Cocking rope with angled hooks

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10126092-B2
Application number	US-201715601877-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2017
Priority date	May 24, 2016
Publication date	Nov 13, 2018
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018

Abstract

In some embodiments, a crossbow cocking device comprises a rope and a hook engaged with the rope. The hook defines a longitudinal axis and comprises a valley, a surface of the valley oriented at a non-orthogonal angle to the longitudinal axis.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A crossbow cocking device comprising:
a rope;
a hook engaged with the rope, the hook comprising a rope cavity, the rope extending through the rope cavity, the hook defining a longitudinal axis, the hook comprising a valley, a surface of the valley oriented at a non-orthogonal angle to the longitudinal axis;
wherein a distance across the rope cavity is less than a nominal diameter of the rope.

2. The crossbow cocking device of claim 1 , the angle being between 20 degrees and 70 degrees.

3. The crossbow cocking device of claim 1 , comprising a second hook engaged with the rope, the second hook defining a second longitudinal axis, the second hook comprising a second valley, a surface of the second valley oriented at a non-orthogonal angle to the second longitudinal axis.

4. The crossbow cocking device of claim 1 , wherein the surface of the valley and the surface of the second valley have opposite orientations.

5. The crossbow cocking device of claim 1 , comprising a first handle and a second handle.

6. The crossbow cocking device of claim 1 , comprising a spool, the rope wound about the spool.

7. The crossbow cocking device of claim 6 , comprising a one-way mechanism engaged with the spool.

8. The crossbow cocking device of claim 1 , the hook defining a string cavity and an opening into the string cavity, wherein a distance across the opening is less than a parallel distance across the string cavity.

9. The crossbow cocking device of claim 8 , comprising a second hook, wherein a shape of the second hook comprises a mirror image of a shape of the hook.

10. The crossbow cocking device of claim 8 , wherein a crossbow comprises a string, and the distance across the opening is less than a diameter of the string.

11. A crossbow cocking device arranged to engage a crossbow string, the device comprising:
a rope;
a hook engaged with the rope, the hook comprising a rope cavity, the rope extending through the rope cavity, the hook comprising a string cavity and an opening into the string cavity, the string cavity arranged to receive the crossbow string, wherein a distance across the opening is less than a parallel distance across the string cavity and a distance across the rope cavity is less than a nominal diameter of the rope.

12. The crossbow cocking device of claim 11 , wherein the distance across the opening is less than a diameter of the crossbow string.

13. The crossbow cocking device of claim 11 , comprising a second hook engaged with the rope, the second hook comprising a second string cavity and a second opening into the second string cavity, the second string cavity arranged to receive the crossbow string, wherein a distance across the second opening is less than a parallel distance across the second string cavity.

14. The crossbow cocking device of claim 11 , the hook comprising a valley, a surface of the valley oriented at a non-orthogonal angle to a longitudinal axis of the hook.

15. The crossbow cocking device of claim 14 , the angle being between 20 degrees and 70 degrees.

16. The crossbow cocking device of claim 14 , comprising a second hook engaged with the rope, wherein a shape of the second hook comprises a mirror image of a shape of the hook.

17. A crossbow cocking device comprising:
a rope;
a hook engaged with the rope, the hook comprising a rope cavity, the rope extending through the rope cavity, the rope frictionally engaged with the rope cavity such that a force of gravity does not cause the hook to move along a length of the rope.

18. The crossbow cocking device of claim 17 , wherein a distance across the rope cavity is less than a nominal diameter of the rope.

Assignees

• Mcp Ip Llc

Inventors

• Ozanne Jeffrey A

Classifications

• F41B5/1469 Primary

  Bow-string drawing or releasing devices (F41B5/1473 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F41B5/14

  Details of bows; Accessories for arc shooting (sighting devices for bows F41G1/467) · CPC title

• F41B5/12

  Crossbows · CPC title

• F41B5/1442

  Accessories for arc or bow shooting · CPC title

• F41B5/123

  Compound crossbows · CPC title