US2275870A - Archery accessory - Google Patents

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March 10, 1942. H. D. SHELDON ARCHERY ACCESSORY Filed June 19, 1940 I INVENTOR. fl

ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 10, 1942 oi'r o STATE orrice ARCHERY ACCESSORY Horace D Sheldon, West Caldwell, N. J. Application June 19, 1940, Serial No. 341,257

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in archery accessories; and the invention has reference, more particularly,'to an improved ground quiver and bow rack for archers.

This invention has for an object to provide a novel construction of ground quiver adaptedfor insertion in the ground, adjacent to the point from which an archer makes his casts, so as to upstand therefrom, the same having means to hold arrows conveniently accessible to the archer, and also having means to provide a supporting rest or rack for holding the archers bow when it is not in use.

The invention has for another object to provide a ground quiver having a foldable arrow holding loop member which, when the ground quiver is in use, may be projected laterally therefrom for convenient insertion of arrows therethrough for holding said arrows in upstanding position ready for quick withdrawal and use, but,

when the ground quiver is not in use, may be folded down into the plane of the quiver standard, thus reducing the bulk of the ground quiver, whereby the same may be easily packed, with the archers supply of arrows, intothe latters carrying quiver.

The invention has for a further object to provide a ground quiver having a foldable arrow holding loop member and means for firmly interlocking the latter with the head block of the quiver against collapse or displacement from its operative laterally projected position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a ground quiver which is additionally furnished with a novel form of bow supporting rest or rack,

so constructed and arranged as to firmly grip and hold a bow deposited therein against displacement, and yet without risk of marring or otherwise injuring the bow.

The invention has for yet another object to provide a ground quiver having, affixed to the lower end portion of its standard, a foot block adapted to both assist in inserting the standard into the ground as well as to properly limit the depth of insertion.

The above-stated and other objects which will be hereinafter set forth or apparent from the following detailed description of a preferred illustrative embodiment of this invention are all within the intended scope of the invention.

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. l is an elevational view of the novel ground quiver according to this invention, the

same being shown as inserted in the ground t0 upstand therefrom in position of use, a bow and an arrow being shown operatively supported thereby; Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevational face view of the novel ground quiver, the arrow holding loop member thereof being shown by full lines in operative projected position, and. by dotted lines in its collapsed position; Fig. 3 is an edge elevational view of the upper portion of the ground quiver, the arrow holding loop member thereof being shown by dotted lines in operative projected position, and 'by full lines in its collapsed position; Fig. 4 is a horizontal section, taken on line 4-4 in Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view showing a modified form of the ground penetrating end' portionof the ground quiver standard.

Similar characters of reference are employed in the above-described views, to indicate corresponding parts. Referring to the drawing, the reference character I0 indicates the shaft or standard of the ground quiver, the same preferably comprising a metallic rod of suitable diameter and length. Preferably, the rod is made of three-eighthsinch diameter stock and is approximately twenty inches in length. The lower extremity of the standard Ii] is provided with a sharpened or pointed terminal portion I l to facilitate piercing penetration of the ground into which the lower end portion of the standard is thrust, so as to support the standard in upstanding position of use. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the terminal portion H is of smooth-surfaced conical form or taper. As a modification of such form, however, the conical terminal portion may be optionally provided with a spiral thread formation l l, as shown in Fig. 5, whereby penetration of hard or frozen ground thereby is more easily attained when a rotary thrusting movement is imparted to the standard.

Suitably aflixed to the upper end of the standard I0 is a head block I2 of rectangular shape and of suitable thickness. Formed in the ends of said head block are transversely disposed outwardly open interlock channels or grooves l3, and extending into the body of said head-block from its ends, angularly to but in the plane of said channels or grooves, are bearing openings l4.

Pivotally connected with said head block I2 is an arrow holding loop member l5 which is substantially U-shape in form. The legs [6 of said loop member I5 terminate in inwardly directed journal portions ll, which respectively engage in the respective bearing openings M with whichthe end portions of the head block are provided. Said loop member I5 is made of a springy material, such e. g. as hard brass, bronze or the like, so that the legs 16 thereof are resilient, the tension thereof operating to yieldably thrust the into alignment with the interlock channels or,

grooves l3 of the head block ends, into which said legs l6 will be caused to enter by the tensional thrust thereof, thereby firmly interlocking the loop member in its operatively extended position, so that the same is effectively maintained in such position against collapse or displacement therefrom. When the ground quiver is withdrawn from the ground, and it is desired to store the same away, as, e. g., into a carrying quiver together with the archers arrows, the loop member l5 may be swung downwardly out of operative outwardly projecting position into a plane substantially parallel to that of the standard If]. When the loop member is thus swung down to such inoperative position, the legs 16 yield to downswinging pressure applied to the loop member, so as to ride out of the interlock channels or grooves l3. Such downfolded position of the loop member is shown in dotted outline in Figs. 2 and 4, and by full line representation in Fig. 3.

Affixed to the upper face of the head block I2 is a bow supporting rest or rack. This rest or rack comprises a substantially U-shaped member provided with a flat base l8, more or less conforming in width and length to the width and length of the top face of said head block l2 upon which it is footed, from the sides of which base project upwardly extending, more or less resilient, side plates I9, which preferably are somewhat convergent one toward the other, and which terminate at their upper free ends in outwardly flared guide lips 20. The rest or rack thu formed is preferably made of a springy or resilient sheet metal. The base l8 may be directly secured to the head block l2 by screws 2|, or other suitable fastening means, but preferably a base reenforcing plate 22 is provided to overlie the base 18, the same being held in such assembled relation by the fastening screws 2!. The base reenforcing plate 22 assures maintenance of the base l8 in closely contiguous fiat lying relation to the head block, and thus securely held against lift or distortion.

To assistthe user in the operation of inserting the standard l0 into the ground at the place of desired use of the ground quiver, it is preferable to provide said standard [0 with a foot block afiixed thereto in suitably spaced relation to and above the lower pointed terminal portion ll thereof. This foot block comprises a body 23 of substantial length, the same being provided with a central hub-portion 24 downwardly projecting from its underside. Extending through said body and its hub-portion is a bore 25 through which the standard Ill may be extended. The foot block is rigidly secured to the standard H] by a crosspin or key 26 which intersects a side of the standard, so that no appreciable weakening of the latter is involved. As thus operatively secured to the standard ID, the end portions of said foot block provide oppositely extending step projections, either of which may be engaged by a foot of the user for application of leg pressure to the standard I0 when inserting its lower end portion into the ground. Additionally, said foot-block also serves as a stop, which, by abutment against the ground surface, serves to limit the depth of insertion of the standard into the ground, and thereby assures that the ground quiver is erected at a proper and effective height for most convenient use.

It will be obvious that, when the ground quiver is erected at a desired place of use, and its arrow holding loop member projected in operative position, the archers arrows A may be inserted, point down, through the loop member, so as to be supported in upstanding position on their points, ready for quick and easy selection and withdrawal as use thereof is desired (see Fig. 1).

When the archer is not using his bow B, the same may be deposited in the bow supporting rest or rack of the ground quiver, by inserting the handle portion downwardly between the resilient side plates l9. By reason of the breadth of said side plates, and their easily yieldable resiliency, risk of marring or other injury to the bow is eliminated, and yet the latter will be strongly enough gripped by and between the side plates l9, so as to be firmly held against displacement.

It is the custom of many archers to have their arrows crested with their own individual identifying crest, usually comprising bands of selected colors of predetermined dimensions. An example of such cresting being shown at C on the arrow represented in Fig. 1, the same comprising an intermediate blue band with terminal bands of black, this being my own registered crest. Since the standard ID of the ground quiver is comparable in form to the shaft of an arrow, the same lends itself admirably to the reception of a corresponding cresting as shown in the drawing, wherein such cresting is indicated by the reference character C. The provision of such cresting on the standard of a ground quiver I deem to be a novel feature of my invention.

I am aware that various changes and widely different embodiments of the features of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof as defined in the following claims. It is therefore intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

1. A ground quiver to hold archery arrows comprising, a standard having a pointed lower end portion adapted for insertion in the ground at the place of use in upstanding position, a rectangular head block affixed to the upper extremity of said standard, said head block having bearing openings entering its ends and horizontal channels across said ends intersecting said bearing openings, and a U-shaped arrow holding loop member having resilient legs terminating in in-turned journal ends engaged in said bearing openings of the head block, whereby said legs straddle the latter, the legs of said loop member, when the latter is up-swung from a down-folded out-of-service position to a horizontally extended service position, being adapted to spring into said channels in the head block ends so as to releasably support said loop member in said service position.

2. A combined archery bow and arrow holding means for use at the casting ground comprising,

2,275,870 a standard having a pointed lower end portion shaped arrow holding loop member having resilient legs terminating in inturned journal ends engaged in said bearing openings of the head block, whereby said legs straddlethe latter, the legs of said loop member, when the latter is upswung from a down-folded out-of-service position to a horizontally extended service position, being adapted to spring into said channels in the head block ends so as to releasably support said 10 loop member in said service position.

HORACE D. SHELDON.

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