Patents by Inventor Richard Batdorf

Richard Batdorf has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8820304
    Abstract: An adjustable cable guard for archery bows includes a guard holder and a cable guard held by the guard holder to engage a cable of the bow to maintain the cable a predetermined distance from a drawstring of the bow. The guard holder includes a body having a clamping groove having a length axis and a bifurcating slit that extends from the clamping groove into the body of the holder, and the cable includes a tongue located to be matingly and slidingly received by the clamping groove. The position of the tongue within the clamping groove may be locked against movement by compressing the slit to bear surfaces of the clamping groove against surfaces of the tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Archery America, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Richard Batdorf
  • Patent number: 8776770
    Abstract: Archery bow adjustment systems that enable adjustment of both the draw weight and the brace height of the bow. The adjustment system includes a plate mounted on an end of a riser of the bow. The plate supports a limb of the bow and is adjustably positionable relative to the riser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Archery America, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Richard Batdorf
  • Publication number: 20130055995
    Abstract: An adjustable cable guard for archery bows includes a guard holder and a cable guard held by the guard holder to engage a cable of the bow to maintain the cable a predetermined distance from a drawstring of the bow. The guard holder includes a body having a clamping groove having a length axis and a bifurcating slit that extends from the clamping groove into the body of the holder, and the cable includes a tongue located to be matingly and slidingly received by the clamping groove. The position of the tongue within the clamping groove may be locked against movement by compressing the slit to bear surfaces of the clamping groove against surfaces of the tongue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: FALCON OUTDOORS, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Batdorf
  • Publication number: 20120192843
    Abstract: Archery bow adjustment systems that enable adjustment of both the draw weight and the brace height of the bow. The adjustment system includes a plate mounted on an end of a riser of the bow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: FALCON OUTDOORS LLC
    Inventor: Richard Batdorf
  • Patent number: 8220446
    Abstract: A compound archery bow that includes a compound bow frame having a rigid handle section with rearwardly-projecting upper and lower flexible limbs, an upper cam assembly rotatably supported at the free end of the upper flexible limb, and a lower cam assembly rotatably supported at a free end of the lower flexible limb. The upper cam assembly includes an upper bowstring pulley having an upper bowstring let-out track, a first power cord take-up track, and a second power cord let-out track, while the lower cam assembly includes a lower bowstring pulley having a lower bowstring let-out track, a second power cord take-up track, and a first power cord let-out track. The upper and lower bowstring let-out tracks are aligned in a first bowstring plane, while the first power cord take-up and let-out tracks and the second power cord take-up and let-out tracks are aligned in a second power cords plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Inventor: Richard Batdorf
  • Publication number: 20090288650
    Abstract: A compound archery bow that includes a compound bow frame having a rigid handle section with rearwardly-projecting upper and lower flexible limbs, an upper cam assembly rotatably supported at the free end of the upper flexible limb, and a lower cam assembly rotatably supported at a free end of the lower flexible limb. The upper cam assembly includes an upper bowstring pulley having an upper bowstring let-out means, a first power cord take-up means, and a second power cord let-out means, while the lower cam assembly includes a lower bowstring pulley having a lower bowstring let-out means, a second power cord take-up means, and a first power cord let-out means. The upper and lower bowstring let-out means are aligned in a first bowstring plane, while the first power cord take-up and let-out means and the second power cord take-up and let-out means are aligned in a second power cords plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventor: Richard Batdorf
  • Patent number: RE47036
    Abstract: An adjustable cable guard for archery bows includes a guard holder and a cable guard held by the guard holder to engage a cable of the bow to maintain the cable a predetermined distance from a drawstring of the bow. The guard holder includes a body having a clamping groove having a length axis and a bifurcating slit that extends from the clamping groove into the body of the holder, and the cable includes a tongue located to be matingly and slidingly received by the clamping groove. The position of the tongue within the clamping groove may be locked against movement by compressing the slit to bear surfaces of the clamping groove against surfaces of the tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Perfect Form Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventor: Richard Batdorf