Spin nock

• US 8,257,208 B2
• Filed: 02/14/2011
• Issued: 09/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Martin Dale Harding
• Original Assignee: Martin Dale Harding
• Inventors: Harding, Martin Dale
• Primary Examiner(s): RICCI, JOHN A
• Application Number:
  US12/931,894
• Publication Number:
  US 20110244997A1
• Time in Patent Office: 568 Days
• Field of Search: 473/578, 473/585, 473/586
• US Class Current: 473/578
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 10/26 using spin F42B10/04, F42B10/12, F42B10/14, F42B10/24, F42B14/02 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 6/06 Tail ends, e.g. nocks, fletching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

A nock for promoting a natural spin on an arrow shaft prior to the nock separating from a bowstring includes a nock segment possessing a bowstring rest portion, and a base portion which is coupled to a retaining portion which is attached to the end of an arrow shaft. The nock segment freewheels independently of the retainer and the arrow shaft to permit the fletching moving through the air to act on the shaft producing a natural spin to the shaft prior to its release from the bow.

Claims

1. An interlocking nock assembly for an arrow shaft with fletching comprising:

1) a retainer portion affixed to one end of the arrow shaft including

a) at least a collar portion,

b) a bottom portion; and

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2) a nock portion having

a) a bowstring rest portion,

b) a base portion surrounded by the collar portion, with spacing means separating the base from the bottom portion of the retainer, and, wherein the base portion is constrained within the retainer portion to spin unimpededly in a substantially logitudinally fixed position relative to the retainer portion when the shaft is rotated by the fletching turning through the air.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 in which at least one bearing surface resides between the nock portion and the collar.

3. A method of producing a freewheeling nock assembly in combination with an arrow shaft comprising the steps:

1) forming a retainer with inner and outer surfaces and divided into a relatively larger diameter portion and a reduced diameter portion; and

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2) forming a nock including a bowstring rest portion, a base portion and an alignment means which includes at least one spacer having a bearing surface; and

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3) inserting the nock into the larger diameter portion of the retainer, resulting in the alignment means having at least one bearing surface between the base portion and the interior of the retainer which constrains the nock base to spin therein in a substantially longitudinally fixed position relative to the retainer; and

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4) coupling the retainer to the end of the arrow shaft.