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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8062155 | Arrowhead having both fixed and mechanically expandable blades An improved arrowhead features two sets of expandable blades. The expandable blades are pivotally movable from a first, concealed position to a second expanded position when spurs on the front of the blades contact a target. The first concealed position of the blade... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057330 | Adaptors for mounting arrowheads to arrow shafts Adaptors for mounting arrowheads to arrow shafts are disclosed. Example embodiments include an outer attachment portion that engages the outer surface of a hollow arrow shaft, and an inner attachment portion that engages the inner surface of the hollow arrow shaft. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8016703 | Arrow shaft insert An archery projectile insert is provided with a rigid hollow tube having a collar at one end and an internally threaded bushing at an opposite end wherein the collar and bushing are cemented within the rigid tube; and wherein the three piece insert, formed into a un... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7651421 | Arrow insert apparatus The present specification describes novel arrow inserts and arrow systems that may be used for archery. One aspect of the novel arrow inserts relates to two or more separated contact portions or fit rings. The use of at least two fit rings contacting an inside diame... | 01/26/2010 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7314419 | Archery small game arrowhead An archery arrowhead including having a nose and at least one projection having a forward facing leading edge. In one embodiment, the arrowhead includes at least three projections, and the nose is blunt. The projections can be fixed and immovable relative to the arr... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311622 | Wire broadhead apparatus and method A wire broadhead apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes a support structure. A flexible wire with a first end and a second end is provided. The wire is connected to the support structure between the ends and both ends make sliding engagement ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7241236 | Dart with dual action arrangement A dart includes a dart barrel, a shaft having a sliding end portion, and a dual action arrangement. The dart barrel has a head portion and a shaft channel coaxially extending at the head portion, and defining a head opening at the head portion to communicate with th... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7115055 | 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... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7108620 | Game dart having ballast A game dart includes a dart barrel having a hollow chamber and front and rear ends each having a screw hole communicating with the hollow chamber. A ballast is retained in the chamber of the dart barrel, and includes two ends each having an engaging member for suspe... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7077770 | Arrow system The invention is directed to 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 fa... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7015734 | Phase-frequency detector and charge pump with feedback An apparatus comprising a first circuit configured to generate (i) a pump up signal in response to a reference signal and a reset signal and (ii) a pump down signal in response to an input signal and said reset signal and a second circuit configured to (i) generate ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004859 | 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... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6932728 | 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... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6821221 | Arrow point with self lubricating collar An arrow point having a self lubricating collar. ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6739992 | Arrowhead and method of attaching same to an arrow shaft An arrowhead for attachment onto a cylindrical wooden arrow body of an arrow has an impact tip and a body-receiving area having following one another in a flight direction: a centering section, internal thread, and sheathing section. ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6682448 | Play device A play device designed to be struck by various parts of the human anatomy, or with rackets or paddles, depending on the size of the play device. The tail portion of the play device, consists of a curved bell shaped structure, constructed from a suitable m... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6623385 | Arrowhead bushing An arrow that is easily assembled and exhibits improved concentricity between the arrowhead and the arrow shaft includes a hollow arrow shaft, an arrowhead having a tip and a cylindrical shank, and a bushing having a cylindrical section and a tapered sect... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6524201 | Darts: user applied modifiable body and mechanism/s A dart includes a barrel, having a blind bore opening into one, or preferably both, ends, the bore closed by a threaded end cap with a passage therethrough, a shaft slidably received in the passage and retained in the bore by an enlarged collar at one end... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6394919 | Arrow for a crossbow or bow An arrow for a bow or crossbow whose point is fitted with a capsule that can be pushed on before shooting. When the arrow is pulled out of a solid object, the capsule remains stuck in the object so that the arrow can be reused again undamaged. A hemispher... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6277041 | Dart having resiliently mounted point and flight shaft, and user-modifiable body and weighting features A dart is disclosed which includes a flexibly mounted point and flight shaft. The dart includes a central tubular body which has fore and aft end caps. The fore cap includes a central bore, a forward through bore, and a socket therebetween. A point is mou... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6077179 | Arrowhead with a tip having convex facets Arrowheads having multi-facted forward tip ends with convex shaped facets thereon.... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6062997 | Magnetic dart system An attractive magnetic dart system provides exciting games which are fun, educational and entertaining. Advantageously, the user-friendly system utilizes safe magnetic darts which will not harm people or damage walls, furniture, etc. surrounding the targe... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6027421 | Archery arrow tuning, practice, and field point A special tuning point for archery arrows for use in tuning a bow, target shooting, and non-big game hunting has a weight approximately equal to a broadhead selected for use by an archer using and tuning the bow and has a balance point position ahead of t... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5967915 | Dart A dart having a shaft with a flight, a tip member, and a metal barrel connected between the shaft and the tip member, wherein the tip member has a rigid, cylindrical, solid core, and a hollow cylindrical shell receiving the rigid core, the hollow cylindri... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5947851 | Dart A dart has a body with a cavity at one end. A collar screwed into the cavity retains the head of a dart point within the cavity; the head of the dart point being able to move longitudinally within the cavity. The collar has fingers, which extend into the ... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5921875 | Reduced weight arrow point adapter having high density groove structure An adapter for coupling an arrow point to an arrow shaft. The adapter comprises a first body member having an exterior surface extending from an inboard end to an outboard end. At least a first portion of the exterior surface of the first body member comp... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5830029 | Toy bow-in-arrow bubble shooter system A toy bow-n-arrow bubble shooter system including a bow. The bow has a frame with a cylindrical member centrally interconnected thereto and an elastomeric string. The cylindrical member has a channel therein and a plunger member positioned within the chan... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5611543 | No bounce dart with rotatable barrel A no bounce dart comprises a point which is provided frictionally slidable movement between an extended position and a retracted position relative to the barrel. The barrel is afforded rotatable movement about the point when the dart is engaged in a targe... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5570530 | Bowfishing arrowhead An arrowhead apparatus includes an elongate rigid cylindrical body formed with an arrow tip receiving bore directed through a forward end of the body, with the arrowhead body including a slot contained within the body, with the slot including a slot axle ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5566951 | Method and apparatus enabling archery practice An archery practice device projects a moving hunt scene on a screen. In one embodiment of the invention, a continuous plane of IR light is located prior to the screen, an arrow carrying a reflector is detected as it penetrates this light plane, and IR ill... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5562291 | Arrow tip for shooting wooden target An arrow tip for shooting wooden targets with an archery arrow and retrieving said arrow and said arrow tip from said wooden target. The arrow tip having, a penetrating point forward of, a cylindrical shank forward or aft of, a circular cutting edge forwa... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5478089 | Modified wedge arrowhead An arrowhead includes a conical forward region (16), a pair of chisel regions (18) on opposing sides of the arrowhead (10), and a pair of wedge regions (20) on opposing sides of the arrowhead (10), wherein the wedge regions (20) are positioned adjacent an... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5458337 | Controlled penetration tip for arrows An controlled penetration arrow tip which has a penetration enhancing section at the point which is followed by an energy imparting or energy transferring section. This energy imparting section may resist complete penetration of an animal or penetration i... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5344158 | Martial art throwing and hand weapon A martial arts throwing and hand-held weapon that has a generally oblong frame that includes parallel opposite side members, a rear bar that connects rearward ends of the side members, and a pair of oblique front members that converge from forward ends of... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5328190 | Method and apparatus enabling archery practice An archery practice device simulates dynamic targets, such as in an animal hunt, on a visible screen. A video disk contains a plurality of hunting scenes which are projected via a video projector on a vertical screen whose size simulates an area normally ... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5269534 | Adjustable weight arrow point An arrow point with a selectably-adjustable, incrementally-stepped array of weight-regulating elements. The weighting elements are demarked lineal component segments of an elongate rod or bar which is deeply grooved radially at incremental, lineally-space... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5243780 | Fishing float The present invention includes a fishing float having three or more vanes extending radially from a longitudinal axis. The vanes provide the floatation section with a large profile relative to the cross-sectional area of the float. The vanes can be select... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5223667 | Plural piece flechettes affording enhanced penetration A flechette is disclosed comprising a rod-shaped steel body having a blunt generally conical penetrating point, a separate resinous plastic fin component securely mounted on the rear end portion of the body, and a generally conical gradually tapering resi... | 06/29/1993 |
