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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177668 | Dart The present invention provides a dart having a durable and break-resistant structure. A dart in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention has, in order from the front thereof, a tip, a barrel, a shaft, and a flight. At the rear of the shaft, a cap-recei... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8157680 | Molded archery arrow for an archery bow with a metal barrel A novel molded archery arrow (100) includes a cylindrical steel shaft (101) with sharpened tip, a plastic ferrule (102) molded over the shaft (101), and cutting blades (103) serving as fletchings. The shaft (101) has a front... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157679 | Game animal escape impedance device A projectile-based system for impeding the escape of a game animal, whereby the projectile is an arrow or a crossbow bolt, the system comprising an environmental engagement device, a retention device, and a tether, with the environmental engagement device suitably a... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152663 | Trackable arrow An arrow for use with a bow has a shaft, an arrowhead and vanes, wherein at least one of the vanes or the shaft contain substantive phosphorescent dye or substantive phosphorescent pigment in a transparent or translucent carrier. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8128520 | Systems and methods for providing a tracking system A tracking system and associated methods for locating animals, such as wounded/downed game animals or non-game animals such as research animals, and/or projectiles configured to be shot at an animal are disclosed. The system includes a transmitter and one or more ra... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123636 | Hunting arrow with phosphorescent indicator A device and method by which hunting arrows are provided with a plurality of phosphorescent vanes to aid in their location and retrieval, particularly during times of limited visibility is herein disclosed. The plurality of vanes of the arrow are coated with a phosp... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123637 | Stun projectile for a blow gun A stun dart having a solid impact head with a conical shaped tail portion interconnected by a solid cylindrical elongated body. The impact head has a contoured front surface with intersecting grooves and a tapered trailing body surface to impart flight stability and... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8088028 | Tracking system for use with an arrow A tracking system for use with an arrow having a shaft and arrowhead includes a housing having first and second separable portions that define an interior area. A transmitter is operatively coupled to one of the portions and positioned in the interior area when coup... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8075430 | Arrow transmitter An arrow transmitter comprises a head assembly having an arrow having a tip. Extending from the arrow is a shaft having a neck that terminates at a threaded portion. A tubular shaft assembly defines a first shaft cavity with a first exterior wall and first and secon... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8052553 | System for adjusting archery bow and arrows A system for adjusting archery bows and arrows allows for easy adjustment thereof. The system allows an archery bow to be setup to provide for linear motion of the arrow in exiting the bow and provides for accurate shooting thereof. The system accommodates the natur... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8043176 | Rotary arrowhead assembly An arrowhead assembly includes a blade tube that may rotate in flight at a rate during flight that is independent from the arrow shaft rotation. The assembly, upon and after impact with the target, continues rotational motion of the blade tube to penetrate a substan... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8012049 | Novelty dart with foam suction cup A projectile device having a suction cup head made of a novel foam. The foam used in the suction cup head has an open cell density within the foam of between five percent and twenty percent. The suction cup head has a face surface of a first diameter. A shallow conc... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7972230 | Systems and apparatus for archery equipment An apparatus is configured for inclusion in an arrow. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a sensor configured to provide data concerning one or more flight characteristics of the arrow in flight and a communication link coupled to the sensor, the communication... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7955201 | Spin element for arrow or bolt An arrow element, such as an insert and/or sleeve, mounted with respect to a shaft with at least one airflow resistor projecting outward from the insert to impart rotational spin about a longitudinal axis or spin axis arrow during flight, to increase aerodynamic per... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7935012 | Arrow for hunting The present invention relates to an arrow for hunting that includes: an arrow shaft member of a predetermined length having a recess part formed on one end thereof so as to insert a bowstring of a bow thereinto and a spiral insertion protruding part formed at the in... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7931550 | Programmable lighted archery nock The present invention generally relates to a lighted archery nock. The lighted archery nock generally includes an accelerometer, a replaceable battery, a light, a housing, and a microprocessor that controls illumination of the light. The microprocessor can control t... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7927240 | Lighted archery nock with variable light emissions The present invention generally relates to a lighted archery nock. The lighted archery nock generally includes an accelerometer, a replaceable battery, a light, a housing, and a controller that controls illumination of the light. The controller can control emission ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7922609 | Arrow nocks An arrow nock having a telescoping impeller and housing with a resilient spring for enhancing the acceleration of launch. In various embodiments, effective together or independently, the housing and impeller are configured and coupled to: create arrow rotation durin... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7909714 | Rear mounted penetration limiter for bow-fired projectiles A rear mounted penetration limiter for bow-fired projectiles for use in combination with a projectile and a nock, wherein said projectile is an arrow or a crossbow bolt, said penetration limiter comprising an attachment component, a nock securing component, and an e... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7874947 | Lawn dart In one embodiment there is provided a lawn dart having a shaft that connects to a head assembly at one end thereof. A sleeve is mounted coaxially about the shaft. The sleeve has an inner profile that matches a predetermined cross-section of the sleeve such that the ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7871344 | Dart A dart with a dart tip and a cylindrical body. The tail end of the dart is smoothly contoured to promote end-over-end tumbling of the dart as it is thrown towards the dart board. ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7811186 | Arrow point alignment system An arrow apparatus is disclosed comprising an arrow point alignment structure having a tapered leading end disposed on an outer surface of an arrow shaft. The arrow point may also comprise a tapered aperture defined therein for receiving and mating with at least a p... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7775919 | Camouflage system A camouflage system, comprising an article having a surface and a camouflage pattern covering a portion of the surface, is disclosed. The camouflage pattern may comprise a geometric shape section and an image section. The geometric shape section may comprise a plura... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7686714 | Metallic arrow shaft with fiber reinforced polymer core The present invention is directed to a shaft and arrow system. The shaft and arrow system includes a hybrid structure that may include two concentric tubes. A first of the two concentric tubes may comprise an outer shell or jacket of thin-walled metal alloy. A secon... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7682270 | Knife and device for removing an archery arrow or arrowhead from a receiving support A device to remove an archery arrow or arrowhead from a target or receiving support is fitted to a knife at one or more suitable points and comprises a gripper which can be fitted to and/or receive an archery arrowhead or arrow that penetrates the target or the rece... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7632199 | Hunting arrow tracking system A locating and tracking system for tracking or locating an object of interest, such as a hunting arrow or wounded animal, uses a transmitter in the arrow and a transceiver in combination with GPS positioning system for monitoring and relaying radio frequency signals... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7608002 | Composite arrow shaft including two-part reinforcing sleeve, method of making same, and front-loaded arrow which is produced therewith A reinforced archery arrow shaft includes a tubular core, with an attached two-part sleeve either covering the core, or disposed inside the core as a liner. The core may include carbon therein. The sleeve includes at least one higher-density front section formed fro... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7608001 | Arrow system The invention involves an arrow system having a shaft having a first end and an insert receptive of a standard point, the insert being disposed completely within the first end of the shaft. An insert installation tool may be used as part of the invention to facilita... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7601084 | Arrow launched media reservoir An arrow (20) having an arrowhead assembly (30) attached thereto is provided for marking a remote location with a marking media (22). The marking media (22) is preferably in the form of a paint ball or a scent ball. The arrowhead assembly... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7374504 | Arrow system The invention involves an arrow system having a shaft having a first end and an insert receptive of a standard point, the insert being disposed completely within the first end of the shaft. An insert installation tool may be used as part of the invention to facilita... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7364520 | Sporting good items including pre-printed graphics A sporting good item or other product includes a “shrink-label” formed from a shrink-sleeve, shrink-wrap, or a stretch-sleeve adhered to or otherwise affixed to an outer surface of the item. The shrink-label includes pre-printed graphics and closely conforms to ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364521 | Sucker with an annular projection on adhesion surface and adhesion arrow having the sucker The present invention relates to a sucker and an adhesion arrow having the same. More particularly, the present invention provides a sucker that can be attached, instead of a needle, to an arrow for a toy arrow shooter. The sucker of the present invention is formed ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354354 | Article comprising a fine-grained metallic material and a polymeric material Lightweight articles comprising a polymeric material at least partially coated with a fine-grained metallic material are disclosed. The fine-grained metallic material has an average grain size of 2 nm to 5,000 nm, a thickness between 25 micron and 5 cm, and a hardne... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7331886 | Sliding arrow stabilizer An improved arrow and sliding stabilizer therefor are provided. The sliding stabilizer is used for stabilizing arrow flight, instead of fixed or glued tail feathers, vanes or other fletching. The invention improves current projectile technology with reduced assembly... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331887 | Game finder A game finder which facilitates finding of an arrow after it is shot is disclosed. The game finder includes an arrow and at least one transmitting module provided on the arrow for emitting a recovery signal when the arrow strikes game or a target. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325319 | Arrow-mounted sight An arrow sight is shown. The arrow sight includes a coupling portion for attachment to an arrow. The arrow sight also includes a targeting portion attached to the coupling portion. The targeting portion includes an aiming guide used to assist an archer in aiming the... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320832 | Fine-grained metallic coatings having the coefficient of thermal expansion matched to the one of the substrate Fine-grained (average grain size 1 nm to 1,000 nm) metallic coatings optionally containing solid particulates dispersed therein are disclosed. The fine-grained metallic materials are significantly harder and stronger than conventional coatings of the same chemical c... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318783 | Adjustable weight broadhead adapter bolt and arrow A broadhead adapter is comprised of a collar and at least one broadhead blade. The collar is adapted to receive the stud of an adjustable weight broadhead adapter bolt through an opening. The collar is adapted to securely fit between an end of an arrow shaft and the... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316625 | Arrow with light emitting function, nock with light emitting function, and light emission control device to be used in arrow technical field An arrow is provided with a light emitting function, a nock with a light emitting function, and a light emission control device to be used in an arrow which thereby realize accurate and stable light emission periods of time and a reduction in size and weight of ligh... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7300367 | System for tracking wild game An assembly for tracking an animal which has been shot by an arrow. A shank portion of an arrow is received in a bushing which in turn receives a housing for a transmitter. The housing is retained on the bushing during arrow flight by an elastomeric ring. Upon impac... | 11/27/2007 |
