Arrow

Abstract

An arrow is provided. The arrow has a detachable ferrule portion and a body portion. The detachable ferrule part is provided with swinging side blades. The main body may also have blades. The swing side blade is fixed to the detachable ferrule portion, wherein the detachable ferrule portion is detachable from the main body portion of the arrow. The detachable ferrule allows a user to replace the wobble wing while reusing the main body portion of the arrow.

Description

[0001] Citation of Related Applications

[0002] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 63,538,766, filed on September 15, 2023, entitled ARROW TIP, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Technical Field

[0003] An arrow is provided. The arrow has a removable collar portion and a main body portion. The removable collar portion has swinging side blades. The main body portion may also have blades. The swinging side blades are fixed to the removable collar portion, wherein the removable collar portion is removable from the main body portion of the arrow. The removable collar allows a user to replace the swinging blades while reusing the main body portion of the arrow. Background Art

[0004] Patents related to arrowheads have been granted in the past. For example, U.S. Patent No. 10,746,514 to Stacy discloses a broadhead arrowhead having independently suspended expandable blades. It has an elongated hoop body having a first longitudinally oriented slot therein that divides the front end into two portions. A second longitudinally oriented slot in the hoop body is located between the first slot and the rear end of the hoop body. The second slot opens into the side surface of the hoop body and is laterally wider than the first slot. The expandable blades are independently suspended in the second slot by a retaining pin that passes through an oblong hole through a blade end. The blade end has a thickness that is one-third or less of the lateral width of the second slot. The threaded tip can be fixed to the threaded surface of the front end of the hoop body. The fixing of the tip causes the front portions to deflect toward each other, thereby narrowing the first slot, thereby maintaining the blade in a stowed position when the blade is placed in the first slot.

[0005] In addition, U.S. Patent No. 6,171,206 granted to Liechty discloses a blade open arrow with pivoting blades, wherein each blade is hingedly connected to the arrow body at a blade end by a hinge pin. Each blade can be arranged at an angle relative to the central axis of the arrow body. When penetrating an object, each blade rotates freely in a plane from a stowed flight position to an open position, in which the other relative blade end rotates away from the arrow body so that when the blade is in the open position, the sharp cutting edge of the blade is exposed with a full cutting diameter. When in the stowed position, the blade is selectively and securely held near the arrow body by frictional engagement, and the method of frictional engagement is independent of or independent of the use of one or more elements other than the individual cutting blade, its hinge pin and its blade slot.

[0006] However, none of these patent documents discloses a detachable collar portion having swinging blades for use in conjunction with an arrow. Summary of the invention

[0007] An arrow is provided. The arrow has a removable collar portion and a main body portion. The removable collar portion has swinging side blades. The main body portion may also have blades. The swinging side blades are fixed to the removable collar portion, wherein the removable collar portion is removable from the main body portion of the arrow. The removable collar allows a user to replace the swinging blades while reusing the main body portion of the arrow.

[0008] An advantage of such a removable ferrule for an arrow is that it allows the user to replace the ferrule and swing blades while retaining and reusing the body of the arrow.

[0009] The advantage of such a removable ferrule for an arrow is also that the removable ferrule portion allows the user to select from different ferrules having oscillating blades of different designs.

[0010] Another advantage of such a removable ferrule for an arrow is that it allows the user to replace the ferrule with one having a different number of blades.

[0011] Yet another advantage of such a removable ferrule for an arrow is that the removable ferrule portion allows the user to use the arrow without any attached ferrule and swinging blade.

[0012] Another advantage of this removable collar for the arrow is that it can have a locking tab which locks the swinging blade in a forward position in flight and unlocks upon impact with the target, allowing the swinging blade to swing backward.

[0013] In order to more fully understand the above-listed features and advantages of the detachable ferrule of the arrow, reference should be made to the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment. In addition, additional features and advantages of the present invention are also described in the detailed description of the preferred embodiment and will be reflected from the detailed description. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0014] Figure 1 A side view of the arrow is shown with a removable collar having an attached swing blade.

[0015] Figure 2 Show Figure 1 perspective view of arrows.

[0016] Figure 3 Show Figure 1 perspective view of arrows.

[0017] Figure 4 An exploded view of an arrow is shown with the removable collar having the swinging blades removed from the arrow shaft.

[0018] Figure 5 Shown is a front view of a removable collar with an attached swing blade. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0019] An arrow is provided. The arrow has a removable collar portion and a main body portion. The removable collar portion has swinging side blades. The main body portion may also have blades. The swinging side blades are fixed to the removable collar portion, wherein the removable collar portion is removable from the main body portion of the arrow. The removable collar allows a user to replace the swinging blades while reusing the main body portion of the arrow.

[0020] Referring now to the drawings, in one embodiment, an arrowhead 1 has an attachment mechanism. In one embodiment, the attachment mechanism is a removable ferrule 20 provided. The arrowhead 1 can be secured to a shaft 2 of an arrow 3. The arrowhead 1 can have a front portion 10 and a rear portion 11. The arrowhead 1 can also have a side portion 12. In one embodiment, the side portion 12 of the arrowhead 1 can be generally cylindrical. The side portion 12 of the arrowhead 1 can have a main body section 5 (which has extensions extending outwardly, such as vanes) and a narrower cylindrical rod 6. The number and shape of vanes extending outwardly from the main body section 5 of the arrowhead 1 can vary. The narrower cylindrical rod 6 can have a threaded member 7 that can be screwed into an opening 8 of a first end 30 of the shaft 2 of the arrow 3. In particular, the threaded member 7 can be removably secured within the opening 8 (with a corresponding threaded member) of the first end 30 of the shaft 2 of the arrow 3.

[0021] In an embodiment, the body, attachment mechanism and movable element are constructed of one or more materials selected from metals, alloys, composites, polymers, and wherein the components can be made by machining, molding or additive manufacturing.

[0022] In an embodiment, the narrower cylindrical shaft 6 of the arrow 1 may have a diameter 9. The diameter 9 may be smaller than the diameter 15 of the opening 8 of the first end 30 of the shaft 2 of the arrow 3, so that the shaft 6 of the arrow 1 may be removably fixed in the opening 8 of the shaft 2 of the arrow 3 in use.

[0023] In one embodiment, the broadhead arrow 1 has a removable collar 20. The removable collar 20 may have a front portion 21, a rear portion 22, and a side portion 23. The removable collar 20 may be a ring having a passage 26 from the front portion 21 to the rear portion 22. In use, the shaft 6 of the arrow 1 is passed through the opening 26 of the removable collar 20. The shaft 6 is then secured within the opening 8 of the first end 30 of the arrow 3, such that the removable collar 20 is located between the front portion 30 of the arrow shaft 2 and the body 5 of the broadhead arrow 1, as shown in FIG. Figure 4 In one embodiment, as shown. Figure 2 and Figure 5As shown in , the channel 26 may not be circular. Instead, the channel 26 may be generally oval or some other shape so that when the removable collar 20 is secured to the base 27 of the body section 5 of the arrow 1, the removable collar 20 will not rotate. Therefore, the arrow 3 is more stable in flight and at impact.

[0024] The front end 21 of the removable ferrule 20 may contact the rear end 40 of the body 5 of the arrow 1. More specifically, when the removable ferrule 20 is secured to the arrow 3, the rear end 40 of the body 5 may prevent the removable ferrule 20 from moving forward. The rear end 22 of the ferrule 20 may taper inwardly and may contact the front end 30 of the arrow shaft 2. In one embodiment, the screw 50 may allow the ferrule 20 to be securely secured to the shaft 6 of the arrow 1 during use. If the user removes the screw 50 of the ferrule 20, the user may then slide the removable ferrule 20 off the shaft 6 of the arrow 1 (e.g., Figure 4 ), so that the ring 20 can be replaced with a replacement ring or a new ring 20.

[0025] The movable element may be located on the side 23 of the removable collar 20 of arrow 1. In one embodiment, the movable element is a swinging blade 25. It should be noted that the removable collar shown in the figure has two blades; however, the removable collar can be made with any number of swinging blades. In one embodiment, the swinging blade 25 can generally be first positioned in the forward direction (such as Figure 3 ), when arrow 1 hits the target, the swing blade can move to the backward direction (as shown by the dotted line in Figure 3 In the Figure 1 In the forward convergence direction, the arrow has more arrow power, thereby increasing the speed and accuracy of the arrow 3 during flight. In the backward direction during impact, the swinging blades 25 can produce a larger impact site on the target. In an embodiment, the removable collar 20 can be in a variety of shapes (e.g., circular, oval, square, rectangular, etc.) and can have many attached blades.

[0026] In one embodiment, each swing blade can have a connecting element. In one embodiment, the connecting element is a pivot pin 45 that connects the swing blade 25 to the removable collar 20. The pivot pin 45 allows the swing blade 25 to be moved from Figure 1 Rotate in the forward direction to Figure 3 backward direction.

[0027] In one embodiment, each swing blade 25 may have a locking mechanism. In one embodiment, the locking mechanism is an extension lug 35. The extension lug 35 is preferably located on the swing blade 25 and near the contact point (pivot pin 45) between the swing blade 25 and the removable collar 20. A corresponding similarly shaped recessed area 36 located in the inner surface of the body 5 of arrow 1 receives the extension lug 35 and locks the swing blade 25 in place by friction. Figure 1 When arrow 1 strikes the target, the force exerted by the target on swing blade 25 is sufficient to overcome friction to release extended protrusion 35 from recessed area 36 in body 5 of arrow 1. Swing blade 25 then swings backward to Figure 3 In an alternative embodiment, as described above, the swing blade 25 may not rotate backward due to the pivot pin 45 as described above, but may slide backward on the track when impacted.

[0028] As the user uses the arrow 3, the ferrule 20 and the swinging blade 25 may become damaged and may need to be replaced. To replace the ferrule 20 and the swinging blade 25 while retaining the main arrowhead 1, the user unscrews the arrowhead 1 from the shaft 2 of the arrow 3 by removing the shaft 6 of the arrowhead 1 from the opening 8 of the shaft 2. Once removed, the user can unscrew the screw 50 of the ferrule 20, and then the ferrule 20 (which has the swinging blade 25 permanently attached) can be removed from the shaft 6 of the arrowhead 1. Once removed, a brand new (or replacement) ferrule 20 with a new swinging blade 25 can be inserted and screwed onto the shaft 6 of the arrowhead 1, and then the arrowhead 1 (with the attached new ferrule 20) can be secured into the opening 8 of the shaft 2 of the arrow 3. Therefore, the user can reuse the arrowhead 1 by replacing only the ferrule 20 and the swinging blade 25; whereas in other prior art arrows, the ferrule is permanently attached to the arrowhead, and if the swinging blade is damaged, the entire arrowhead must be replaced.

[0029] In one method of use, a user can attach a detachable attachment mechanism with a movable element to an arrow body, and then fix the entirety to the arrow shaft, and the attachment mechanism can be replaced as needed without replacing the arrow body.

[0030] Although some embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it should be understood that various changes and modifications to the presently preferred embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and these changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention and without diminishing its attendant advantages.

Claims

1. An arrow having an attachment mechanism, comprising: body and rod; an attachment mechanism configured to be removably secured to the body, the attachment mechanism having a channel; wherein the rod of the main body passes through a passage of the attachment mechanism; and At least one movable element is connected to the attachment mechanism, wherein the movable element is convertible between a first position and a second position in use.

2. The arrow with an attachment mechanism according to claim 1, further comprising: A connecting element within the attachment mechanism, wherein the connecting element allows the movable element to move, rotate, slide or translate from a first position to a second position in flight or upon impact.

3. An arrowhead with an attachment mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the channel of the attachment mechanism is not circular.

4. The arrow with an attachment mechanism according to claim 1, further comprising: Leaf wings located on arrows.

5. The arrow with an attachment mechanism according to claim 1, further comprising: A threaded member on the shaft of the arrow head, wherein the threaded member removably engages a corresponding threaded member in the main arrow shaft.

6. The arrow with an attachment mechanism according to claim 1, further comprising: A locking mechanism on the movable element engages with the body of the arrow, wherein the locking mechanism secures the movable element in a first position by friction, mechanical interlocking, magnetic retention or compression fit, and releases under sufficient external force.

7. An arrow with an attachment mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the attachment mechanism is modular, thereby allowing various different rings, blades or other connected elements having different shapes, numbers of blades or cutting edges to be interchanged to accommodate different flight or impact requirements.

8. The arrow with an attachment mechanism according to claim 1, wherein: The body, the attachment mechanism and the movable element are constructed of one or more materials selected from metals, alloys, composite materials, polymers, and wherein the arrow with the attachment mechanism can be made by machining, molding or additive manufacturing.

9. A method of using an arrow component, comprising: attaching a detachable attachment mechanism with a movable element to the arrow body; securing the arrow assembly to the arrow shaft; as well as Replace the attachment mechanism as needed without replacing the arrow body.

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