US Patent Issued to Hunter's Manufacturing on June 3 for "Crossbow de-cocking method" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,613, issued on June 3, was assigned to Hunter's Manufacturing Co. Inc. (Mogadore, Ohio).

"Crossbow de-cocking method" was invented by Richard Bednar (Akron, Ohio), Michael Shaffer (Hartville, Ohio), Gary Smith Jr. (East Canton, Ohio) and Eric Vankeulen (North Canton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crossbow de-cocking method may include the step of providing a trigger mechanism, a trigger latch mechanism and a winch assembly. A first input to the winch assembly may move a trigger latch to disengage the trigger mechanism. A second input to the trigger latch may move a crossbow bowstring from a cocked position to an un-cocked posi...