ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,044, issued on March 3, was assigned to Killer Instinct Inc. (Frankenmuth, Mich.).
"Crossbow de-cocker and related method of use" was invented by Jeffrey A. Pestrue (St. Louis, Mich.) and David McNeil (Grant, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crossbow can include a de-cocking system to allow a bowstring to be transitioned from a drawn mode to an undrawn mode. The de-cocking system can include a sled that engages the bowstring to draw it to a drawn mode and/or lets down the bowstring to the undrawn mode during a de-cocking operation. The sled can include a stop that prevents the sled or bowstring from engaging a safety and/or int...