Arrow holder

DETAILED DESCRIPTION of DRAWINGS With reference to FIG.
1, an arrow holder is shown generally as 10.
Arrow holder 10 comprises holding arm 12 secured by pivot pin 14 to mounting bracket 16.
Holding arm 12 includes an arcuate notch 18 which cooperates with an arrow rest shown generally as 20 of bow 22 to hold an arrow shaft 24 to provide correct emplacement of an arrow.
Arrow holder 10 also includes a stop lug 26 which performs the dual functions of restraining holding arm 12 in a holding position on arrow shaft 24 whenever an arrow is drawn from a strung position, which position is a virtually linear conformation of bow string 30, and of limiting the pivotal movement of holding arm 12.
In a strung position, the bow string 30 is fully into the nock 32 of the arrow and holding arm 12 is positioned in a start position.
In a start position, holding arm 12 for the embodiment of FIG.
1 is bowed to provide a spring-like holding force to arrow shaft 24.
For active archery activities such as the aforementioned game hunting and round target shooting, a certain amount of forward and rearward movement of the arrow shaft 24 is inevitable when the bow and arrow in strung position are jostled about as the archer runs or otherwise moves about.
Stop lug 26 restrains holding arm 12 in the initial start position for any such rearward movement of an arrow shaft 24.
A holding arm 12 not so restrained, could possibly follow an arrow shaft 24 to an extreme rearward position at which the arm applied no spring-like holding force which in turn might result in the holding arm remaining in the extreme rearward position as the arrow shaft moved forward with the result that an arrow could become unstrung as the arrow shaft 24 moved forwardly far enough for nock 32 and bowstring 30 to disengage.
It has also been found that unlimited pivotal movement of a holding arm 12 can result in damage to the arrow vanes 34 in a manner more fully described hereinafter.
FIG.
2 is a fragmentary, side plan view of an arrow holder 10 with the holding arm 12 in a start position