Hanger assembly for supporting and storing a compound bow

Abstract

A bow hanger assembly for supporting and storing a compound bow on an elongated member in a hanging position. The bow hanger assembly providing a head portion for engaging the elongated member, a body portion depending from the head portion; and a connector protruding from a distal end of the body portion so that a connector hook of the connector projects in a first direction both toward the head portion and parallel with a longitudinal axis of the body portion, wherein the connector hook is a spaced apart from the body portion by at least a quarter of an inch. Upon engaging the head portion with the elongated member, the composite bow, by way of its cam, can be hung from the distal end of the connector in the hanging position so that the composite bow does not touch anything but the bow hanger assembly.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A hanger assembly for hanging a bow from an elongate member, the hanger assembly comprising:
 a head portion for engaging the elongated member;   a body portion depending from the head portion; and   a connector protruding from a distal end of the body portion so that a connector hook of the connector projects in a first direction both toward the head portion and parallel with a longitudinal axis of the body portion, wherein the connector hook is a spaced apart from the body portion by at least a quarter of an inch.   
     
     
         2 . The hanger assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the connector hook is along a distal end of the connector, and wherein a proximal end of the connector provides a stop for preventing the connector from sliding out of a hole in the distal end of the body portion. 
     
     
         3 . The hanger assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the head portion defines a hook having an inner edge defining a diameter of approximately one and a half inch. 
     
     
         4 . The hanger assembly of  claim 3 , wherein a distal end of the hook extends in a second direction that is orthogonal to both the first direction and the longitudinal axis of the body portion. 
     
     
         5 . The hanger assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the head portion defines a closed loop having an inner edge defining a diameter of approximately one and a half inch. 
     
     
         6 . A method of hanging a composite bow from an elongated member in a hanging position, the method comprising:
 hanging the hook of the hanger assembly of  claim 4  from the elongated member so that the body portion thereof is depending from the elongated member; and   hanging a cam of the composite bow from the distal end of the connector.   
     
     
         7 . A method of hanging a composite bow from an elongated member in a hanging position, the method comprising:
 sliding the closed loop of the head portion of the hanger assembly of claim  5  on the elongated member so that the elongated member is received through the closed loop member, and so that the body portion is depending from the elongated member; and   hanging a cam of the composite bow from the distal end of the connector.