Abstract: An improved archery tab having a thin flexible member adapted to be disposed between an archer's fingers and a bow string for protection of the fingers while drawing a bow. A loop is disposed on one side of the member for receivably holding one finger of the hand and an arrow contact slot is disposed on the other side of the member for contact with an arrow nocked onto a bow string. A spacer is attached to intermediate portion of the thin flexible member and has a surface thereon for abutment with the underside of an archer's chin. An adjusting mechanism is provided for adjusting the vertical distance between the top surface of the spacer and the arrow contact means structure. A vertically disposed abutment structure is connected to the top of the spacer for abutting a side of the archer's chin for insuring that the anchoring point on the archer's face is the same every time that the bow is drawn.

Abstract: A two stage resiliently mounted stabilizer adapted to be attached to an archery bow. The first stage of the stabilizer has a first housing resiliently mounted to a pedestal by use of a flat resilient washer and a tubular resilient member within the housing. The second stage of resilient mounting of the stabilizer includes a pair of tubular resilient members, one being disposed in such first housing and the second being disposed in a second housing. A second flat washer separates the two housings and a connecting member is used to interconnect the second and third tubular members and to tighten them together as well as to tighten the flat washer in a resilient fashion, to allow the second housing to move with respect to the first housing. Additional weights can be attached to the second housing if desired.

Abstract: An archery sight for attachment to a bow for facilitating proper vertical and lateral alignment of a bow shot with respect to targets at different distances. A base housing is adapted to be attached to a bow handle and an elongated member is operably attached to the base housing. A plurality of sight reference point structures are operably attached to the elongated member for alignment in the line of sight between an archer and targets disposed at respective distances from the archer for causing an arrow shot from the bow to strike such respective targets when released under proper alignment conditions. A structure is provided for selectively pivoting the elongated member about a longitudinal axis of a first one of the sight reference point structures for adjusting the distance that the other sight reference point structures will be disposed vertically from the first sight reference point structure. The elongated member can be then locked into whatever position is desired.

Abstract: An improved broadhead assembly for an arrow includes a lightweight hollow hub which is affixed to the arrow shaft through a mounting shaft and sleeve retainer. The lightweight hub is tapered toward the front and includes a broadhead blade receiving slot on the leading end thereof shaped to receive a plurality of such broadhead blades. These broadhead blades are adapted to be retained by the hub slot and extend forwardly thereof to provide a broadhead point which slashes into a target differently than a point, which punches at a target. In one embodiment, the plurality of broadhead blades includes a pair of opposed primary blades having frontal tip portions positioned in overlying relation for added tip strength, and a pair of opposed secondary blades having tip portions adapted to tangentially abut the side of an adjacent primary blade tip while extending substantially to the forward point of the primary blade tip.

Abstract: A bow-string mounted, self-aligning, positively positioned peep sight for a compound bow. The body of the peep sight includes a plurality of posts extending therefrom and about which divided strands of the bow string are laced or woven for selectively positioned securement of the peep sight in place. A peep sight hole is formed as a sighting port extending through the body of the peep sight. A bow sight aligner distinct from the string-mounted bow sight is secured to the bow string and connected by means of a tensioning band to a straight cable segment of the compound bow, whereby when the bow string is drawn, the band is tensioned and acts upon the bow string positively and reproducibly physically to orient the peep sight mounted thereon so that the sighting path through the peep sight bears directly on and aligns precisely with a longitudinal axis of an arrow held in the drawn bow.

Abstract: An improved broadhead assembly for an arrow includes a lightweight hollow hub which is affixed to the arrow shaft through a mounting shaft and sleeve retainer. The lightweight hub is tapered toward the front and includes a broadhead blade receiving slot on the leading end thereof shaped to receive a plurality of such broadhead blades. These broadhead blades are adapted to be retained by the hub slot and extend forwardly thereof to provide a broadhead point which slashes into a target differently than a point which punches at a target. In one embodiment, the plurality of broadhead blades includes a pair of opposed primary blades having frontal tip portions positioned in overlying relation for added tip strength, and a pair of opposed secondary blades having tip portions adapted to tangentially abut the side of an adjacent primary blade tip while extending substantially to the forward point of the primary blade tip.

Abstract: A bow square for checking and adjusting the bracing height, nocking point and kisser location of an archery bow. The device is generally T-shaped and includes a scale-marked bar for bracing height measurement, and a transversely extending cross arm. The cross arm carries lineally spaced tab-like fingers for stressingly engaging opposed surfaces of a taut bow string seated in lineally spaced off-set notches. The fingers bear stressingly and resiliently against forcibly to distort the bow string passing therethrough, thereby frictionally securing the bow square in place on the bow string. The cross bar also carries a hinged scale pivotal between a functional reference position adjacent the bow string and a stand-by position retracted from the bow string.

Abstract: An arrow rest for securement to an archery bow. A hingedly-supported wing having a low-friction top edge for supporting an arrow shaft riding thereon is yieldingly and resiliently pivotal about a forwardly and upwardly projecting hinge-line in response to frictional forces applied by an arrow shaft riding forwardly along a bearing top edge of the wing, pivotal forward movement of the wing about its hinge effecting a downward displacement of the arrow-shaft-supporting edge of the wing as the arrow shaft rides thereon, thereby reducing frictional drag on the arrow shaft riding on the wing. The wing extends outwardly and rearwardly from a panel which supports the wing.

Abstract: In a compound bow, a cable guard characterized in being readily adjustable to provide, selectively, up to about one inch or more of cable deflection or offset. The guard is fastened in place by a plate. This plate provides for the optional attachment of a bowsight and/or a bow quiver.

Abstract: In a slingshot which includes a handle-supported yoke including a pair of laterally spaced rods to which missile-projecting elastic bands are attached, the improvement comprising a pair of flexible tube segments sleeved over the elastic bands in a zone of attachment of the bands to the rods. The elastic sleeves constitute bend resisting elements and obviate sharp reverse folding of the elastic bands which normally occurs upon recoil of the bands following distension and release of the stretched elastic bands in projecting a projectile.

Abstract: This invention relates to a motorcycle turn signal subassembly including a pair of turn signals, the electrical parts and the mounting hardware therefor for use in combination with the mounting hardware for a breakaway-type handlebar mounted windscreen in place of the latter or in combination therewith so as to retain its breakaway capabilities by disconnecting the hardware connection and providing a quick-disconnect coupling between the electrical system and the lamp housing.

Abstract: A spool-like protective device facilitates the mounting of a plurality of razor-sharp broadhead blades on an arrowhead while protecting a user's hands from being cut by the blades. The body of the device includes a tapered central bore adapted to receive an arrowhead and an array of blade receiving slots extending radially from the central bore and aligned in conventional evenly arcuately spaced orientation for receiving three and four blade or more broadhead arrows. Further, at least one side wall of each slot includes a protuberance extending therefrom into the slot forming a surface for frictionally engaging a blade positioned in the slot to prevent undesired movement of a blade once it is substantially inserted therein. An outer generally cylindrical surface on the body is adapted for being grasped by a user to facilitate handling and rotation of the arrowhead when manipulating the blades thereof while maintaining the user's finger's a safe distance from the razor-sharp blade edges.

Abstract: This invention relates to a glare shield for motorcycle headlights mountable within an inverted generally U-shaped slot in a transparent fairing placed in front thereof, the shield being characterized by an elongate web of flexible elastic material having a center section bordered on both ends by arcuate pleated sections separating the latter from a pair of identical end sections bearing an acute angular relationship to the center section approaching 90.degree.. The shield also includes an integrally-formed rim on the outside of the web having a more or less H-shaped cross section adapted to be releasably retained in forwardly-facing flush relation within an inverted and recessed U-shaped slot in the fairing that extends along the top of the headlight and down along both sides thereof. The pleats are located on top of the web in upstanding relation thus leaving the underside with flat wedge-shaped surfaces between the pleats that engage the headlight and block most of the reflected light therefrom.

Abstract: A bow stringer for compound archery bows, including an inextensible cord for attachment to upper and lower string segments supported by respective upper and lower limbs of the bow. An elastic slack take-up device is attached to vertically separated loci on the cord, to reduce slack and to prevent inadvertent detachment from the upper and lower string segments. Manual force is applied to the cord through a U-shaped handle having a grip portion spaced apart from a bar attached to the cord.

Abstract: This invention relates to a breakaway handlebar-mounted motorcycle fairing characterized by a generally pear-shaped concavo/convex plastic windscreen having inturned integrally-formed ears on both side margins and a cutout along its lower edge which receive the impact-responsive quick-disconnect couplings of the upper and lower mounting hardware. The upper mountings have their rear ends detachably connected into the hollow ends of the handlebars while their front ends terminate in ball-and-socket type quick-disconnect couplings at the ears. The upper mountings adjust angularly, lengthwise and accommodate different tilts of the windscreen. The lower mounting fastens to the sides of the cutout in the lower edge of the windscreen by means of a pair of adjustable connectors which support a transverse rod therebetween that is, in turn, detachably connected within a keyway-shaped slot in the front face of a banded connector fastened to the shock absorber or fork of the motorcycle.

Abstract: A marksmanship target supported by a moveable support arm, with a shock absorber interposed between the target and support arm. The shock absorber includes eight thin, resilient ribs extending from a circular hub mounted on the support arm to a marginal edge of the target, and integrally formed with the target.

Abstract: A marksmanship target presenting a plurality of targets to view by competing marksmen. When a marksman's missile strikes a target on a side of a shield assigned to him, that target shifts to his opponent's side. Each target is provided with a cushion adapted to strike a plate, thereby damping movement and preventing rebound of the struck target. Each target is integrally formed with a narrow, forwardly extending lip and several annularly spaced, shock absorbing ribs secured to a marginal edge of the target and connecting the target to a support arm.

Abstract: A finger guard for attachment to an archery bow string, comprising a pair of flexible plastic sleeves each having a through axial bore, a pair of string indexing devices positively positionable on the bow string at opposed extremities of the sleeves, and a pair of rigid washers for placement on the string between the sleeves and the indexing devices. The sleeves are each integrally formed with finger stop means and with a ring-like spacer and abutment member to provide a zone of physical separation between an archer's fingers and the nock end of an arrow.