Adjustable Archery Arrow Insert

Abstract

The Adjustable Archery Arrow Insert is a three-piece arrow tip attached to an arrow shaft and includes an arrow tip insert, an arrow tip collar, and an arrow tip. The arrow tip insert is threadably received by the arrow tip collar and is attached to the arrow shaft, where the arrow tip is inserted within, and the arrow tip collar overlaps, the arrow shaft. The arrow by is inserted through the arrow tip collar and attached directly to the arrow tip insert without protruding into the arrow shaft. Sections of the arrow tip insert may be removed to adjust the overall weight of the arrow. The Adjustable Archery Arrow Insert transfers the impact forces of the arrow tip to the arrow tip insert and arrow tip collar, where the forces are transferred over a larger area thereby minimizing the forces on front edge of the arrow shaft.

Description

RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15 / 231,694 entitled “Adjustable Archery Arrow Insert” filed on Aug., 2016 and is currently co-pending, which is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14 / 799,465 entitled “Adjustable Archery Arrow Insert” filed on Jul. 14, 2015, and now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 9,410,773, which claims the benefit of, and priority to, U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 024,413 entitled “Adjustable Archery Arrow Insert” filed on Jul. 14, 2014.FIELD OF INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates generally to archery. The present invention is more particularly, though not exclusively, related to arrow tip inserts utilized to removably attach arrow tips to an arrow shaft.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]An arrow includes an arrow shaft having a tip, a nock, and fletching. Traditionally, arrow tips are mounted directly to the arrow shaft. Arrow tips have a point with a pr...

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Benefits of technology

[0008]The weight of the Adjustable Archery Arrow Insert is adjustable to meet the specifications desired of an arrow. The arrow tip insert is constructed with a plurality of circumferential grooves spaced evenly apart. The section defined between each circumferential groove has a predetermined weight and may be removed from the arrow tip insert to control the weight of the arrow by insert and the overall weight of the Adjustable Archery Arrow Shaft. Furthermore, the three pieces of the Archery Arrow Shaft Insert are interchangeable with alternative versions of the three pieces of the Archery Arrow Shaft Insert which may be constructed lighter or heavier, This allows another degree of weight adjustability.

[0009]The Adjustable Archery Arrow Insert of the present invention provides an arrow tip attached directly to an arrow tip insert which removes and locates the arrow tip outside of the arrow shaft, eliminating direct contact of the arrow tip with the front edge and walls of the arrow shaft. This allows the arrow tip to transfer all the impact forces to the arrow tip insert which subsequently transfers the forces to the collar and arrow shaft, minimizing the amount of force absorbed by the front edge of the arrow shaft.

Problems solved by technology

There are several disadvantages to these traditional arrow tips and their method of attachment.

A particular disadvantage of directly mounting the arrow tips to the arrow shafts is that they are typically permanently affixed to the arrow shafts.

Additionally, if the arrow shaft breaks the tip would not be able to be reused with an alternative arrow shaft.

Another disadvantage is that the arrow tip delivers a majority of the impact forces to the front edge of the arrow shaft thereby damaging it.

Particularly in carbon fiber arrow shafts, the forces of the by on the arrow shaft eventually degrades the epoxy resulting in the fraying of the individual carbon fibers.

However, in both cases, the majority of the impact is still absorbed by the front edge of the arrow shaft thereby leading to eventual failure of the front edge arrow of the shaft after periods of use.

Although the disadvantages of the traditional arrow tip and arrow shaft have been addressed by the prior art, the prior art has failed to create a solution to overcome all of the disadvantages.

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