Arrow game tracker

• US 4,557,243 A
• Filed: 06/04/1979
• Issued: 12/10/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Game Tracker, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Dale W. Gray, Robert E. Eastman, II
• Inventors: Eastman, Robert E. II, Gray, Dale W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Apley, Richard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Browne, William R.
• Application Number:
  US06/044,936
• Time in Patent Office: 2,381 Days
• Field of Search: 124/88, 124/24 R, 124/23 R, 124/25, 124/23, 124/80, 273/106.5 B, 242/55.53, 242/84.1 R, 242/84.1 K, 242/129, 242/137.1, 242/146, 43/6
• US Class Current: 124/88
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 5/1488 with reels for fishing or arrow retrieval

Abstract

A game tracking device for use in combination with a bow and arrow comprises a tracking line, a canister and a mounting bracket. The canister is mounted to the bow by means of the mounting bracket which is configured to mount the canister at a point laterally removed from the bow. The tracking line is center wound and stored within the canister and is secured at a free end thereof, to an arrow. In this manner, when the arrow is launched, the tracking line is paid out of the canister to track the position of the arrow. An arrow is disclosed herein which is adapted to receive securely the free end of the tracking line.

Claims

1. A game tracking device for use in combination with a bow, comprising:

a tracking line, the tracking line being center wound into a spool such that the tracking line pays out from the center of the spool,

a container for housing and paying out the tracking line, the container comprising a first end and a second open end for removably and replaceably receiving the spool of tracking line, the container further including a cover removably mounted onto and adapted to fit securely over the second end of the container, the cover being provided with an aperture through which the tracking line is paid out;

a mounting bracket connected to a first end of the container and adapted to mount the container to a bow at a point laterally removed from the bow, and

wherein the tracking line is adapted to be coupled at a first end thereof to an arrow such that when an arrow is launched from a bow and tracking line is drawn from the container to track the position of an arrow.

2. The game tracking device of claim 1 wherein the mounting bracket is provided with a mounting plate having means disposed thereon for receiving mounting implements for mounting the mounting plate to the bow.

3. The game tracking device of claim 1 wherein the tracking line is coated with a luminescent coating to permit the line to glow in the dark.