Expandable broadhead with pivot arms or sliding arm for retracting and expanding attached cutting blades

• US 8,313,399 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2012
• Issued: 11/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chris G. Sanford
• Original Assignee: Chris G. Sanford
• Inventors: Sanford, Chris G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ricci, John
• Application Number:
  US13/363,284
• Publication Number:
  US 20120202626A1
• Time in Patent Office: 294 Days
• Field of Search: 473/583, 473/584
• US Class Current: 473/583
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 12/34 expanding before or on impact, i.e. of dumdum or mushroom type
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 6/08 Arrow heads; Harpoon heads

Abstract

An arrow broadhead having a pair of cutting blades held in a retracted position during arrow flight and extending outwardly in an expanded position upon arrow contact. The subject broadhead includes a pair of pivot arms or sliding arm received in an elongated groove in a cutting blade housing body. The pivot arms or sliding arm are attached to one end of the cutting blades. At least a portion of the cutting blades are folded into the groove during arrow flight. Upon target contact, the pivot arms or sliding arm pivot the cutting blades outwardly from opposite sides of the groove into an expanded position for increased cutting and penetration in the target.

Claims

1. An arrow broadhead adapted for attaching to an open end of an arrow shaft insert in a hollow arrow shaft, the broadhead adapted for moving from a retracted position during arrow flight to an expanded position when contacting a target, the broadhead comprising:

a housing body having a top portion, a middle portion, and a bottom portion, the top portion and the middle portion having an elongated aperture therethrough, the elongated aperture having an aperture bottom next to the bottom portion, the bottom portion having a threaded end extending downwardly therefrom, the threaded end adapted for attaching to the arrow shaft insert;

a removable, pointed blade tip received in an upper portion of the elongated aperture and attached to the top portion of the housing body;

a sliding arm received at least partially within the elongated aperture;

a first cutting blade having an outside cutting edge and an inside edge with cam surface, one end of the first cutting blade pivotally attached to the sliding arm, a portion of the first cutting blade received inside the elongated aperture when the broadhead is in a retracted position; and

a second cutting blade having an outside cutting edge and an inside edge with cam surface, one end of the second cutting blade pivotally attached to the sliding arm, a portion of the second cutting blade received inside the elongated aperture when the broadhead is in a retracted position;

whereby, when the pointed blade tip and the first and second cutting blades contact the target, the sliding arm moves downwardly in the elongated aperture and the cam surface of the first and second cutting blades engage opposite ends of the aperture bottom and the first and second cutting blades move outwardly into an expanded position for maximum cutting and target penetration.

2. The broadhead as described in claim 1 further including an alignment sliding arm shaft received in the elongated aperture in the housing body, the sliding arm shaft attached to the sliding arm extension, the sliding arm shaft providing alignment of the sliding arm extension as it moves downwardly in the elongated aperture upon target contact.

3. The broadhead as described in claim 1 further including blade retention means for holding the first and second cutting blades in a retracted position during arrow flight.

4. The broadhead as described in claim 3 wherein the blade retention means is an “

O”

ring or elastic band received in a notch in the first and second cutting blades, whereby when the pointed tip and first and second cutting blades contact the target, the “

O”

ring or elastic band is released from the notch allowing the first and second cutting blades to move into the expanded position.

5. The broadhead as described in claim 3 wherein the blade retention means is a pair of cam levers mounted on opposite sides of the housing body, the cam levers having “

O”

ring notch for receiving a portion of an “

O”

ring or elastic band, the “

O”

ring or elastic band received around the middle portion of the housing body, the cam lever having a blade hook for receipt in a blade hook notch in the inside edge of the first and second cutting blades, whereby when the pointed tip and first and second cutting blades contact the target, the “

O”

ring or elastic band is released from the “

O”

ring notch and the blade hook is released from the blade hook notch allowing the first and second cutting blades to move into the expanded position.

6. The broadhead as described in claim 3 wherein the blade retention means is a pair of spring biased balls receiving in spring bore holes in opposite sides of the middle portion of the housing body, the balls receive in a dimple in a side of the first and second cutting blades, whereby when the pointed tip and the first and second cutting blades contact the target, the balls are released from the dimples in the first and second cutting blades and the first and second cutting blades are free to move into the expanded position.

7. The broadhead as described in claim 3 wherein the blade retention means is a spring biased washer with a washer ring therearound, the washer mounted on the middle portion of the housing body, a portion of the ring received in a blade notch on the inside edge of the first and second cutting blades, whereby when the pointed tip and the first and second ends of the sliding arm extension contact the target, the washer ring is released from the blade notches and the first and second cutting blades are free to move into the expanded position.

8. The broadhead as described in claim 3 wherein the blade retention means is a magnetic washer mounted on a portion of the housing body, the magnetic washer disposed next to a portion of the inside edge of the first and second cutting blades, whereby when the pointed tip and the first and second cutting blades contact the target, the first and second cutting blades are released from the magnetic washer and free to move into the expanded position.

9. The broadhead as described in claim 1 further including a sliding arm extension retention means for holding the sliding arm extension in place when the first and second cutting blades are held in a retracted position during arrow flight.

10. The broadhead as described in claim 9 wherein the sliding arm extension retention means is a spring biased ball receiving in spring bore hole in the middle portion of the housing body, the ball received in a dimple in a side of the sliding arm extension, whereby when the pointed tip and the first and second cutting blades contact the target, the ball is released from the dimple in the sliding arm extension and the sliding arm extension is free to move downwardly in the groove and the first and second cutting blades are free to move into the expanded position.

11. An arrow broadhead adapted for attaching to an open end of an arrow shaft insert in a hollow arrow shaft, the broadhead adapted for moving from a retracted position during arrow flight to an expanded position when contacting a target, the broadhead comprising:

a housing body having a top portion, a middle portion, and a bottom portion, the top portion and the middle portion having an elongated groove and shaft bore hole therethrough, the elongated groove having a groove bottom next to the bottom portion, the bottom portion having a threaded end extending downwardly therefrom, the threaded end adapted for attaching to the arrow shaft insert;

a removable, pointed blade tip received in an upper portion of the groove and attached to the top portion of the housing body;

a first pivot arm having a first end and a second end, the first end received in the groove and attached to the housing body;

a second pivot arm having a first end and a second end, the first end received in the groove and attached to the housing body;

a first cutting blade having an outside cutting edge and an inside edge, a first end of the first cutting blade pivotally attached to the second end of the first pivot arm, a portion of the first cutting blade received inside the groove when the broadhead is in a retracted position; and

a second cutting blade having an outside cutting edge and an inside edge, a first end of the second cutting blade pivotally attached to the second end of second pivot arm, a portion of the second cutting blade received inside the groove when the broadhead is in a retracted position;

whereby, when the pointed blade tip and the second ends of the pivot arms and the first ends of the cutting blades contact the target, the pivot arms move outwardly and pivot downwardly in the groove and the inside edge of the first and second cutting blades engage opposite ends of the groove bottom and the cam surfaces of the first and second blades engage a pair of cam pins mounted on the housing body for moving the first and second cutting blades outwardly into an expanded position for maximum cutting and target penetration.

12. The broadhead as described in claim 11 further comprising at least one cam pin attached to the housing body and a cam pin notch on an inside edge of the first and second cutting blades, the cam pins received in the cam pin notches when the cutting blades are retracted during arrow flight.

13. The broadhead as described in claim 11 further comprising an upper blade notch on the inside edge of the first and second cutting blades, whereby the cam pins are received in the inner blade notches when the cutting blades move into an expanded position for locking the cutting blades in place.

14. The broadhead as described in claim 11, further comprising blade retention means for holding the first and second cutting blades in a retracted position during arrow flight.

15. The broadhead as described in claim 14 wherein the blade retention means is a pair of cam levers mounted on opposite sides of the housing body, the cam levers having “

O”

ring notch for receiving a portion of an “

O”

ring or elastic band, the “

O”

ring or elastic band received around a the middle portion of the housing body, the cam lever having a blade hook for receipt in a blade hook notch in the inside edge of the first and second cutting blades, whereby when the pointed tip and the second end of the pivot arms contact the target, the “

O”

ring or elastic band is released from the “

O”

ring notch and the blade hook is released from the blade hook notch allowing the first and second cutting blades to move into the expanded position.

16. The broadhead as described in claim 14 wherein the blade retention means is a pair of spring biased balls receiving in spring bore holes in opposite sides of the middle portion of the housing body, the balls receive in a dimple in a side of the first and second cutting blades, whereby when the pointed tip and the end of the pivot arms contact the target, the balls are released from the dimples in the first and second cutting blades and the first and second cutting blades are free to move into the expanded position.

17. An arrow broadhead comprising:

a housing body having at least one elongated aperture extending through at least a portion of the housing body;

a tip removeably coupled to a forward portion of the housing body;

at least one elongated generally cylindrical arm disposed at least partially within the elongated aperture and rearward of the tip, the at least one arm configured to move independently from the tip; and

first and second cutting blades disposed at least partially within the elongated aperture and pivotally coupled to the at least one moveable arm;

wherein the first and second cutting blades are configured to pivot outward relative to the housing body as the at least one arm moves rearward relative to the housing body within the elongated aperture.

18. The arrow broadhead of claim 17, wherein the at least one moveable arm is pivotally coupled to the housing body.

19. The arrow broadhead of claim 17, wherein the at least one moveable arm is configured to slide rearward within the elongated aperture in the housing body.

20. The arrow broadhead of claim 17, wherein the at least one moveable arm comprises a pair of moveable arms disposed at least partially within the elongated aperture in the housing body.