Archery arrow nock

• US 3,214,174 A
• Filed: 05/16/1962
• Issued: 10/26/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Charles A. Saunders
• Original Assignee: Charles A. Saunders
• Inventors: Saunders, Charles A.
• Application Number:
  US04/195,143
• Time in Patent Office: 1,259 Days
• US Class Current: 473/578
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 6/06 Tail ends, e.g. nocks, fletching

Claims

1. ANM ARROW NOCK ADAPTED TO CONSTITUTE THE AXIAL CONTINUATION OF AN ARROW SHAFT, SAID NOCK COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL BODY PORTION;

A PAIR OF FLEXIBLE AND RESILIENT END PORTIONS OF SAID NOCK EXTENDING REARWARDLY OF SAID BODY PORTION AND INTEGRAL THEREWITH TO DEFINE AN ELONGAGED BOW STRING RECEIVING NOTCH BETWEEN SAID END PORTIONS, SAID END PORTIONS DEFINING SAID NOTCH CONSISTING OF A MATERIAL ADAPTED TO PERMIT FLEXING OF SAID END PORTIONS;

AND WALL MEANS FORMING AN OPENING COMPRISING A THROUGH SLOT EXTENMDING FORWARDLY OF SAID NOTCH AND TRANSVERSELY THROUGH SAID BODY PORTION;

SAID NOTCH HAVING A TRANSVERSELY RESTRICTED PORTION INTERMEDIATE LONGITUDINAL ENDS THEREOF;

WHEREBY WHEN A BOW STRING ENTERS SAID NOTCH ENDWISE THEREOF BETWEEN SAID FLEXIBLE END PORTIONS AND PASSES THROUGH SAID RESTRICTED PORTION OF SAID NOTCH, SAID END PORTIONS FLEX RESILIENTLY TO ACCOMMODATE THE STRING AND TO FACILITATE ENTRANCE OF SAID STRING INTO SAID NOTCH, SAID WALL MEANS DEFORMING INWARDLY INTO SAID SLOT DUING FLEXING OF SAID END PORTIONS OF SAID NOCK.