Detachable arrow shaft insert

• US 5,094,463 A
• Filed: 11/23/1990
• Issued: 03/10/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Michael S. Dryden
• Original Assignee: Michael S. Dryden
• Inventors: Dryden, Michael S.
• Primary Examiner(s): SHAPIRO, PAUL
• Application Number:
  US07/617,214
• Time in Patent Office: 473 Days
• Field of Search: 273/416, 273/418-422, 455/96, 455/98, 455/100, 455/66, 342/386, 43/6
• US Class Current: 473/570
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 12/385 Arrow or dart carrying a radio transmitter for signalling
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 6/04 Archery arrows F42B6/08, F41B5/06, F42B12/362 take precedence

Abstract

A detachable arrow shaft insert, battery housing and transmitter casing accommodating an arrowhead and allowing separation of the insert and thus transmitting means from the arrow shaft when the arrowhead is lodged in a target and an outward pulling force is applied to the arrow shaft. The arrow shaft insert has an insert body that fits within the arrow shaft. The insert body is secured with respect to the arrow shaft with O-rings, circumferential ribs, or longitudinal ribs. An electronic transmitter can be connected to one end of the insert body or battery housing such that the electronic transmitter is housed within the arrow shaft. A conventional arrowhead is attached to one end of the insert body. The arrowhead, insert body, battery housing and electronic transmitter, if used, will remain intact, lodged in an animal'"'"'s body or target even if the arrow shaft is forcibly disengaged from the insert body.

Claims

1. A detachable arrowhead transmitting apparatus comprising:

an arrow shaft, at least a portion of said arrow shaft adjacent an arrowhead shaft end of said arrow shaft being hollow;

an elongated insert body having a forward end and a rearward end, mounting means for detachably mounting said insert body within said arrow shaft, said insert body forming an external shoulder at said forward end, said external shoulder abutting said arrowhead shaft end, a forward body portion of said insert body forming a shaft cavity sized and at least partially internally threaded to accommodate an externally threaded arrowhead shaft of the arrowhead, a rearward body portion of said insert body forming a body battery cavity, said rearward body portion of said insert body having external threads;

a battery housing defining a housing battery cavity and sized to fit within said arrow shaft, a forward housing portion of said battery housing forming internal housing threads mateable with said externally threaded portion of said insert body, a rearward wall of said battery housing defining a central through hole and an offset through hole both in communication with said battery housing cavity, spring means positioned within said battery housing for forcing a battery toward the arrowhead; and

transmitting means for emitting a frequency signal, said transmitting means housed within a transmitter casing, said transmitter casing secured to a rearward housing portion of said battery housing, said transmitting means comprising an elongated power supply terminal extending through said offset hole and urged inward toward said centerline axis.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a battery power supply housed within said body battery cavity and said housing battery cavity.

3. An apparatus according to claim 2 wherein a free end portion of said power supply terminal is in continuous contact with one of a positive terminal surface and a negative terminal surface of said battery power supply.

4. An apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said battery power supply further comprises an elongated battery body, one of a positive terminal stud and a negative terminal stud extending rearward from a rearward battery end of said battery body.

5. An apparatus according to claim 4 wherein said spring means further comprises:

a spring guide defining a central guide through hole, said spring guide having a flange and a shoulder, a spring, said spring mounted over said shoulder, a forward end of said spring abutting said flange, a rearward end of said spring abutting said rearward wall of said battery housing, and said one of said positive terminal stud and said negative terminal stud extending through said central guide through hole.

6. An apparatus according to claim 5 wherein upon insertion of said arrowhead shaft within said shaft cavity said arrowhead shaft engages said battery body to force said battery body rearward and thus push said one of said positive terminal stud and said negative terminal stud rearward through said central through hole and engage said one of said positive terminal stud and said negative terminal stud with a corresponding power supply terminal of said transmitting means.

7. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said mounting means further comprise:

an external surface of said insert body forming a plurality of circumferential ribs, each said circumferential rib having a triangular cross section diverging forward toward the arrowhead, and an external rib diameter being greater than an internal diameter of said arrow shaft.

8. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said mounting means further comprise a plurality of circumferential ribs secured to an external surface of said insert body and an external diameter of each said circumferential rib being greater than an internal diameter of said arrow shaft.

9. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said mounting means further comprise a plurality of longitudinal ribs secured to an external surface of said insert body and an external diameter of said insert body plus two times a height of one of said longitudinal ribs being greater than an internal diameter of said arrow shaft.

10. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said mounting means further comprise:

said insert body defining a plurality of circumferential grooves on an outer surface of said insert body, each said circumferential groove accomodating an O-ring, and each said O-ring when mounted within a corresponding circumferential groove having an external diameter greater than an internal diameter of said arrow shaft.

11. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein a dimension of said body battery cavity perpendicular to and passing through a centerline axis of said insert body is at least as great as an external diameter of said externally threaded arrowhead shaft.

12. An apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a battery power supply housed within said body battery cavity and said housing battery cavity, a dimension of said body battery cavity perpendicular to and passing through a centerline axis of said insert body being greater than an external diameter of said externally threaded arrowhead shaft, and a battery body of said battery power supply having a forwardly extending body portion engageable with a rearward shaft end of said externally threaded arrowhead shaft.