Archery bowstring release device

DETAILED DESCRIPTION This invention relates to a release device by which an archer may draw and quickly release the string of a bow.
Many prior devices of this character have been designed in the past.
For the most part these devices have had disadvantages as they were expensive, complex, difficult to operate, or failed to achieve an increase in accuracy over the traditional finger release method of launching an arrow from a long bow.
In the release device of this invention, a housing pivotally carries a pair of opposed matched jaws which project from the housing.
The jaws are pivoted between a locked position in which they are juxtaposed and define a bowstring retainer and a release position in which the jaws are separated to release the string.
A spring urges the jaws toward their release position.
The release device includes a trigger pivotally carried by the housing and positioned between legs of the jaws.
The trigger is shiftable between a first position in which projections thereof engage the jaws to retain the jaws in string retaining position and a second position in which said projections permit release of the jaws by jaw springs.
The trigger includes an operating lever which projects from the housing and is readily accessible to the archer.
In another embodiment of the release device a trigger is pivotally carried by the housing and includes a projection which is interposed between the legs of the jaws when in one position to retain the jaws in string retaining position.
When the trigger is shifted to a second position, its projection is disengaged from the jaw legs so that the jaws may be pivoted by a spring to a release position.
This embodiment of the release also includes a safety latch which is slidable within the housing and between the jaw legs and which is shiftable between a string retaining position and a release position.
The safety latch includes a part which projects from apertures of the housing to be manually controlled or adjusted.
The position of the projection indicates whether the safety latch is operative or is released to condition the device for string release by operation of the trigger