Patents Assigned to Prater Custom Archery, LLC
  • Patent number: 9696105
    Abstract: A cable guard for a compound bow deflects cables of the compound bow away from the path of an arrow and away from a plane in which a string of the compound bow travels to prevent interference between the cables and the arrow and string. The compound bow includes a riser and spaced apart limbs extending from the riser. The cables and the string extends between the limbs. The cable guard comprises a frame for attachment to the compound bow. A first bearing is supported by the frame and extends along an axis. A second bearing and a third bearing each extend along a respective axis transverse to the axis of the first bearing. The second bearing and the third bearing each present a bearing surface with the bearing surface of the second bearing spaced from and facing the bearing surface of the third bearing for receiving the cable therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Prater Custom Archery, LLC
    Inventor: Don C. Prater
  • Patent number: 9581408
    Abstract: A cable guard for a compound bow includes a rod extending along an axis, and a base releasably fixed to the rod and adjustable relative to the rod along the axis. The cable guard includes a lock releasably fixing the base to the rod along the axis. A pair of bearings each supported by the base. The base, and the pair of bearings supported by the base, are adjustable along the axis for adjustment relative to a riser of the compound bow. The lock fixes the base at a desired position along the axis relative to the riser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Prater Custom Archery, LLC
    Inventor: Don C. Prater
  • Patent number: 9285179
    Abstract: A cable guard for a compound bow deflects cables of the compound bow away from the path of an arrow and away from a plane in which a string of the compound bow travels to prevent interference between the cables and the arrow and string. The compound bow includes a riser and spaced apart limbs extending from the riser. The cables and the string extends between the limbs. The cable guard comprises a frame for attachment to the compound bow. A first bearing is supported by the frame and extends along an axis. A second bearing and a third bearing each extend along a respective axis transverse to the axis of the first bearing. The second bearing and the third bearing each present a bearing surface with the bearing surface of the second bearing spaced from and facing the bearing surface of the third bearing for receiving the cable therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Prater Custom Archery, LLC
    Inventor: Don C Prater
  • Patent number: 9234720
    Abstract: A cable guard for a compound bow deflects cables of the compound bow away from the path of an arrow and away from a plane in which a string of the compound bow travels to prevent interference between the cables and the arrow and string. The compound bow includes a riser and spaced apart limbs extending from the riser. The cables and the string extends between the limbs. The cable guard comprises a frame for attachment to the compound bow. A first bearing is supported by the frame and extends along an axis. A second bearing and a third bearing each extend along a respective axis transverse to the axis of the first bearing. The second bearing and the third bearing each present a bearing surface with the bearing surface of the second bearing spaced from and facing the bearing surface of the third bearing for receiving the cable therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Prater Custom Archery, LLC
    Inventor: Don C Prater