Hunting arrow tracking system
First Claim
1. A trackable hunting arrow comprising:
- a shaft having an outer surface, radio transmitter means carried by said shaft, antenna means including an elongated electrically conductive strip connected at one end thereof to said transmitter means and extending longitudinally of said shaft substantially parallel thereto, and means securing said strip along said outer surface of said shaft.
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Abstract
A hunting arrow tracking system includes a tubular housing removably connectable to an arrow shaft and enclosing a battery-powered transmitter. The batteries are disposed in a container in the housing which is spring biased against a piezoceramic transducer which generates a trigger signal in response to longitudinal acceleration or deceleration of the arrow to set a latch for connecting the battery to the transmitter, thereby causing it to transmit a low duty cycle pulsed signal. The transmitter is connected to a strip antenna which extends the length of the arrow shaft and is adhesively secured to the outer surface thereof. A directional receiver receives the transmitted signal and indicates the direction from which it is being received. The latch can be reset by passing a magnet over the arrow to activate a reed switch.
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20 Claims
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1. A trackable hunting arrow comprising:
- a shaft having an outer surface, radio transmitter means carried by said shaft, antenna means including an elongated electrically conductive strip connected at one end thereof to said transmitter means and extending longitudinally of said shaft substantially parallel thereto, and means securing said strip along said outer surface of said shaft.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A trackable hunting arrow comprising:
- a shaft, means carried by said shaft and discrete therefrom and defining a hollow chamber, radio transmitter means disposed in said chamber, battery means disposed in said chamber, electronic switch means disposed in said chamber and coupled to said battery means and to said transmitter means, said switch means being operable between a first condition disconnecting said transmitter means from said battery means and a second condition connecting said transmitter means to said battery means, and transducer means coupled to said switch means and responsive to a predetermined dynamic force longitudinally of said shaft for generating a trigger signal, said switch means being responsive to said trigger signal for switching from said first condition to said second condition thereof.
- View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for tracking a hunting arrow having a shaft with an outer surface comprising:
- radio transmitter means carried by the arrow, battery means carried by the arrow, electronic switch means carried by the arrow and coupled to said battery means and to said transmitter means, said switch means being operable between a first condition disconnecting said transmitter means from said battery means and a second condition connecting said transmitter means to said battery means, transducer means coupled to said switch means and responsive to a predetermined dynamic force longitudinally of the shaft for generating a trigger signal, said switch means being responsive to said trigger signal for switching from said first condition to said second condition thereof, antenna means including an elongated electrically conductive strip connected at one end thereof to said transmitter means and extending longitudinally of the shaft, means securing said strip along said outer surface of the shaft, and radio receiver means for receiving radio signals transmitted by said transmitter means.
- View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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