Arrow drop rest

Abstract

An archery bow including an arrow holder and lift assembly that has an arrow holder to be positioned on an arrow support shoulder or arrow rest of the bow and that will hold a nocked arrow to the bow and an arrow lift assembly that will pick up the arrow shaft from the arrow holder and elevate the arrow shaft as the drawstring is pulled and that will release downwardly away from the arrow shaft upon release of the drawstring.

1 . An archery bow having a central section including a handle and an arrow support shoulder above said handle; 
 an upper limb extending from the central section above the arrow support shoulder, a lower limb extending from the central section below the handle, a drawstring extending between the ends of the limbs remote from the central section; and further including    an arrow holder fixed to said central section above said arrow rest shoulder, said arrow having flexible guide walls to engage opposite sides of an arrow shaft and to grip said arrow shaft; and    an arrow lift assembly fixed to the central section and pivotable to raise an arrow shaft upwardly and out of said arrow holder upon pulling of said drawstring of the bow and to move away from engagement with said arrow shaft upon release of said drawstring.    
   
   
       2 . An archery bow as in  claim 1 , wherein the arrow holder comprises a base; 
 a pair of spaced apart guide walls extending upwardly from opposite sides of said base to receive an arrow shaft there between; and    inturned flexible edges on upper ends of said base to allow insertion of an arrow shaft there between and to hold the arrow shaft of an arrow nocked to a relaxed drawstring attached between the limbs of said bow against falling from said base.    
   
   
       3 . An archery bow as in  claim 1 , wherein 
 the arrow lift assembly includes a pair of wings having a generally V-shape formed between them and means for biasing said wings to a position beneath the arrow shaft; and    means for moving said wings to engage and raise said shaft upon pulling of the drawstring of the bow.    
   
   
       4 . An archery bow as in  claim 3 , wherein the means for moving the wings comprises 
 a support shaft;    means for mounting said support shaft to the central section of the bow;    base member journaled on said support shaft and having said wings affixed thereto and rotatable with said base member; and    biasing means biasing said base member to position said wings below the arrow shaft nocked to the drawstring and positioned to extend through the arrow holder.    
   
   
       5 . An archery bow as in  claim 4 , wherein 
 the means for moving the wings to engage and raise the arrow shaft from the arrow holder comprises    a cord having the end connected to the drawstring of the bow and another end connected to the base member to rotate the base member and wings attached thereto to raise the arrow shaft out of the arrow holder.    
   
   
       6 . An archery bow as in  claim 5 , further including 
 adjustment means to adjust the arrow lift member vertically and horizontally with respect to the nocked arrow to position the arrow lift member for accurate release of the arrow upon release of the drawstring.    
   
   
       7 . An arrow holder and lift assembly for an archery bow comprising 
 an arrow holder having means for attachment above an arrow rest shoulder of a bow; and    an arrow lift assembly including means for attaching said assembly to a central portion of the bow and including means for lifting an arrow shaft out of the arrow holder upon drawing of the bow string for launching the arrow, and means for biasing the means for lifting the arrow from the arrow holder away from the arrow shaft upon release of the drawn bow string.    
   
   
       8 . An arrow holder and lift assembly as in  claim 7 , wherein 
 the arrow holder has a base, a pair of spaced apart guide walls extending outwardly from said base an flexible top edges on said walls, said top edges being turned inwardly towards one another to hold an arrow shaft in said arrow holder.    
   
   
       9 . An arrow holder and lift assembly as in  claim 8 , wherein 
 the means to lift an arrow out of the arrow holder comprises    a support shaft having means for attachment to a central section of the bow, a base journaled on the support shaft, wings forming a V-shape between them fixed to and projecting from said support shaft, biasing means to bias said base on said support shaft to move said wings to a lowered position and a cord attached to said base and to a drawstring of said bow, whereby said biasing means will rotate said base and move said wings to extend upwardly and whereby release of said drawn drawstring relaxes the cord to allow said biasing means to rotate said wings out of engagement with the arrow shaft.