High Impact Strength Nock Assembly
First Claim
1. A high impact strength lighted nock assembly that couples with, and decouples from, an arrow, the lighted nock assembly comprising:
- a light assembly comprising a light emitting device that is mechanically coupled to a battery, wherein displacing the light emitting device toward the battery activates the light emitting device and displacing the light emitting device away from the battery deactivates the light emitting device;
a nock comprising a head configured to engage with a bowstring and a shank with a recess, wherein the light emitting device is located in the recess and the light assembly is attached to the nock;
a bushing sized for insertion into a shaft of the arrow, the bushing having a shoulder that engages with a rear end of the shaft and a center opening sized to frictionally engage with the shank of the nock; and
a battery stop coupled to the battery at a location offset from the nock, the battery stop is releasably coupled within the center opening of the bushing and resists longitudinal translation of the battery relative to the bushing, wherein the nock translates within the center opening between an activated configuration that activates the light emitting device and a deactivated configuration that deactivates the light emitting device without removing the light assembly from the bushing.
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Abstract
A high impact strength nock assembly that couples with, and decouples from, a bushing mounted in an arrow. The forces applied to the nock during launch are translated to the arrow through the bushing, greatly extending arrow life. For lighted nock applications, the nock translates within the bushing during launch to activate the light. A battery stop is coupled to the battery and releasably coupled within the center opening of the bushing that resists longitudinal translation of the battery relative to the bushing. Consequently, the light can be deactivated without removing the lighted nock assembly from the bushing. The entire lighted nock assembly is removable from the bushing for maintenance and replacement.
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Citations
19 Claims
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1. A high impact strength lighted nock assembly that couples with, and decouples from, an arrow, the lighted nock assembly comprising:
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a light assembly comprising a light emitting device that is mechanically coupled to a battery, wherein displacing the light emitting device toward the battery activates the light emitting device and displacing the light emitting device away from the battery deactivates the light emitting device; a nock comprising a head configured to engage with a bowstring and a shank with a recess, wherein the light emitting device is located in the recess and the light assembly is attached to the nock; a bushing sized for insertion into a shaft of the arrow, the bushing having a shoulder that engages with a rear end of the shaft and a center opening sized to frictionally engage with the shank of the nock; and a battery stop coupled to the battery at a location offset from the nock, the battery stop is releasably coupled within the center opening of the bushing and resists longitudinal translation of the battery relative to the bushing, wherein the nock translates within the center opening between an activated configuration that activates the light emitting device and a deactivated configuration that deactivates the light emitting device without removing the light assembly from the bushing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A high impact strength lighted nock assembly that couples with, and decouples from, a bushing mounted in a rear end of an arrow, the lighted nock assembly comprising:
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a light assembly comprising a light emitting device that is mechanically coupled to a battery, wherein displacing the light emitting device toward the battery activates the light emitting device and displacing the light emitting device away from the battery deactivates the light emitting device; a nock comprising a head configured to engage with a bowstring and a shank with a recess, wherein the light emitting device is located in the recess and the light assembly is attached to the nock; and a battery stop coupled to the battery at a location offset from the nock, the battery stop is releasably coupled within the center opening of the bushing and resists longitudinal translation of the battery relative to the bushing, wherein the nock translates within the center opening between an activated configuration that activates the light emitting device and a deactivated configuration that deactivates the light emitting device without removing the light assembly from the bushing. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of preparing an arrow comprising the steps of:
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mounting a bushing in a rear end of a shaft, the bushing having a shoulder that engages with the rear end of the shaft; providing a light assembly comprising a light emitting device that is mechanically coupled to a battery, wherein displacing the light emitting device toward the battery activates the light emitting device and displacing the light emitting device away from the battery deactivates the light emitting device; a nock comprising a head configured to engage with a bowstring and a shank with a recess, wherein the light emitting device is located in the recess and the light assembly is attached to the nock; providing a nock with a head configured to engage with a bowstring and a shank with a recess sized to receive the light emitting device; attaching the light assembly to the nock; attaching a battery stop to the battery and releasably coupling the battery stop within a center opening in the first bushing; inserting the battery stop, the light assembly, and the nock into the center opening in the bushing, such that the battery stop resists longitudinal translation of the battery relative to the bushing, and translating the nock within a center opening in the bushing between an activated configuration that activates the light emitting device and the deactivated configuration that deactivates the light emitting device without removing the light assembly from the bushing. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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