Slide hammer arrow extractor
OwnerBill Kneeboneinventor
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Abstract
An extraction tool for an embedded arrow head works by attaching a slide hammer shaft to the embedded arrow and then working an outer slide hammer body along the shaft to engage cooperating travel stops to kinetically work the arrow head from a dense material in which the arrow is embedded. The extraction tool includes a handle that may be stored parallel to the slide hammer shaft for transport and then disposed to engage the slide hammer body when needed. The slide hammer shaft has an arrow head engagement end with a threaded receiver and a distal stop bolt end that includes for a separate grip and an ancillary attachment.
Claims14
An extraction tool for removing an embedded arrow head from a dense material, comprising:
- a handle;
- a slide hammer shaft having a first end and a second end, said first end including an arrow head receiving portion and said second end including a stop bolt receiving portion and a peripheral slide hammer shaft stop;
- a slide hammer body having a longitudinal throughbore and a slide hammer body contact head, said longitudinal throughbore dimensioned for receiving said slide hammer shaft with said slide hammer shaft being freely movable therein, said slide hammer body further including a first handle receiving portion and a second handle receiving portion, said first handle receiving portion being an in-use handle receiving portion disposed perpendicular to said slide hammer body throughbore and a second handle receiving portion being a handle storage receiving portion disposed parallel to said slide hammer body throughbore;
- and,
- an extraction tool handle including a handle attachment for allowing said handle to be alternately received in either said in-use handle receiving portion or said handle storage receiving portion,
- wherein a user is able to a shaft of an arrow from an embedded arrow head and attach a free arrow head to said arrow head receiving portion on said slide hammer shaft, attach said handle to said in-use receiving portion on said slide hammer body and, by sliding said slide hammer body along said slide hammer shaft, bringing said slide hammer body contact head and said peripheral slide hammer shaft stop into contact, thereby removing the embedded arrow head.
A method for extracting an embedded arrow head from a dense material, comprising the steps of:
- detaching the embedded arrow head from an accompanying arrow shaft;
- providing an extraction tool including a slide hammer shaft that is removably attachable to the embedded arrow head;
- attaching said slide hammer shaft to said embedded arrow head;
- providing a slide hammer body that includes a longitudinal throughbore dimensioned for receiving said slide hammer shaft so that said slide hammer shaft freely moves therein and said slide hammer body travels along said slide hammer shaft and further providing a set of cooperating contact stops on both said slide hammer shaft and said slide hammer body;
- and,
- moving said slide hammer body along said slide hammer shaft for bringing said cooperating contact stops together for kinetically working the embedded arrow head from the dense material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.