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Bow launcher and arrow system

  • US 5,846,147 A
  • Filed: 03/17/1997
  • Issued: 12/08/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In an arrow having a shaft with a tip at one end thereof and a nock at the other end thereof, the improvement comprising:

  • stabilizer means movable from a launch position near said tip to a flight position near said nock, said stabilizer means including a slide collar adapted to be disposed on said shaft for sliding movement therealong, said slide collar having a plurality of radial vanes each having a leading edge and a trailing edge;

    means near said tip and said nock for engaging said slide collar to limit said stabilizer means to movement along said shaft from said launch position to said flight position, said limit means near said nock restraining said slide collar against rotational movement relative to said shaft when said stabilizer means is in said flight position;

    each of said radial vanes including means for imparting aerodynamic force to said stabilizer means so as to cause said arrow to roll when said slide collar is restrained against rotational movement by said limit means near said nock;

    wherein each of said airfoils has an angled cutout extending rearwardly in a direction generally away from a longitudinal axis of said arrow from said slide collar to said trailing edge.

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