Arrow tip for fishing

• US 4,901,467 A
• Filed: 04/27/1989
• Issued: 02/20/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ritch A. Stolpe
• Original Assignee: Ritch A. Stolpe
• Inventors: Stolpe, Ritch A.
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Starkweather, Mike
• Application Number:
  US07/343,867
• Time in Patent Office: 299 Days
• Field of Search: 43/1, 43/6, 273/419, 273/420, 124/79
• US Class Current: 43/6
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 81/04 Fish-spears
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 6/08 Arrow heads; Harpoon heads

Abstract

The invention is embodied in an arrow tip for use in bowfishing. The tip is comprised of a tip body having a bore in one end designed to receive the shaft of an arrow. The arrow is attached to the tip with a fixed non-rotative connection. The body has a threaded end opposite the bore, and a replaceable point is rotatably attached to the threaded end. A pivotable retainer or blade is held in a slot formed in the body, and the replaceable point is used to hold the blade in a plurality of positions, one being a fish retention position, and another being an arrow removal position.

Claims

1. An arrow tip for use in bowfishing comprising an elongated body having a rear end with means for connecting said tip to an arrow, a point attached to a front end of said body with means to facilitate penetration of said tip into said fish, pivoting retainer means moveable to at least three positions, a first position being a shooting position, a second position being a retention position, a third position being a removal position, said retainer means being a blade having a pivoting end attached to the body and having a surface which contacts said point to restrict rearward rotation of said blade.

2. An arrow tip for use in bowfishing in accordance with claim 1 wherein:

said point is threadingly attached to said body.

3. An arrow tip for use in bowfishing in accordance with claim 1 wherein:

said retainer means cooperates with said point whereby threaded advancement of said point allows movement of said retainer means to said third position generally parallel to an axis of said body.

4. An arrow tip for use in bowfishing in accordance with claim 1 wherein:

said means for connecting said tip to an arrow comprises a large opening in one end of said body, said body including a slot for receiving said retainer means, said body having external threads on a forward portion of said body.

5. An arrow tip for use in bowfishing in accordance with claim 1 wherein:

said point and said retainer means cooperate to lock said retainer means in said third position generally parallel to said body.

6. An arrow tip for use in bowfishing in accordance with claim 5 wherein said point is threadingly attached to said body at an externally threaded forward portion of said body, said retainer means comprising a blade having a first edge engagable with a rearward section of said point, abutment between said first edge and said rearward section preventing rearward rotation of said blade, said blade having a second edge and abutment between said second edge and said rearward section locking said blade in a position whereby said blade lies generally parallel to said body.

7. An arrow tip for use in bowfishing comprising an elongated body having one end with means for non-rotatably connecting said body to an arrow shaft, a replaceable point removably attached to an opposite end of said body, said body having pivotable retaining means connected thereto, said retaining means being able to assume a plurality of positions relative to said body, said positions having differing overall lateral extents, said pivotable retaining means being connected to said body such that rotation of said pivotable retaining means about the longitudinal axis of said body relative to said body is prevented, said retaining means being a blade having a pivoting end attached to the body and having a surface which contacts said point to restrict rearward rotation of said blade.

8. An arrow tip for use in bowfishing in accordance with claim 7 wherein:

said point is threadingly attached to said body.

9. An arrow tip for use in bowfishing in accordance with claim 7 wherein:

said retaining means cooperates with said point whereby threaded advancement of said point allows movement of said retaining means to a position generally parallel to an axis of said body.

10. An arrow tip for use in bowfishing in accordance with claim 7 wherein:

said means for connecting said tip to an arrow comprises a large opening in one end of said body, said body including a slot for receiving said retaining means, said body having external threads on a forward portion of said body.

11. An arrow tip for use in bowfishing in accordance with claim 7 wherein:

said point and said retaining means cooperate to lock said retaining means in a position generally parallel to said body.

12. An arrow tip for use in bowfishing in accordance with claim 11 wherein said point is threadingly attached to said body at an externally threaded forward portion of said body, said blade having a first edge engagable with rearward section of said point, abutment between said first edge and said rearward section preventing rearward rotation of said blade, said blade having a second edge and abutment between said second edge and said rearward section locking said blade in a position whereby said blade lies generally parallel to said body.