US Patent Issued to Ravin Crossbows on Oct. 21 for "Cocking assembly for crossbow" (New York, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,225, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Ravin Crossbows LLC (Superior, Wis.).

"Cocking assembly for crossbow" was invented by Nicholas C Obteshka (Springfield, Ore.) and Kevin P. Casey (Rochester, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cocking assembly includes a rail, a drawstring carrier, and an actuator. The rail includes a front end and a rear end. The drawstring carrier is configured to retain a drawstring and move in a rearward direction to draw the drawstring. The actuator is operatively coupled to the drawstring carrier and configured to move along the rail between the front end to the rear end to draw the drawstring carrier i...