US Patent 11391537 Arrow rest

An archery bow comprises a riser, two limbs with a bow string coupled between them, and an arrow rest comprising: a body coupled with the riser via a mount; a first arm having a rotatable shaft extending from the body; a tab extending radially from the rotatable shaft; a second arm having a second rotatable shaft extending from the body and coupled by gearing to the rotatable shaft; a second tab extending radially from the second rotatable shaft; and a drive mechanism. The tab has a recess. The second tab has a second recess. In an encapturing configuration, the recesses form an aperture to encapture an arrow shaft when portions of the tabs are substantially in plane. In a discharge configuration the aperture releases the arrow shaft when the portions are substantially parallel. The drive mechanism rotates the first and second arms from the encapturing configuration to the discharge configuration.