US 11,874,084 B2
Linear crossbow
Paul Trpkovski, Kailua Kona, HI (US)
Assigned to Ravin Crossbows, LLC, Superior, WI (US)
Filed by Ravin Crossbows, LLC, Superior, WI (US)
Filed on Jan. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/094,921.
Application 18/094,921 is a continuation of application No. 16/840,446, filed on Apr. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,549,777.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/829,913, filed on Apr. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0160654 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. F41B 5/12 (2006.01); F41G 1/38 (2006.01); F41G 11/00 (2006.01); F41B 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC F41B 5/123 (2013.01) [F41G 1/38 (2013.01); F41G 11/003 (2013.01); F41B 5/1469 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A crossbow, comprising:
a stock defining a front end, a rear end, and a projectile flight path;
a string let out assembly rotatably mounted to the stock and configured to rotate about an axis, the axis perpendicular to and vertically below the projectile flight path; and
a limb including:
a fixed end affixed to the stock between the front end and the rear end, and
a free end positioned between the front end and the rear end,
wherein the limb is configured to flex in a substantially vertical plane.