Nock adapter

• US 5,417,439 A
• Filed: 11/20/1991
• Issued: 05/23/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Wayne J. Bickel
• Original Assignee: Wayne J. Bickel
• Inventors: Bickel, Wayne J.
• Primary Examiner(s): SHAPIRO, PAUL
• Application Number:
  US07/798,018
• Time in Patent Office: 1,280 Days
• Field of Search: 273/416, 273/419-422
• US Class Current: 473/578
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 6/06 Tail ends, e.g. nocks, fletching

Abstract

The present invention is a nock adapter for mounting a nock to an arrow shaft. The nock adapter has holes at each end for engaging a shaft and a nock, respectively. In one form, the present invention fits within the arrow shaft and is capable of mounting a standard nock on its tapered mounting surface, or an A.C.E. nock which engages a bore of the nock adapter. In another form, the present invention receives the shaft of an arrow at one end and receives an A.C.E. nock at the other end, while having a generally cylindrical outer surface for streamlining the flight of the arrow. The nock adapter is preferably made of aluminum for its structural rigidity and light weight.

Claims

1. A nock assembly for mounting on a hollow arrow shaft comprising a nock having a nock body and a nock stem, said nock body defining a furrow adapted to receive a bow string, a nock adapter including a nock adapter body having a shaft end and a nock end, said shaft end adapted to be received in the hollow shaft of an arrow, said nock end including a bore in, which said nock stem is received,

2. The nock assembly of claim 1 wherein said nock end includes an external tapered nock mounting surface.

3. The nock assembly of claim 1 wherein said shaft end includes an outer surface with adhesives retention grooves therein.

4. The nock assembly of claim 1 wherein said nock adapter body includes a through aperture, in communication with said bore, extending from said shaft end to said nock end.

5. The nock assembly of claim 1 including an abutment means on the outer surface of said shaft end for abutting the end of an arrow shaft.