is released from the nock in aft mount leg and the spring loaded hinge swings the aft mount leg outward away from the bow string to allow shooting of the bow and arrow mounted therein application_number US 44360189 A description the invention can be described as a bow cocking apparatus comprising a bow and bow string 4 and a bow cocking apparatus 3 assembly of a bow cocking leg forward mount 22 and a bow cocking aft mount leg 21 and the aft mount leg 21 is attached to the bow cocking leg forward mount 22 by a hinge 19 attached to the rear end of the leg forward mount 22 and the front end of the aft mount leg 21 and the hinge 19 comprised of two segments fig5 7 8 and 9 one segment having a male section 30 and the other hinge segment having a female section 31 and a hinge pin 27 connecting the two hinge segments fig5 with a coil spring chamber 29 29 39 extending between the hinge segments and a compression coil spring 28 mounted in the coil spring chamber 29 29 39 and the coil spring chamber 29 29 39 offset inward from the hinge pin 27 fig5 toward the bow string 4 and a bow string mount nock 6 on the rear 18 of the aft mount leg 21 and the leg forward mount 22 of the bow cocking apparatus 3 attached offset to the handle fig2 of the bow and the bow string mount nock 6 on the rear of the aft mount leg 21 extending to the bow string 4 fig1 in partly cocked position and.