Abstract: A compound bow including a respective eccentric device pivotably mounted on each of two oppositely directed limbs, and a bowstring which includes a pair of opposite looped end portions, each looped end portion extending around a post provided on a respective one of the eccentric devices. A leader portion of the bowstring extends around a portion of the periphery of the eccentric device and thence towards the opposite eccentric device. Each of a pair of cables includes a terminal portion fastened to a respective eccentric device, a portion of the cable extending around a portion of the periphery of the respective eccentric device and thence toward the opposite end of the bow. The bowstring and the cables may all be of a non-metallic flexible cord of suitable strength, with a looped terminal portion attaching respective ends of each cable and the bowstring to the eccentric devices.

Abstract: An archery bow having limbs constructed of laminae of pre-stressed fibers in a resin matrix, all of the laminae of the bow limb over at least a substantial intermediate portion of the length of the limb being pre-stressed and all of the laminae, as well as riser wedge and tip wedge portions of the limb, being adhesively interconnected in a pre-stressed configuration by an efficient adhesive. The limbs are free from any core of material which is not pre-stressed. One of the layers of material utilized in construction of the limb may contain layers of parallel pre-stressed fibers diagonally oriented with respect to the longitudinal axis of the bow limb and additional parallel pre-stressed oppositely diagonally oriented fibers, in order to stabilize the bow limb against twisting during use.