Fletching system and method therefor

• US 8,870,691 B2
• Filed: 11/06/2013
• Issued: 10/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John F. Marshall Jr
• Original Assignee: John F. Marshall Jr
• Inventors: Marshall, John F. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): RICCI, JOHN A
• Application Number:
  US14/073,497
• Publication Number:
  US 20140066237A1
• Time in Patent Office: 356 Days
• Field of Search: 473/578, 473/585, 473/586
• US Class Current: 473/586
• CPC Class Codes: F41B 5/1446 Arrow fletching jigs
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 6/06 Tail ends, e.g. nocks, fletching

Abstract

A fletching system and method that allows for quick and easy attachment of a fletching member to an arrow or cross bolt shaft provides a slotted fletch holder adapted to receive a fletching member projecting therethrough and an external end cap member to provide frictional fit engagement with a flanged base portion of the fletching member wherein the flanged base portion is secured between the end cap member and an internal surface of a sidewall of the fletch holder.

Claims

1. A fletch holder for use in association with an arrow, the fletch holder comprising:

a cylindrical portion;

a first flange and a threaded portion extending forward of said cylindrical portion;

a second flange and a threaded portion extending rearward of said cylindrical portion; and

a slot through a side wall of the fletch holder, said slot extending from at least the aft end of said first flange, through said threaded portion aft of said second flange.

2. The fletch holder of claim 1 further comprising an end cap member adapted to engage said threaded portion aft of said second flange, said end cap member operable to compress said slot when said end cap member is associated with the fletch holder.

3. The fletch holder of claim 2 further comprising a nock adapted for association with said end cap member at an end thereof.

4. The fletch holder of claim 1 wherein said slot is formed generally longitudinally with respect to a long axis of the fletch holder.

5. The fletch holder of claim 1 wherein said slot comprises a closed periphery disposed adjacent to or within said first flange and an opening disposed adjacent to or within said threaded portion aft of said second flange.

6. The fletch holder of claim 1 further comprising a fletching member.

7. The fletch holder of claim 6 wherein said fletching member comprises a generally planar body and a base portion.

8. The fletch holder of claim 7 wherein said base portion has a width that is greater than a width of at least a portion of said slot.

9. The fletch holder of claim 6 wherein said fletching member is disposed at least partially within said slot and extends therethrough.

10. The fletch holder of claim 6 wherein said fletching member is removably retained within said slot by compression force acting upon said threaded portion aft of said second flange, said compression force urging said slot towards a closed configuration.

11. The fletch holder of claim 1 affixed to an end of an arrow shaft.

12. The fletch holder of claim 1 wherein the fletch holder is hollow from approximately an aft end of said first flange through said threaded portion aft of said second flange.

13. The fletch holder of claim 1 wherein said maximum diameter of said first flange is approximately equal to said maximum diameter of said second flange.

14. A fletch holder for use in association with an arrow, the fletch holder comprising:

a cylindrical portion;

a first flange and a portion extending forward of said first flange for cooperative association with an aft end of the arrow;

a second flange and a portion extending rearward of said second flange for cooperative association with an end cap member; and

a slot through a side wall of the fletch holder, said slot extending from at least the aft end of said first flange, through said portion extending rearward of said second flange.

15. The fletch holder of claim 14 further comprising an end cap member adapted to engage said portion extending rearward of said second flange, said end cap member operable to compress said slot when said end cap member is associated with the fletch holder.

16. The fletch holder of claim 15 further comprising a nock adapted for association with said end cap member at an end thereof.

17. The fletch holder of claim 14 further comprising a fletching member.

18. The fletch holder of claim 17 wherein said fletching member is removably retained within said slot by compression force acting upon said portion extending rearward of said second flange, said compression force urging said slot towards a closed configuration.

19. The fletch holder of claim 14 affixed to an end of an arrow shaft.

20. The fletch holder of claim 14 wherein said first flange is longer in an axial dimension than said second flange, and wherein said slot extends into said first flange.