Archery Sight for a Bow for Shooting Arrows

Abstract

An archery sight for a bow for shooting arrows is disclosed. The user sight portion is disposed and configured to promote user eye contact with a target in the event of a bow string stretching and/or twisting. The sight is detachably secured to an external portion of a bow string, such that a center of gravity of the sight is aligned with the bow string. The sight minimizes bow string wobble after shooting an arrow. The sight allows the user to adjust forward and rear sight members of an archery bow in cooperation with the sight for increased accuracy.

The embodiment of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed is defined as follows: 
     
         1 . An archery sight for a bow for shooting arrows comprising:
 a user sight portion disposed and configured to promote user eye contact with a target in the event of a bow string stretching and/or twisting; and   a securing portion for detachably securing said sight to an external portion of a bow string such that a center of gravity of said sight is aligned with the bow string, whereby said sight minimizes bow string wobble after shooting an arrow, and allows the user to adjust forward and rear sight members of an archery bow in cooperation with said sight for increased arrow shooting accuracy.   
     
     
         2 . The archery sight of  claim 1  wherein said user sight portion includes an arcuate configuration with oppositely sloping wall portions. 
     
     
         3 . The archery sight of  claim 1  wherein said user sight portion includes an aperture configuration with oppositely sloping wall portions. 
     
     
         4 . The archery sight of  claim 1  wherein said securing portion includes a string aperture for receiving the bow string. 
     
     
         5 . The archery sight of  claim 4  wherein said string aperture includes gripping means for maintaining the position of said sight upon the bowstring. 
     
     
         6 . The archery sight of  claim 5  wherein said gripping means includes a knurled aperture wall. 
     
     
         7 . The archery sight of  claim 6  wherein said securing portion further comprises:
 a front portion having a front wall that provides access to securing means, and a back wall with a recess for receiving the bowstring, said front portion including a front sight portion for a user of said archery sight; and 
 a back portion having a back wall that provides access to securing means, and a front wall with a recess for receiving the bow string, said back portion including a back sight portion for a user of said archery sight, said back portion being congruently configured with said front portion such that when said front and back portions are joined, said front and back sight portions form said user sight portion and said string aperture. 
 
     
     
         8 . The archery sight of  claim 7  wherein said securing means includes countersunk screws and cooperating nuts that are rotationally joined via apertures disposed such that at least two of said screws are positioned with said string aperture therebetween. 
     
     
         9 . The archery sight of  claim 7  wherein said securing portion includes a side protuberance portion disposed opposite said user sight portion, said side protuberance portion being configured and dimensioned such that the center of gravity of said archery sight is aligned with said bowstring aperture. 
     
     
         10 . The archery sight of  claim 9  wherein said securing portion includes upper and lower protuberance portions oppositely disposed and longitudinally aligned, such that both of said upper and lower protuberance portions are positioned opposite from said side protuberance portion with said bowstring aperture being parallel to and offset from said longitudinally aligned upper and lower protuberance portions, said bowstring aperture being positioned between said side protuberance portion and said longitudinally aligned upper and lower protuberance portions. 
     
     
         11 . The archery sight of  claim 1  wherein said user sight portion includes an arcuate sight portion having an inclined, arcuate upper wall begin at an inclined upper edge that forms an optimum upper acute angle with front and back walls, said inclined upper edge lineally extends from said front wall to a said back wall, said arcuate, inclined upper wall arcuately extending from said upper edge at an inclined angle or slope that continually and proportionately is reduced from said upper angle until integrally joining a relatively small lateral wall portion at a midportion of said arcuate sight portion, said lateral wall portion being perpendicular with said front and back walls, said lateral wall portion integrally joining an inclined, arcuate lower wall, thereby forming a perpendicular lateral wall with said front and back walls at only said midportion of said arcuate sight portion, said arcuate lower wall extending from said lateral wall portion at an inclined angle or slope that continually and proportionately increases the same amount as said inclined, arcuate upper wall for the same arcuate distance from said lateral wall portion, said arcuate lower wall ultimately extending from lateral wall portion to an inclined lower edge lineally extending from said front wall to said back wall, said lower edge forming a lower acute angle with said front and back walls, thereby completing said arcuate sight portion. 
     
     
         12 . The archery sight of  claim 11  wherein said upper and lower acute angles are optimum at substantially about thirty-two to thirty-three degrees, thereby forming an arcuate sight configuration of substantially about a half-circle when viewed by an archer's eye when the bowstring is drawn back to dispose said archery sight at an optimum position relative to the archer's eye, resulting in increased arrow shooting accuracy. 
     
     
         13 . The archery sight of  claim 11  wherein said slope of said inclined lower wall is in the same direction as the slope of the inclined upper wall, thereby forming a “half-funnel” configuration with walls having varying slopes of straight line or curved configurations. 
     
     
         14 . The archery sight of  claim 11  wherein said slope of said inclined lower wall is in an opposite direction to the slope of said inclined upper wall, thereby completing said arcuate sight portion  302  by extending an opposite inclined, arcuate lower wall from said lateral wall at an inclined angle or slope that continually and proportionately increases the same amount as the inclined upper wall for the same arcuate distance from the lateral wall, said inclined lower wall extending from said lateral wall portion to a lower edge, whereupon said lower edge forms an acute angle with said front and back walls. 
     
     
         15 . The archery sight of  claim 14  wherein said upper and lower acute angles are optimum at substantially about thirty-two to thirty-three degrees, thereby forming an arcuate sight configuration of substantially about a half-circle when viewed by an archer's eye when the bowstring is drawn back to dispose said archery sight at an optimum position relative to the archer's eye, resulting in increased arrow shooting accuracy. 
     
     
         16 . The archery sight of  claim 1  wherein said user sight portion includes an aperture sight portion having an arcuate, inclined upper wall beginning at one of two lateral wall portions that are perpendicular to front and back walls of said aperture sight portion, said upper wall then arcuately extending upward to an upper maximum sloping wall portion at an inclined angle or slope that continually and proportionately is increased from said lateral wall to said upper maximum sloping wall portion, which forms an acute angle with said front and back walls of said aperture sight portion, said inclined, maximum sloping upper wall portion extending from said front wall to said back wall of said aperture sight portion, said arcuate, inclined upper wall then arcuately extending downward from said upper maximum sloping wall portion to a second lateral wall portion at an inclined slope that continually and proportionately is reduced from the upper, maximum sloping wall portion until lineally joining said second lateral wall portion, thereby forming a perpendicular second lateral wall portion with said front and back walls of said aperture sight portion, said second lateral wall portion integrally joining with a lower wall portion extending from said second lateral wall to a lower, maximum sloping wall portion, whereupon said lower, maximum sloping wall portion forms an acute angle with said front and back walls of said aperture sight portion, said lower wall then continually and proportionately extending upward from said lower, maximum sloping wall portion to said original lateral wall such that the slope of said lower wall relative to said front and back walls is reduced until said lower wall becomes perpendicular with said front and back walls at said original lateral wall portion. 
     
     
         17 . The archery sight of  claim 16  wherein said slope of said inclined lower wall is in the same direction as the slope of said inclined upper wall, thereby forming a “full-funnel” configuration with walls having varying slopes of straight line or curved configurations. 
     
     
         18 . The archery sight of  claim 16  wherein said upper and lower acute angles are optimum at substantially about thirty-two to thirty-three degrees, thereby forming an aperture sight configuration of substantially about a full-circle when viewed by an archer's eye when the bowstring is drawn back to dispose said archery sight at an optimum position relative to the archer's eye, resulting in increased arrow shooting accuracy. 
     
     
         19 . The archery sight of  claim 16  wherein said slope of said inclined lower wall is in an opposite direction to the slope of said inclined upper wall, thereby completing said aperture sight portion by extending an opposite inclined, arcuate lower wall from said lateral walls at an inclined slope that continually and proportionately increases the same amount as the inclined upper wall for the same arcuate distance from the lateral walls, said inclined lower wall extending from said lateral wall portions to an inclined maximum sloping lower wall portion, whereupon said maximum sloping lower wall portion forms an acute angle with said front and back walls of said aperture sight portion. 
     
     
         20 . An archery sight disposed about a bowstring comprising:
 a front portion having a front wall providing access to securing means, and a back wall with a string recess for receiving a bowstring, said front portion including a front sight portion for a user of said archery sight;   a back portion having a back wall providing access to securing means, and a front wall with a string recess for receiving the bowstring, said back portion including a back sight portion for a user of said archery sight, said back portion being congruently configured with said front portion such that when said front and back portions are detachably joined via securing means, said front and back sight portions form a user sight portion and a bowstring aperture; and   an archery sight configuration that results in a center of gravity for said archery sight being aligned with the longitudinal axis of the bowstring when the bowstring is disposed in said string aperture formed via the joining of said front and back portions, whereby said archery sight remains in a substantially fixed position upon said bowstring when the bowstring is drawn back by a user, thereby allowing the user to continuously view a front bow sight through said user sight irrespective of the twist and/or stretch urged upon the bowstring by the user when the user draws the bow string back to shoot an arrow at a target,   said archery sight configuration comprising:   an aperture sight portion having an arcuate, inclined upper wall beginning at one of two lateral wall portions that are perpendicular to front and back walls of said aperture sight portion, said upper wall then arcuately extending upward to an upper maximum sloping wall portion at an inclined angle or slope that continually and proportionately is increased from said lateral wall to said upper maximum sloping wall portion, which forms an acute angle with said front and back walls of said aperture sight portion, said inclined, maximum sloping upper wall portion extending from said front wall to said back wall of said aperture sight portion, said arcuate, inclined upper wall then arcuately extending downward from said upper maximum sloping wall portion to a second lateral wall portion at an inclined slope that continually and proportionately is reduced from the upper, maximum sloping wall portion until lineally joining said second lateral wall portion, thereby forming a perpendicular second lateral wall portion with said front and back walls of said aperture sight portion, said second lateral wall portion integrally joining with a lower wall portion extending from said second lateral wall to a lower, maximum sloping wall portion, whereupon said lower, maximum sloping wall portion forms an acute angle with said front and back walls of said aperture sight portion, said lower wall then continually and proportionately extending upward from said lower, maximum sloping wall portion to said original lateral wall such that the slope of said lower wall relative to said front and back walls is reduced until said lower wall becomes perpendicular with said front and back walls at said original lateral wall portion.