's composition
If the archery sight is tightly secured about the bowstring, then the sight can maintain position, but vibration from shooting arrows causes the sight to slide or move from the optimum position
Solution Approach 1:
The sight incorporates a movable or adjustable component that can dynamically adapt to vibration forces. The sight aperture or securing mechanism is designed to flex or shift slightly during arrow release, absorbing vibration energy while maintaining overall positional stability and optical alignment
Solution Approach 2:
The sight uses materials or structural features that change their mechanical properties in response to vibration. For example, the securing portions may use elastomeric materials that become more compliant under vibration stress, allowing the sight to maintain grip while accommodating position shifts without sliding
3Area of moving object
If a large sight aperture is configured opposite a lower securing screw, then the sight can provide adequate viewing area, but the lower portions of front and back members separate, causing accelerated degradation of the bowstring
Solution Approach 1:
The sight design uses asymmetric distribution of structural support elements relative to the sight aperture. Reinforcement ribs or support members are positioned asymmetrically to provide additional structural strength in the region where the large aperture creates weakness, preventing separation of front and back members without reducing aperture size
Solution Approach 2:
The sight incorporates structural reinforcement that extends into a third dimension (depth/thickness) to compensate for the weakened area created by the large aperture. Internal ribs, webs, or layered construction add structural integrity in the aperture region without affecting the aperture's opening area or visual function
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AI summary
A hinged archery sight for a bow for shooting arrows includes an oval configured sight portion when the hinged archery sight is disposed in a substantially vertical position, and a substantially annular configuration when the hinged archery sight is disposed in a predetermined angular position corresponding to an archer's draw on the bow string. The hinged archery sight also includes hinged portion for pivotally securing the archery sight to a bow string. To maintain a predetermined optimum position of the hinged archery sight on the bow string, securing spikes are integrally joined to inner walls of bow string receiving recesses such that pointed ends of the securing spikes radially penetrate the bow string when the hinged archery sight is secured about the bow string.