Metal or reinforced lighted nocks

• US 8,944,944 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FeraDyne Outdoors, LLC
• Original Assignee: Out RAGE LLC
• Inventors: Pedersen, William Edward, Krause, Richard Scott, Syverson, Jon Arthur
• Primary Examiner(s): RICCI, JOHN A
• Application Number:
  US13/804,203
• Publication Number:
  US 20140187362A1
• Time in Patent Office: 691 Days
• Field of Search: 473/570, 473/578, 473/585, 473/586
• US Class Current: 473/578
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 12/362 Arrows or darts F42B12/38 takes precedence, having means for implantation, e.g. hypodermic projectiles F42B12/54; arrows or darts in general F42B6/00
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 12/382 emitting an electromagnetic radiation, e.g. laser beam or infrared emission
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 12/42 of illuminating type, e.g. carrying flares
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 6/06 Tail ends, e.g. nocks, fletching

Abstract

The crossbow bolt or arrow nock in certain embodiments of the current invention includes a structural support piece that substantially surrounds and structurally supports the distal end of the nock, which may be made of a clear polymeric material to allow the transmission of light.

Claims

1. A nock configured for attachment to a distal end of an arrow or a bolt, the nock comprising:

a slotted first end configured to receive the string of a bow, wherein the slotted first end is at least partially optically clear;

a power source;

a light source;

a second end configured to attach to the distal end of the arrow or the bolt; and

a structural support piece coupled to the slotted first end and partially covering and supporting the slotted first end, wherein the structural support piece is optically clear.

2. The nock of claim 1, wherein the structural support piece comprises a ceramic.

3. The nock of claim 2, wherein the ceramic comprises AlON (aluminum oxynitride).

4. A nock configured for attachment to a distal end of an arrow or a bolt, the nock comprising:

a slotted first end configured to receive the string of a bow, wherein the slotted first end is at least partially optically clear;

a power source;

a light source;

a second end configured to attach to the distal end of the arrow or the bolt, wherein the second end comprises a grooved cylindrical surface configured to snap-fit or attach by compression to the distal end of the arrow or the bolt; and

a structural support piece coupled to the slotted first end and partially covering and supporting the slotted first end, wherein the structural support piece comprises a metal, a graphite material, or a structural polymeric or composite material, and wherein the structural support piece is optically not clear.

5. A nock configured for attachment to a distal end of an arrow or a bolt, the nock comprising:

a slotted first end configured to receive the string of a bow, wherein the slotted first end is at least partially optically clear;

a power source;

a light source;

a second end configured to attach to the distal end of the arrow or the bolt, wherein the second end comprises compressible projecting protrusions configured to attach by compression to the distal end of the arrow or the bolt; and

a structural support piece coupled to the slotted first end and partially covering and supporting the slotted first end, wherein the structural support piece comprises a metal, a graphite material, or a structural polymeric or composite material, and wherein the structural support piece is optically not clear.

6. A nock configured for attachment to a distal end of an arrow or a bolt, the nock comprising:

a slotted first end configured to receive the string of a bow, wherein the slotted first end is at least partially optically clear;

a power source;

a light source;

a second end configured to attach to the distal end of the arrow or the bolt; and

a structural support piece coupled to the slotted first end and partially covering and supporting the slotted first end, wherein the structural support piece comprises a metal, a graphite material, or a structural polymeric or composite material, wherein the structural support piece is optically not clear, and wherein the structural support piece is made from a optically reflective material.

7. The nock of claim 6, wherein the structural support piece is made from a reflective metal.

8. The nock of claim 7, wherein the structural support piece is made from a reflective metal alloy.

9. The nock of claim 6, wherein light from the nock is more focused in the backwards directions compared to the nock without the structural support piece.