NOCK ADAPTER FOR BOWFISHING ARROW
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1. An arrow assembly comprising:
- a solid arrow shaft extending along an axis and having a conically tapered rear end;
an adapter having a forwardly open conical bore receiving the rear end of the arrow shaft to align an axis of the adapter with the arrow axis by interfitting of the conical bore and tapered rear end and having a rearwardly opening bore with substantially parallel walls; and
a nock having a bifurcated rearward portion providing opposed fingers for fitting a bowstring therebetween and having a forwardly extending boss adapted to press fit within the rearwardly opening bore of the adapter to align the nock with the arrow axis.
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Abstract
A nock adapter for a solid shaft bowfishing arrow fits on a standard conical taper of a solid shaft arrow and provides an extended cylindrical joint releasably engaging a cylindrical boss of a nock for field replacement of the nock while resisting lateral disengaging impacts.
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14 Claims
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1. An arrow assembly comprising:
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a solid arrow shaft extending along an axis and having a conically tapered rear end; an adapter having a forwardly open conical bore receiving the rear end of the arrow shaft to align an axis of the adapter with the arrow axis by interfitting of the conical bore and tapered rear end and having a rearwardly opening bore with substantially parallel walls; and a nock having a bifurcated rearward portion providing opposed fingers for fitting a bowstring therebetween and having a forwardly extending boss adapted to press fit within the rearwardly opening bore of the adapter to align the nock with the arrow axis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A nock adapter providing a substantially cylindrical body having a diameter between ¼
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inches and an axial length between 1 and 2.5 inches, the body providing an axially centered forwardly open conical bore adapted to receive a correspondingly tapered rear end of an arrow shaft to align an axis of the adapter with an arrow axis by interfitting of the conical bore and tapered rear end and having a rearwardly opening bore with substantially parallel walls having an inner diameter of substantially ¼
inch for receipt of a corresponding boss of a nock.
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