Patents Assigned to Bear Archery, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8210970
    Abstract: An expandable arrow broadhead used for releasable attachment to one end of a hollow arrow shaft. The broadhead includes a rotating, sliding shaft with a spirally wound, scalloped grooved, pointed tip and tip base having two or more of cutting blades mounted thereon. A portion of the sliding shaft is slidably received inside a hollow collar attached to a sliding shaft housing. The sliding shaft housing is attached to an arrow shaft insert adapted for receipt inside one end of the arrow shaft. In a retracted position, the blades are disposed next to and parallel to the length of the sliding shaft. When the pointed tip engages a target, the sliding shaft moves inwardly and rearwardly sliding inside the collar. As the sliding shaft moves rearwardly, a beveled cam surface of the blades engages a portion of the collar, which moves the blades outwardly in an extended and locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Bear Archery, Inc.
    Inventor: Chris G. Sanford
  • Patent number: 8210972
    Abstract: Magnetic expandable broadhead arrowheads and methods for magnetically holding the blades of broadhead arrowheads in the retracted position are disclosed. Embodiments include deployable cutting blades that are magnetically held in a retracted position during launch and flight and deploy outwardly upon impact with a target. Other embodiments include magnets where the force holding the cutting blades in the retracted position is localized adjacent either the deployable ends or the pivoting ends of the cutting blades. Still other embodiments include magnets adjacent to substantially the entire length of elongated cutting blades while the blades are in the retracted position. Alternate embodiments include elongated cutting blades that extend in a rearward direction when retracted and cutting blades that extend in a forward direction when retracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Bear Archery, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J. Adams, Jack Bowman
  • Patent number: 8057330
    Abstract: Adaptors for mounting arrowheads to arrow shafts are disclosed. Example embodiments include an outer attachment portion that engages the outer surface of a hollow arrow shaft, and an inner attachment portion that engages the inner surface of the hollow arrow shaft. Other embodiments may include single-piece adaptors configured to receive the end of a hollow arrow shaft, and adaptors with arrowhead receiving portions. Still other embodiments may include an inner attachment portion that is inserted into the hollow of a hollow arrow shaft and an outer attachment portion that surrounds and receives the outer surface of the hollow arrow shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Bear Archery, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Blosser, Sean Gordon, Mark Wenberg
  • Patent number: 8033277
    Abstract: An archery bow comprises an archery bow body defining opposing limb tips, a bowstring extending between the limb tips along a bowstring axis, and an elongate member extending from the bow body, the elongate member having a length and a proximal end arranged adjacent the bowstring. The archery bow further comprises a dampening element made of a vibration dampening material mounted to the proximal end of the elongate member between the proximal end and the bowstring. The elongate member extends from the bow body along a first axis non-perpendicular to the bowstring axis. Additionally, the elongate member may be curved along at least a portion of its length. In certain embodiments, the archery bow body defines a nested mounting area configured as an open channel to receive a distal end of the elongate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Bear Archery, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Gordon, Ben Blosser
  • Patent number: 8011356
    Abstract: An archery bow comprises an archery bow body defining opposing limb tips and a bowstring extending between the limb tips. The archery bow includes an elongate member extending from the bow body, the elongate member having a length and a proximal end arranged adjacent the bowstring. Additionally, the archery bow includes a dampening element made of a vibration dampening material mounted to the proximal end between the proximal end and the bowstring, the dampening element having a contact face adapted to contact the bowstring. In certain embodiments, the dampening element includes a laterally protruding rib extending outward from the contact face along at least a portion thereof to engage the bowstring when the bowstring is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Bear Archery, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Gordon, Ben Blosser
  • Patent number: 7780554
    Abstract: An expandable arrow broadhead used for releasable attachment to one end of a hollow arrow shaft. The broadhead includes a sliding shaft with a pointed tip and tip base having two or more of cutting blades mounted thereon. Each of the blades includes an outer cutting edge and an inner edge. A portion of the sliding shaft is slidably received inside a hollow collar. The collar is attached to a sliding shaft housing. The sliding shaft housing is attached to an arrow shaft insert. The arrow shaft insert is adapted for receipt inside one end of the arrow shaft. In a retracted position, the blades are disposed next to and parallel to the length of the sliding shaft. When the pointed tip engages a target, the sliding shaft moves inwardly and rearwardly sliding inside the collar and inside a sliding shaft bore hole in the sliding shaft housing. As the sliding shaft moves rearwardly, a beveled cam surface of the blades engages a portion of the collar, which moves the blades outwardly into an extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Bear Archery, Inc.
    Inventor: Chris G. Sanford
  • Patent number: 7717814
    Abstract: An expandable arrow broadhead used for releasable attachment to one end of a hollow arrow shaft. The broadhead includes a rotating, sliding shaft with a spirally wound, scalloped grooved, pointed tip and tip base having two or more of cutting blades mounted thereon. A portion of the sliding shaft is slidably received inside a hollow collar attached to a sliding shaft housing. In a retracted position, the blades are held in a refracted position using a coil spring mounted in a collar bore in the sliding shaft housing and a blade catch extending outwardly from an inner edge of the cutting blades. When the pointed tip engages a target upon impact, the sliding shaft moves rearward sliding inside the hollow collar. As the sliding shaft moves rearward, the blades are released from the blade catch and the beveled cam surface engages a portion of the collar and moves the blades outwardly into an extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Bear Archery, Inc.
    Inventor: Chris G. Sanford
  • Patent number: 7682271
    Abstract: An arrowhead assembly and a method for assembling an arrowhead are provided. The arrowhead of the disclosure is secured to an inside portion of the arrow shaft and the outside portion of the arrow shaft. In some embodiments the arrow tip threads into an insert that is secured within the tip of the arrowhead. Also, in some embodiments, a sleeve extends over the end of the arrow shaft and is radially compressed onto the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Bear Archery, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher A. Rager
  • Patent number: 7677995
    Abstract: An expandable arrow broadhead used for releasable attachment to one end of a hollow arrow shaft. The broadhead includes a sliding shaft with a pointed tip and tip base having two or more of cutting blades mounted thereon. Each of the blades includes an outer cutting edge and an inner edge with a beveled cam surface and locking notch therein. A portion of the sliding shaft is slidably received inside a hollow collar. The collar is attached to a sliding shaft housing. The sliding shaft housing is attached to an arrow shaft insert. The arrow shaft insert is adapted for receipt inside one end of the arrow shaft. In a retracted position, the blades are disposed next to and parallel to the length of the sliding shaft. When the pointed tip engages a target, the sliding shaft moves inwardly and rearwardly sliding inside the collar and inside a sliding shaft bore hole in the sliding shaft housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Bear Archery, Inc.
    Inventor: Chris Sanford
  • Patent number: 7578067
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a pin and sight point shape configuration for enhancing sight point visibility. Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a pin configuration including a pin portion, an integral pin mounting portion, and an integral spool adapted to be positioned offset to one side of a bow sight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Bear Archery, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Rager
  • Patent number: 7549230
    Abstract: A bow sight having a support structure, and two or more vertically aligned vertical pins connected to the support structure is provided. At least two of the vertical pins include a sight point. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a bow sight having a support structure connected to two or more sight points is provided. The two or more sight points are rotationally adjustable such that they can be rotated into vertical alignment. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a bow sight having a support structure, a sight point connected to the support structure, and a dampener is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Bear Archery, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher A. Rager
  • Patent number: 7422533
    Abstract: A wide angle arrowhead which is light weight, and which has minimal structure and surface area to decreased arrowhead weight, surface area and drag to increase performance of an arrow to which it is attached. A blade cutting edge of the wide angle arrowhead maintains an interior angle relationship to the centerline of an arrow shaft where such relationship can be fashioned to have one interior angular relationship within a specified angular range. Also, drag is minimized by the utilization of a thin ground blade cutting edge, an additional benefit of which is the decreasing of the cutting edge bluntness, thereby enhancing easy target penetration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Bear Archery, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory G. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20080115373
    Abstract: A bow sight having a support structure, and two or more vertically aligned vertical pins connected to the support structure is provided. At least two of the vertical pins include a sight point. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a bow sight having a support structure connected to two or more sight points is provided. The two or more sight points are rotationally adjustable such that they can be rotated into vertical alignment. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a bow sight having a support structure, a sight point connected to the support structure, and a dampener is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: Bear Archery, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Rager
  • Patent number: 7343686
    Abstract: A bow sight having a support structure, and two or more vertically aligned vertical pins connected to the support structure is provided. At least two of the vertical pins include a sight point. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a bow sight having a support structure connected to two or more sight points is provided. The two or more sight points are rotationally adjustable such that they can be rotated into vertical alignment. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a bow sight having a support structure, a sight point connected to the support structure, and a dampener is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Bear Archery, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher A. Rager
  • Patent number: 7311099
    Abstract: A drop-away arrow rest having an arrow support arm that drops in a straight, non-pivotal and non-rotational path. The arrow rest that has an arrow support arm that lifts the arrow, from a first, relaxed, position to a second, actuated, position when the archer draws the bowstring. Upon release of the bowstring, the arrow support arm drops, with vertical, non-rotational and non-pivotal movement, in a straight line, to return to its relaxed state. Actuation and release of the arrow support arm is accomplished by an attachment to the bowstring, such as a cord, and by a biasing means. The arrow rest includes various adjustment means that allow lateral and/or horizontal positioning of the arrow in relation to the bow handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Bear Archery, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher A. Rager
  • Patent number: 7311096
    Abstract: Typically a limb for an archery bow has a butt section or end attachable to a bow riser, a middle or hinge section and an opposing tip section or end. In a preferred embodiment, the present method and limb includes a rib section formed in the middle or hinge portion of the limb. This allows a narrowed front-profile to be presented in the hinge section, while maintaining the total cross-sectional area. In one preferred method, at least one half of a mold is formed to define a rib section in the hinge section of the limb. Preferably the rib section runs longitudinally along the length of the hinge section, and may include a tapered profile along the edges and ends of the rib. In another preferred embodiment, the limb, including a rib section, is curved prior to assembly into an archery bow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Bear Archery, Inc.
    Inventor: Henry M. Gallops, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7311098
    Abstract: One preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a cam having an axle location for mounting the cam to an archery bow, where the center of mass of the cam is substantially coaxial with the axle location. Preferable the cam has an eccentric geometric rotation profile with regard to a rotation axis, typically an irregular geometry with a non-centered axle location, or a circular profile with an axle location offset from the center of the circular profile. The mass of the cam is balanced to have an effectively equal mass distribution around the axle location. In an alternate preferred embodiment, the cam has a balanced center of mass aligned with the axle location in an X-Y orientation, and may also have a balanced center of mass through the thickness of the cam in an X-Z or Y-Z orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Bear Archery, Inc.
    Inventor: Henry M. Gallops, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7275329
    Abstract: The invention relates to an archery device having a part or component is injection molded; the part is injection molded metal, ceramic, or composite material. A sight pin for a bow sight is a part that is especially suited for being injection mold. Injection molding of metal, ceramic or composite sight pins allows for various cross-sectional shapes and areas for the pin along its length. The injection molded sight pin can be a vertically extending pin or a horizontally positioned pin, and multiple pins may be configured for viewing in a straight line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Bear Archery, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher A. Rager
  • Patent number: 7275328
    Abstract: A mount for a bow sight which includes a vertical adjust mechanism at a second end which is actuated by a rotation of a shaft extending toward an opposing first end. The mount includes a central support which is configured to mount to a bow. Vertical adjustment of the bow sight is accomplished by rotation of a rear end of a shaft extending from the first end of the mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Bear Archery, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher A. Rager
  • Patent number: 7243432
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a bow sight that is constructed to automatically compensate for arrow drop when the elevation of the target and the shooter is varied. In one embodiment, the bow sight includes a frame having an upper portion and a lower portion that cooperate to define a target viewing opening, the lower portion of the frame including a sight pin support that is pivotally movable relative to the upper portion of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Bear Archery, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher A. Rager