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Broadhead arrowhead

  • US 5,160,148 A
  • Filed: 03/10/1992
  • Issued: 11/03/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A broadhead arrowhead comprising;

  • a ferrule having a main body provided with an outer periphery, opposite front and rear end portions extending from said main body,said ferrule including an axial passageway extending substantially through the length of said main body and projecting through said front end portion,said ferrule main body and front end portion provided with a plurality of outwardly radiating slots communicating with said axial passageway, adjacent pairs of said plurality of slots defining a similar included angle therebetween,a plurality of individual blade members each including a main body portion joined to an angularly offset mounting flange portion along a longitudinal bend line, said main body portion and mounting flange portion of each said blade member having a substantially equal thickness and defining an included angle therebetween which is equal to said included angle between adjacent pairs of said plurality of ferrule slots,said slots having a width no less than twice the thickness of any one said blade member main body portion or mounting flange portion,a plurality of said blade members equal in number to the number of said slots inserted within said ferrule slots with said bend line of each said blade member disposed within said axial passageway and with said main body portion and mounting flange portion of each said blade member occupying adjacent ones of said slots, wherebywith all said plurality of blade members disposed within said plurality of ferrule slots, each said slot is occupied by one said mounting flange portion of one said blade member and one said main body portion of another one said blade member, andmeans engaging said ferrule precluding unwanted axial displacement of said blade members disposed within said ferrule slots.

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