Protective Covering for Bow Ends

Abstract

The present invention is a protective covering for archery and hunting bow ends. The device comprises a padded, hollow housing which is rounded at one end and forms an opening at the other end, and is dimensioned to internally receive a cam wheel. The device also has two slit openings formed by unclosed side edges, in which the bow string and bow arm rest, creating added protection and stability for the bow end.

1 . An device for protectively covering hunting or archery bow ends, comprising:
 a) a padded, hollow housing, with a top surface and a bottom surface, forming an opening and dimensioned to receive one end of a hunting or archery bow, said padded pouch housing having a proximal open end and a distal, generally rounded, closed end; said distal, generally rounded closed end being adapted to surrounding a cam wheel or pulley, and having less rounded, closed edge sections of said top and bottom surfaces emanating from the sides of said distal generally rounded closed end, and having unclosed side edge sections of said top and bottom surfaces running from said closed edge sections of said top and bottom surfaces toward said proximal, open end, said unclosed side edge sections of said top and bottom surfaces forming slits, permitting a bow arm or bow string to fit securely and transversely between said unclosed side edge sections of said top and bottom surfaces forming said slits, and at the terminus of said slits at said proximal open end, unclosed edges of said top and bottom surfaces form said opening.   
     
     
         2 . The device as in  claim 1 , wherein connecting straps are attached to said top and bottom surfaces, and are transverse to said unclosed edge of said top and bottom surfaces forming said opening on said proximal open end, said connecting straps having a means of attaching to each other, comprising a buckle and tab system, D-Ring system, tying mechanism, wherein said straps act to secure said instrument onto an end of a hunting or archery bow. 
     
     
         3 . The device as in  claim 2 , wherein one or both of said connecting straps is adjustable. 
     
     
         4 . The device as in  claim 1 , wherein a hook-and-loop fastener piece is attached to said top surface in a transverse orientation to said unclosed edges forming said opening on said proximal open end, and a strap with corresponding hook-and-loop fastener piece is attached to said bottom surface in a transverse orientation to said unclosed edges forming said opening on said proximal, open end, wherein the engagement of said hook-and-loop fastener pieces acts to secure the placement of said padded pouch housing upon a bow end. 
     
     
         5 . The device as in  claim 1 , wherein said top and bottom surfaces form flared end pieces, which extend beyond the main body of said padded, hollow housing, running along the length of said unclosed side edge sections which terminate at the apexes of said flared pieces, said unclosed front edges begin at said fared end pieces' apexes and continue toward one another to form said opening on said proximal, open end. 
     
     
         6 . The device as in  claim 2 , wherein said top and bottom surfaces form flared end pieces, which extend beyond the main body of said padded, hollow housing, running along the length of said unclosed side edge sections which terminate at the apexes of said flared pieces, said unclosed front edges begin at said fared end pieces' apexes and continue toward one another to form said opening on said proximal, open end. 
     
     
         7 . The device as in  claim 3 , wherein said top and bottom surfaces form flared end pieces, which extend beyond the main body of said padded, hollow housing, running along the length of said unclosed side edge sections which terminate at the apexes of said flared pieces, said unclosed front edges begin at said fared end pieces' apexes and continue toward one another to form said opening on said proximal, open end. 
     
     
         8 . The device as in  claim 4 , wherein said top and bottom surfaces form flared end pieces, which extend beyond the main body of said padded, hollow housing, running along the length of said unclosed side edge sections which terminate at the apexes of said flared pieces, said unclosed front edges begin at said fared end pieces' apexes and continue toward one another to form said opening on said proximal, open end.