Lighted nock
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1. A lighted nock comprising:
- a light emitting unit including a light and a cylindrical battery, wherein the light is turned on or off by moving the light toward the battery or away from the battery;
a shaft adaptor which includes a cylindrical structure so that an outer surface is inserted into a rear end of a shaft, in which the battery is inserted into an inner space of the shaft adaptor; and
a light operator which is inserted in an upper portion of the shaft adaptor, while a lower portion of the light operator receives the light,wherein the light is turned on or off by moving the light operator toward or away from the shaft adaptor, andwherein the light operator includes a raised first registration feature and the shaft adaptor includes a recessed second registration feature that is complimentary to the raised first registration feature such that the light operator cannot rotate relative to the shaft adaptor when the light operator is moved toward or away from the shaft adaptor.
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Abstract
A lighted nock assembly may include an LED/battery assembly, a nock housing and a nock body. The LED/battery assembly can include an LED and a battery. The nock housing can include a cylindrical structure so that an outer surface is inserted into a rear end of an arrow, wherein a portion of the LED/battery assembly is disposed within the nock housing. The nock body can be linearly movable towards and away from the nock housing. A portion of the LED/battery assembly is secured within the nock body such that moving the nock body away from the nock housing along a straight line turns the LED from a lighted state to an unlighted state.
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14 Claims
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1. A lighted nock comprising:
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a light emitting unit including a light and a cylindrical battery, wherein the light is turned on or off by moving the light toward the battery or away from the battery; a shaft adaptor which includes a cylindrical structure so that an outer surface is inserted into a rear end of a shaft, in which the battery is inserted into an inner space of the shaft adaptor; and a light operator which is inserted in an upper portion of the shaft adaptor, while a lower portion of the light operator receives the light, wherein the light is turned on or off by moving the light operator toward or away from the shaft adaptor, and wherein the light operator includes a raised first registration feature and the shaft adaptor includes a recessed second registration feature that is complimentary to the raised first registration feature such that the light operator cannot rotate relative to the shaft adaptor when the light operator is moved toward or away from the shaft adaptor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A lighted nock assembly, comprising:
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an LED/battery assembly, including an LED and a battery; a nock housing which includes a cylindrical structure so that an outer surface is inserted into a rear end of a shaft, wherein a portion of the LED/battery assembly is disposed within the nock housing; and a nock body linearly movable towards and away from the nock housing, wherein a portion of the LED/battery assembly is secured within the nock body such that moving the nock body away from the nock housing along a straight line turns the LED from a lighted state to an unlighted state, wherein the nock body includes a raised registration feature configured to prevent the nock body from rotating about its major axis while moving along the straight line. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of operating a lighted nock, the lighted nock including a nock body, nock receiver, LED and battery, the method comprising:
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moving the nock body in a linear motion towards the nock receiver to turn on the LED; moving the nock body in a linear motion away from the nock receiver to turn off the LED; sliding a raised indexing feature of the nock body within a recessed indexing feature defined in the nock housing; and preventing the nock body from rotating relative to the nock receiver while moving the nock body towards the nock receiver to turn on the LED and while moving the nock body away from the nock receiver to turn off the LED via the sliding of the raised indexing feature of the nock body within the recessed indexing feature defined in the nock housing. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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