Abstract: An adjustable sight for aiming an archery bow at a target is disclosed. The bow sight includes a bow bracket which is adjustably attached to the bow and a planar sight bracket which is adjustably attached to the bow bracket in a generally vertical plane. A front sight is mounted at one end of the sight bracket and extends horizontally from the sight bracket. A distance member is disposed generally parallel to and adjacent to the sight bracket and is pivotally mounted thereto about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the plane of the sight bracket. A rear sight is mounted to the distance member and extends horizontally away from the distance member. Range indicia are located on the sight bracket and a reference mark is located on the distance member. By appropriately moving the distance member so that the reference mark is aligned with the appropriate range indicia, the aimed line of sight of the bow is adjusted for distance of the target from the bow.

Abstract: A bow sight includes a sight assembly having a supporting block provided with a transverse bore which slidably receives a spring loaded sighting pin for movement between a sighting position and a nonsighting position. A latch is pivoted on the block for releasable engagement with the sighting pin so that when engaged the pin is held in its nonsighting position, and when disengaged the spring forces the pin to its sighting position. A plurality of such assemblies may be mounted on a base plate in vertically spaced arrangement and the base plate in turn may be mounted on a bow to provide a device for sighting targets at various ranges.

Abstract: A bow sight for use with an archery bow. The bow sight includes a plurality of sight pins attached to the bow for use in aiming the bow at a target and includes a mechanism for causing one of the sight pins to glow so as to be readily distinguishable from the other of the sight pins depending on the angle at which the bow is held.

Abstract: A sight for attachment to an archer's bow which includes a rectangular frame having a tensioned wire projecting between opposite sides thereof. A plurality of spaced sight beads are slidably and adjustably mounted on the wire to enable a target at various ranges to be sighted. A light window is formed in a third side of the frame in a direction substantially parallel to the wire, and fastening devices project from the fourth side of the frame to facilitate adjustable securement of the sight to a mounting bracket attached to the bow.

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 optical sight for use in aiming firearms, archery bows and other visually aimed devices. The sight includes a rigid supporting frame. The frame supports an optical lens that is ground to produce a magnified virtual image of a front sight. The front sight image is located with a top edge of the lens along an image line of sight that is substantially parallel to the operative axis of the device. The eye does not have to accommodate by focusing between a front sight, rear sight and target since the target and sight image remain clear. The front sight image will "disappear" from the visual boundaries of the lens when elevational adjustment of the device is made, without obstructing view of the target.

Abstract: A sight for hunting bows possesses an automatic range finding capability when the hunter is stationed at an elevated position and is infinitely adjustable and lockable to facilitate ground level hunting. A greater range of adjustability enables the sight to function properly on various sizes of bows and with various arrow shaft lengths and weights rather than with only a single bow and arrow combination. Greater simplicity of construction of the bow sight is also achieved.

Abstract: An archery bow has a frame rearwardly extending mounted on the bow. The frame is adjustable to meet the requirements of the arm length of the user. The frame is generally U-shaped having first and second mounting points on the bow above and below the point at which the forward hand supports the bow and where the forward portion of the arrow rests. The rearward portion of the frame rests against the user's chest or shoulder or whatever other part of the user's body which the user chooses to employ as a rear anchor point. An adjustable bar is moveably mounted on the frame member being slideably mounted having holes in the upper and lower portion of the adjustable bar so that it may be moved along the arms of the frame. Structure for fixing the adjustable bar in a desired location on the frame is included. Such structure may be set screws or the like. The adjustable bar includes a hand grip for the rear hand of the user and an arrow stop for precisely positioning the arrow in a repeatable manner.

Abstract: A bowsight is provided for an archery bow including a support bracket for attachment generally parallel to the length of the archery bow. A plurality of sights are connected to and are longitudinally spaced along the support bracket. Each of the sights defines an outer longitudinal height and a smaller inner longitudinal height. The outer heights are successively smaller from sight to sight. Each of the outer longitudinal heights are positioned so that the bow will be properly aimed at a target when the outer longitudinal height of any one of the sights equals the apparent vertical height of the target. The inner longitudinal heights are successively smaller from sight to sight in the same direction as the outer heights become smaller. Each of the inner longitudinal heights are of a dimension so that the bow will be properly aimed when the inner longitudinal height of any one of the sights is equal to the apparent vertical height of the target.

Abstract: A bow sight for determining proper range includes an energy source and a series of mercury tilt switches, each of which becomes operable at a different predetermined angle of bow inclination. A series of light emitting sight pins are connected to the tilt switches via an electronic circuitry that allows for the energization of a different sight pin for a different angle of bow inclination.

Abstract: A mounting device and sight support adapted to be mounted to the side of the handle of an archery bow including a mounting bracket fixed to the bow having a plurality of mounting positions vertically spaced one from the other and in vertical alignment. Attached to the mounting bracket is an elongated attachment member which extends horizontally or normal to the vertical plane of the mounting bracket and the elongated attachment member is horizontally shiftable on the bracket and includes a sight support for receiving a sight elevation adjustment mechanism which support is mounted normally vertical to the axis of the elongated attachment member. The elongated attachment member may be releasably mounted on any one of the vertical mounting positions of the mounting bracket dependent upon the distance the archer is from the target. The mounting device and sight support is reversible and may be mounted on the opposite sides of the bow depending upon whether the archer is right or left handed.

Abstract: An improved adjustable sighting device for archery bows wherein the various sighting screw units employed, and as mounted to a suitable mount apart or attachable to a bow, can be made incrementally adjustable not only as to azimuth or windage but also vertically. In particular, and as to vertical adjustment, the device includes releasable locking means whereby sighting screwunits can be releasably fixed in a chosen position and yet sighting released and adjusted for other vertical positions. A serrated slide-lock member may be employed with serrated margins of slots provided in the sighting screw mount. Importantly, and preferably, a rack-pinion arrangement is provided as between mounting plate slots and a sighting screw adjustment member whereby, even though the locking nut of the sighting screw unit is released, the device will still not fall downwardly relative to the slot but rather can be finally adjusted as to vertical orientation prior to nut re-lock.

Abstract: A new and improved sighting device and range-finder and sighting device combination wherein the elemental sighting devices incorporate a sighting screw disposed within and through first and second separate mounting members having corresponding aligned apertures, one of the sighting members incorporating interiorly threaded means. The sighting devices themselves are constructed and arranged for gripping or clamping onto an elongate member and are selectively adjustable thereon. In a preferred form of the invention, irregular mating surfaces of such elongate member and the respective sighting devices used, prevent inadvertent slippage of such devices on the elongate member. The split-construction of the respective bodies sighting members enable users to install easily certain range indication markings as necessary, this obviating prior manufacturing expense. Fore and aft sighting-device mounting is provided.

Abstract: An archery sighting device which provides adjustment of the angle between an optical sight and an archery bow by sliding movement of a housing for the optical sight along a curved support member. A mounting bracket of the device is affixed to a side surface of the midsection of an archery bow. The curved support member providing angular adjustment of the optical sight has a radius of curvature proportional to the draw length of the archer, thus affording precise adjustment of the angle of the optical sight. A detent positioning arrangement is provided to enable the user to readily adjust the optical sight to the desired setting along the curved support member.

Abstract: A base plate is attached to the midsection of an archery bow, and a pair of spaced, aligned rings fastened to the base plate for supporting a telescopic sight.

Abstract: An attachment bracket for attaching auxiliary equipment such as bow sights and quivers to various archery bows. The bracket includes a central threaded attachment bore for mating with the threaded attachment bore of the bow and a pair of radially extending slots and associated drill indentation locator pins for mating with drill indentations provided on various bows, regardless of the distances of said drill indentations from the threaded central bore.

Abstract: A sighting mechanism for a bow comprises a one-piece wire sight guide slideably mounted for transverse movement in a mounting block that is adapted to be attached to a bow. The sight guide includes a central section that runs parallel to the plane of the bow, and a series of annular grooves are formed along the central section. A plurality of flat, plastic discs are slideably mounted on the central section, with the openings in the discs being slightly smaller than the diameter of the central section such that the discs can be clipped securely into any selected groove along the central section. The central section serves as a vertical reference line and the discs serve as horizontal reference lines for sighting purposes. A number of different discs are employed for the different horizontal reference lines necessary for targets at different distances.

Abstract: A sight mount for an archery bow embodying a bracket adapted to be mounted upon a bow. A sight support is mounted on the bracket for pivotal movement in a plane parallel to a plane extending longitudinally through the bow on which the bracket is mounted. Adjustment members are mounted on the bracket at opposite sides of the sight support with one adjustment member yieldably engaging the sight support to restrain pivotal movement thereof in one direction. A movable member is carried by the other adjustment member and is movable to selected positions toward and away from the sight support to hold the sight support at selected angular positions relative to the bracket.

Abstract: A bow sight to be used in combination with an archer's bow comprising: a mounting bracket including means to mount said bracket to the bow; an arm rotatably mounted to said bracket so as to rotate over a range of positions; a sighting bead secured on the rotatable end of said arm; means to control the rotation of said arm; and scale means on said mounting bracket adjacent the range of positions of said arm.

Abstract: An illuminated bowsight is disclosed which includes a light-emitting diode centrally located in a sighting ring and a battery to illuminate the diode. A switching device is provided on the bowsight to selectively connect and disconnect the battery to the light-emitting diode. The switching mechanism is arranged so that no additional wiring is required other than the two leads which are normally provided on a commercially available light-emitting diode.

Abstract: A bow sight is disclosed in combination with a bow. The bow sight is made of a single U-shaped piece of metal having flanges formed at each side at an intermediate part for stiffness to the sight. The sight is adapted to be attached to a bow. One of the U-shaped legs has a single aperture and the other has three apertures so that the bowman can correct his sighting range. The apertures can also be used for "bore sighting" the arrows.

Abstract: An aiming device comprising a sight-supporting base adapted to be detachably secured to the central portion of the bow or a part of some other object, a rear sight positioned on the base, a light-emitting front sight, a member mounting the front sight on the base and being manually displaceable for adjusting the elevation of the front sight, and an adjusting screw and leveling pad arrangement for adjusting the base to a position where the line of aim established along the front and rear sights lies in a plane extending parallel to the bow and containing the longitudinal axis of an arrow in shooting position on the bow.

Abstract: An electrically lighted, vertically and laterally adjustable sight for an archery bow. The sight comprises an elongate battery housing for being mounted lengthwise on an archery bow. A pair of electrically conductive contact strips is carried by the battery housing on a dovetail flange, and at least one sight pin holder is mounted on the dovetail flange for selectively adjustable movement along the longitudinal extent of the contact strips. An elongate sight pin having a light emitter on one end is transversely slidably mounted on the sight pin holder and includes elongate electrical contact strips positioned thereon. A current conductor carried by the sight pin holder operatively interconnects the contact strips on the dovetail flange and on the sight pin.

Abstract: A bow draw indicator and sighting device mounted on a bow provides signals which enable the archer to adjust the bow vertically and horizontally to assure proper aim. Also an arrow draw indicator signal is provided which signal operates only when the bow is in proper vertical position. The device is battery powered. The bow draw and the vertical signal is either an audible signal or a light emitting diode. The horizontal (elevation) signal is in the sight and comprises light emitting diodes at the upper and lower portions of the sight. The device is small and light enough to be easily mounted on the bow and to have utility for both hunting and target purposes and can be used with aluminum or other electrically conductive arrows.

Abstract: An archery bow sight and range finder including a pair of vertically spaced and laterally extending mirrors slidably mounted on a bow attached bracket and finger trigger actuable by the archer when grasping and aiming the bow. A center bead is associated with the lowermost mirror and the angle of the upper mirror is changed by trigger action to vary the elevation angle of the bow, with split image viewing being employed, combined with trigger action, to locate the exact range of target, one half of the target being viewed directly and the other half being seen through the mirrors. Lateral point of aim is determined by the lower mirror bead being positioned in the center of the combined split image.

Abstract: A lighted sight pin for archery bows which provides a small point of light for aiming the bow in dim light or at night. The sight pin is structurally protected against damage by brush, tree limbs, etc. and is completely solid state for dependability and long life. A fiber-optic rod transmits light from a light-emitting diode (LED) activated by a voltage source to the sighting end. The light-transmitting rod is surrounded by a rigid shaft or tube. The LED is spaced from the sight end of the rod, allowing the sight end to be extremely small for accurate aiming yet easily visible and fully protected from damage by the rigid shaft or tube and other structure.

Abstract: A sighting device for use with an archery bow for hunting or target purposes, utilizing light emitting diodes which are battery operated and the intensity of which may be varied manually. The light emitting diodes are mounted at the ends of sighting pins which may be adjusted both vertically and horizontally, to compensate for distance and windage. The light emitting diodes are shaped so as to protrude beyond the end of the sighting pins and thus under bright ambient light conditions function to gather and disperse said ambient light even though not electrically energized.

Abstract: A sighting lens has a refraction displacement of the image such that upon selected positioning of the lens on a weapon, such as an archery bow, and using a reference point therewith, a novel sighting procedure for hunting animals can be used which comprises aiming a selected distance below the image of the animal as it appears in the lens. Prisms are included to correct the line of sight which may not be true because of offset mounting of the sighting device. Increments of distance are provided on the lens for assisting the archer in aiming at a distance which is beyond normal shooting limits of that particular sight.

Abstract: An illuminated sight is disclosed which comprises a transparent member having light diverting and receiving portions, a light source with means for orienting said light source with respect to the transparent member and means for mounting to an instrument or weapon.

Abstract: An archery sighting device which includes an elongated arm formed by front and rear arm portions which are adjustably connected to permit appropriate horizontal or vertical adjustment therebetween. The front arm portion is attached to the bow, adjacent the hand grip, and projects forwardly thereof. A front sight structure is mounted adjacent the forward end of the front arm portion. The rear arm portion projects rearwardly a substantial distance beyond the normal relaxed position of the bow string and is provided with a rear sight structure at the rearward end thereof. One of these sight structures, normally the front sight structure, is adjustable and includes a plurality of different sighting pins which are representative of different shooting distances.

Abstract: The device includes an elongated body in the form of a metal strip that is secured to one side of an archery bow. At the rear end of the body there is a laterally extending arm on which is mounted a rotatable disc having a number of sight openings therein, the sight openings being at differing distances from the disc's axis of rotation. Detent means assures that whatever sight opening is selected remains in position, yet readily permits another sight opening to be selected for a different shooting range. At the front end of the elongated body is another laterally extending arm, this arm having a plurality of vertically oriented threaded apertures into any one of which can be threaded a pin provided with a bead or ball on its upper end. By properly selecting the particular sighting opening at the rear and by properly adjusting the height of the bead or ball at the front, the bowman is able to control quite accurately the course of the arrow.

Abstract: An archery bow sighting arrangement and method characterized by the use of a mechanical scale for establishing the desired shooting range, the sight point being determined by the intersection of a cursor or index line and calculated scale lines representing the various range distances. The cursor line may be movable with respect to a fixed pattern of scale lines or the cursor line may be fixed and the scale lines rotatable. The invention permits the instantaneous setting of sight markings, in contrast to the present approach of separately marking a piece of tape for each distance.

Abstract: A one-piece carriage is proportioned for sliding engagement with an elongated guide which mounts an elongated micrometer screw laterally thereof and parallel thereto. An integral, lateral extension of the carriage overlies the screw and is provided with a slot perpendicular to the screw, the slot freely receiving the latch portion of a lever which is secured pivotally in the slot by a pivot pin disposed parallel to the screw. The outer portion of the lever forms a lever actuator for engagement with the screw, a spring interengaging the lever and carriage for urging the latch portion resiliently into engagement with the screw. The carriage also supports a block which mounts an archery bow sight.

Abstract: In archery bow sights having spaced apart front and rear sighting elements provided with rigid attachment to the bow and extending either forwardly or rearwardly from the bow riser section rapid, easily-made fine adjustments about the vertical and lateral axes of the bow, and basic rough general technique adjustments about the vertical, lateral (two adjustments of differing sensitivity provided) and longitudinal axes are provided, in addition to a multiple-sighting line hunting sight having the same structure for the basic rough and fine adjustments.

Abstract: A sighting device is provided for a bow in which a sight is supported on a mount and the mount is mounted on a toothed rack. The mount has a worm gear thereon which meshes with the teeth of the rack to allow vertical adjustment of the mount and thus the sight with respect to the rack in order to adjust for altitude. The rack includes a standard scale thereon and a space for individualized markings of altitude gradations. Preferably, the rack is attached to a horizontal support having a slot extending therein. A bolt fits through the slot in the horizontal support and is screwed to a cradle secured to the bow in order to mount the sighting device on the bow.

Abstract: An adjustable crosshair sight for archery bows comprises a frame in which a plurlity of horizontal wires are mounted in parallel spaced relation such that the vertical distance between adjacent wires can be varied. A vertical wire is mounted in the frame bisecting the horizontal wires, thereby forming a series of vertically spaced crosshairs within the frame. The horizontal wires provide a series of range references to the archer while the vertical wire provides a windage reference. The frame is movably mounted on the bow such that the crosshairs are in the line of sight of the archer when he is in position to shoot and the horizontal distance between the frame and the bow can be adjusted, thereby varying the distance between the vertical wire and the bow and providing a sideways or windage adjustment in the sight.

Abstract: A sight for use on a bow for aiding an archer in sighting on a target from both elevated and level shooting positions. The sight includes an elongated sighting element which has a plurality of sighting beads thereon. The elongated sighting element is pivotably mounted on a horizontally extending shaft and is balanced so that the top bead on the elongated sighting element pivots about said horizontal shaft as the bow is tilted for automatically determining the proper elevation of the bow when shooting from an elevated position. The elongated sighting element may be locked in various arcuate positions when shooting on the ground.

Abstract: A peep sight having a body with a sighting bore therethrough. The body receives a bow string and is connected by an elastic cord to the bow. When the bow string is in a drawn position the sight bore in the body of the peep sight is substantially horizontal. When the bow string is in a relaxed condition the bore is in an angled position with the longitudinal extension of the bow string. An elastic cord, such as a piece of flexible tubing, has one end fitted onto a pin extending from the body of the peep sight and a second end fitted onto a block which itself is adapted to be secured to an archery bow. As the bow string is drawn upon mounting of the body on the bow string and securing of the block to the archery bow, the elastic cord stretches to exert a force upon the body to align a sighting bore or "peep" therethrough with a bow-mounted bow sight.

Abstract: A bow sight has a range-finding function that automatically aligns the trajectory path of the arrow to correspond to the range. The range is established by providing a sighting frame that establishes vertically-spaced reference lines that give the apparent height of a known object at a known distance. Rotation of the frame about a horizontal axis reduces the apparent spacing between the top and bottom of the frame, which is correlated to increased distance. As the frame is progressively rotated to the point that the apparent height corresponds to the observed height of the known object, the placement of the sighting frame with respect to the bow is altered vertically to align the bow with the correct trajectory for that distance.

Abstract: An arrow rest for an archery blow includes a base plate having a rear surface attachable to a bow side and a front surface provided with a vertical rib having an outer surface spaced from the plate front surface and engageable by the lateral periphery of an arrow shaft. A vertically disposed flap having a depth substantially greater than its width, of resilient or elastomeric composition, having a rear base portion attached to the plate front surface and a main body section extending outwardly and forwardly in a curved manner and adapted to support the lower periphery of an arrow shaft. The top of the flap is provided with a concave surface serving to cradle the arrow shaft and biases the arrow shaft so as to force it into engagement with the rib's outer surface both during the draw and release of the arrow as the flap body is deflected rearwardly and forwardly respectively, from its normal at-rest position.

Abstract: A bow sight mechanism mounted on an archer's bow above the handle and arrow guide and having a plurality of individually adjustable sighting pins, each pin having a sighting bead on one end thereof. A block guide member attaches to the bow and has a vertical slot for slidably receiving the sighting pins therethrough. Each sighting pin carries an attachment to permit adjustability of the pin vertically for range and horizontally for windage. The pins may be locked against the vertical movement for setting in the range while still adjustable horizontally for windage corrections. A resilient washer is used against one side of the slid block member interposed between a nut member on the opposite side of the guide block member whereby tightening the nut member against the guide block member will force the resilient washer against the slide block member and pin and cause locking of the pin in a selected vertical position on the slide block member.

Abstract: A bow sight for use with archery bows comprising mounting means adapted to mount the sight on the bow, a sighting member operably mounted on said mounting means and adjusting means mounted on said mounting means so as to control the transverse and vertical movement of the sighting member.

Abstract: An archery peep sight adapted to be mounted on the bowstring of an archery bow for aligning the path of an arrow. A disc having a centrally located sight opening is attached to the bowstring in fixed space relation with the nocking point on the bowstring. The axis of the sight opening is coextensive with the axis of the disc and is located on the central plane of the disc. A frusto-conical surface is disposed inwardly from a first end of the disc, the apex thereof being terminated at the sight opening. A semi-conical recess is formed in the second end of the disc, the recess defining a horizontal planar surface adjacent the sight opening. Bowstring receiving channels are formed on opposite sides of the disc, the angular interval between a line normal to the bowstring receiving channels and the axis of the sight opening of the disc being in the range of 38.degree.-50.degree..

Abstract: Archery bow sighting structure incorporating an elongate housing and light shield interiorly annularly stepped to reduce glare. The housing is interiorly provided with mutually spaced sighting means, the forward sighting means comprising a centrally disposed lens having a central sighting dot. The lens is surrounded by viewing space so that a target can be viewed naturally by the eye, solely the central portion of the target being magnified by the lens. The rear lens means comprises a pendulum type sighting mechanism that is rotatively adjustable. An adjustment screw is provided for adjusting the dampening factor of the pendulum.

Abstract: A sighting device wherein from about 1 to about 10 sighting pins containing light conducting fibres are used to align the arrow, bullet or other projectile with the target. The sighting pins are adjustable both vertically and horizontally and are battery operated. The sight has utility for both hunting and target purposes. The entire device is small enough and light enough to be mounted on standard archery bows or rifles.

Abstract: A process is provided for sighting an arrow through the separated strands of a bow string. The process includes the manual adjustment of two circular disks, that have been positioned in the string so as to hold the strands separated from each other, along the axis of the string so as to provide adjustable sighting for different users.