ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,323, issued on July 29, was assigned to MCP IP LLC (Sparta, Wis.).
"Crossbow arrow rest" was invented by Mathew A. McPherson (Norwalk, Wis.), John R. Scovil (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Mark J. Hayes (Onalaska, Wis.) and Jeffrey A. Ozanne (La Crosse, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a crossbow comprises a frame, a bow portion comprising a bowstring, a latch and a trigger. An arrow rest is supported by the frame at a first location. The frame is also arranged to support the arrow rest at a second location. A distance between the latch and the first location is different from a distance between the latch and the second ...