ASTM F1363-91(1997)e1

Standard Guide for Reduction of Risk of Injury for Archery Overdraws

SCOPE
1.1 This guide covers the function of archery overdraws and suggests a limited number of geometric configurations that could decrease the potential risk of injury to the archer.
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety problems, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Nov-1997
• ICS: 97.220.40 - Outdoor and water sports equipment
• Technical Committee: F08 - Sports Equipment, Playing Surfaces, and Facilities
• Drafting Committee: F08.16 - Archery Products

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM F1363-02 - Standard Guide for Reduction of Risk of Injury for Archery Overdraws
• Effective Date: 10-Nov-2002

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 1363 – 91 (Reapproved 1997)
Standard Guide for
Reduction of Risk of Injury for Archery Overdraws
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 1363; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
e NOTE—Figures 2 and 6, and Sections 6 and 8 were corrected editorially in July 1998.
1. Scope
1.1 This guide covers the function of archery overdraws and
suggests a limited number of geometric configurations that
could decrease the potential risk of injury to the archer.
1.2 This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
2. Terminology
2.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
2.1.1 acceptable overdraw—an acceptable configuration of
an archery bow overdraw should provide partial or full
FIG. 1 Increasing Levels of Arrow Containment, Vertical Plane
containment for the arrow if the arrow becomes disengaged
selected so that the arrow will not be drawn past the arrow rest.
from the arrow rest.
It is generally possible, within functional limits, to provide
2.1.2 archery overdraw—any design configuration, integral
some hardware design to further guard against the possible
or added, that permits the extreme forward tip of an arrow to be
hazard from negligence on the part of the user.
drawn past the pivot point of the hand grip.
4.2.2 The location of the arrow rest in relation to the aft end
3. Significance and Use
of overdraw is shown in Fig. 2.
4.2.3 An arrow rest placed at the extreme aft end of the
3.1 This guide covers only the most obvious areas of
overdraw (Fig. 2(C)) may allow the arrow to fall off the rest if
overdraw safety.
an archer draws past his or her draw length.
3.2 This guide is not intended as a comprehensive analysis
4.2.4 The arrow rest location at the forward end of the
of the subject.
platform is shown in Fig. 2(A). In this location the arrow
4. Arrow Containment
disengagement from the rest should be contained by the
4.1 Vertical Plane: platform to a greater degree than in Fig. 2(C).
4.1.1 In the vertical plane, Fig. 1 shows that increasing 4.3 Arrow Containment Methods Without Full Enclosure of
levels of arrow enclosure will provide increasing levels of the Arrow:
arrow containment. 4.3.1 A relatively wide horizontal plate extending beyond
4.1.2 A higher degree of arrow containment may be the wrist and knuckles of the bow hand may provide adequate
achieved by the position in Fig. 1(D) than by that in Fig. 1(A). arrow containment if the arrow disengages from the rest (Fig.
4.2 Horizontal Plane: 3).
4.2.1 It must be recognized that an arrow can be drawn past 4.3.2 A relatively high vertical plate left of the arrow (for a
the support of the arrow rest, regardless of the type of bow and right-handed archer) may provide adequate containment for an
whether or not it has an overdraw. This condition is dependent arrow raised upward from the arrow rest (Fig. 4).
on the length of the arrow and lies entirely within the control 4.3.3 It should be noted that most overdraw designs are a
combination of Figs. 3 and 4 to some extent, and they provide
of the individual archer. The length of the arrow must be
various degrees of arrow containment.
This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F-8 on Sports
5. Suggested Guidelines
Equipment, Surfaces, and Facilitiesand is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
5.1 Vertical Plane:
F08.16on Archery Products.
Current edition approved Dec. 12, 1991. Published February 1992. 5.1.1 An o
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