Engineering:Packbow
The Packbow is an archery device invented by counter-terrorism author and asymmetric warfare expert Jon Perdue that was featured on season one of CNBC 's Make Me a Millionaire Inventor.[1]
Product
The Packbow is a lightweight, portable archery device that serves as both a bow and a quiver, and features a compartment for carrying emergency equipment. It was designed to carry arrows inside, and to allow an archer to remove one arrow and shoot it without removing the others. It has a center-fire arrow rest, which eliminates or minimizes "archer's paradox" - a problem in traditional archery that requires training and practice to learn to compensate for its effects on the flight of the arrow.[2] An early prototype, shown on "Make Me a Millionaire Inventor," also featured a bowfishing attachment and bowfishing arrow.[3]
History
The Packbow was invented by Jon Perdue while he was researching Latin American "collapsed societies, and what people who lived in those societies came up with to either defend themselves or to survive."[4]
Make Me a Millionaire Inventor appearance
Perdue appeared on the season finale of Make Me a Millionaire Inventor on September 16, 2015, and ended up accepting a deal with Kevin Smith and Marilyn Peterson of Sansegal Global for a $500,000 investment in exchange for 51 percent of the equity of the company.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ "Jon Perdue Chosen to be Featured on New Prime Time Show 'Make Me a Millionaire Inventor'". 2015-09-09. http://www.upsonbeacon.com. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ "Combined Centerfire Slingbow and Quiver - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office". 2014-05-14. https://www.google.com.pr/patents/US20140116407?dq=combined+centerfire+slingbow+and+quiver&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAGoVChMI4ZWjrrqIyAIVRdIeCh1UBgmW. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ "Make Me a Millionaire Inventor - Reinventing the Wheel". 2015-09-16. https://www.cnbc.com/live-tv/make-me-a-millionaire-inventor/full-episode/reinventing-the-wheel/526938691577. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ "Make Me a Millionaire Inventor - Reinventing the Wheel". 2015-09-16. https://www.cnbc.com/live-tv/make-me-a-millionaire-inventor/full-episode/reinventing-the-wheel/526938691577. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
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