Fishing arrowhead
First Claim
1. A game retaining head for a projectable hunting implement comprising:
- an adapter for attaching said head to a hunting implement, said adapter having a forward portion and a rear portion,a piercing tip provided with attachment means for removably securing said tip to said adapter forward portion,said adapter provided with a transverse bore disposed substantially intermediate said forward and rear portions,a barb having a middle bight portion disposed within said adapter bore and a pair of distal legs diverging from said bight portion,said barb freely rotatable from a game piercing position in which said barb legs lie in a plane substantially in alignment with the longitudinal center line of said adapter to a game retaining position in which said bight portion is rotated and said barb legs are displaced to an angle from the plane of the longitudinal center line, anddisplaceable barb engaging means on said tip normally engageable with said barb following its displacement from said game piercing position to said game retaining position to limit further displacement of said barb and to define the limit of said game retaining position.
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Abstract
A fishing arrowhead is disclosed for application to a bow and arrow, spear, gig or other fishing implement. The head has a U-shaped retaining barb which can be pivoted from a shooting position in which the barbs lie substantially in a plane passing through the longitudinal center line of the fishing implement and extending rearwardly from the tip of the implement to a fish holding position in which the barbs extend substantially at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the implement. The bight portion of the U-shaped retaining barb is rotatably secured in a bore which extends transversely through a cylindrical adapter which is secured to the fishing implement. The retaining barb is locked against pivotable motion beyond the desired holding position by the tip of the implement which is threaded onto the adapter. The retaining barb may be rotated from its fish holding position to a fish releasing position in which the barbs extend toward the tip of the implement and substantially along the longitudinal center line thereof by partially unthreading the tip from the implement. Complete disassembly is not required. A modification of the fishing head is also disclosed.
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11 Claims
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1. A game retaining head for a projectable hunting implement comprising:
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an adapter for attaching said head to a hunting implement, said adapter having a forward portion and a rear portion, a piercing tip provided with attachment means for removably securing said tip to said adapter forward portion, said adapter provided with a transverse bore disposed substantially intermediate said forward and rear portions, a barb having a middle bight portion disposed within said adapter bore and a pair of distal legs diverging from said bight portion, said barb freely rotatable from a game piercing position in which said barb legs lie in a plane substantially in alignment with the longitudinal center line of said adapter to a game retaining position in which said bight portion is rotated and said barb legs are displaced to an angle from the plane of the longitudinal center line, and displaceable barb engaging means on said tip normally engageable with said barb following its displacement from said game piercing position to said game retaining position to limit further displacement of said barb and to define the limit of said game retaining position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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