A draw holding and draw releasing mechanism assembly comprises a mounting
bracket, with a passageway controlled by a levered cam, secured to a bow.
A draw bar is movable and lockable within the passageway by the levered
cam. The draw bar includes a hand grip and an adjacent linear slot with
an adjacent cam member, having a cradle notch and finger grip. The cam
member rotates from a bowstring accepting position, with the cradle notch
open to the draw bar slot, to a bowstring retaining position, with the
cradle notch intersecting the draw bar slot. Moving the draw bar within
the passageway brings the bowstring into the linear slot and into the cam
member's cradle notch. Grasping the finger grip rotates the cam member to
retain the bowstring. Moving the bowstring to the desired draw and then
actuating the levered cam temporarily locks the draw bar. Releasing the
finger grip allows the cam member to rotate and release the retained
bowstring, firing an arrow.