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US 11,629,942 B2Granted
Archery shaft having a braided characteristic
AssigneeBlue Curtain LLC
InventorsDonald M. Gordon, Edward D. Pilpel
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Abstract
An archery shaft is disclosed herein. The archery shaft, in an embodiment, includes an elongated member having an outer surface. The archery shaft also includes a formation arranged at least partially around the outer surface of the elongated member. The formation has a braided characteristic. Furthermore, the formation has a plurality of reinforcement fibers.
Claims23
An archery shaft comprising:
- an elongated member comprising:
- (a) a first compound material;
- (b) a core surface;
- and
- (c) an exterior surface coupled to the core surface, wherein the exterior surface is uncovered by any other surface of the elongated member;
- wherein the exterior surface comprises a formation that is positioned around the core surface of the elongated member,
- wherein the formation comprises a braided characteristic achieved by a braiding process,
- wherein the formation comprises a second compound material,
- wherein the second compound material comprises first and second clusters of reinforcement fibers,
- wherein a plurality of the reinforcement fibers within the first cluster are oriented to be parallel to each other,
- wherein a plurality of the reinforcement fibers within the second cluster are oriented to be parallel to each other,
- wherein each of the reinforcement fibers in the first cluster extends in a direction along a first fiber axis,
- wherein each of the reinforcement fibers in the second cluster extends in a direction along a second fiber axis,
- wherein each of the first fiber axes intersects with one of the second fiber axes.
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An archery shaft comprising:
- an elongated member comprising an intermediary surface and an exterior surface that at least partially covers the intermediary surface,
- wherein the exterior surface is exposed to air when the archery shaft is launched in the air toward a target;
- wherein the exterior surface comprises a formation that is arranged at least partially around the intermediary surface of the elongated member,
- wherein the formation comprises a braided characteristic,
- wherein the formation comprises a plurality of reinforcement fibers.
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An archery shaft comprising:
- an elongated member comprising:
- an intermediary surface that comprises a first compound material;
- and
- an exterior surface that is exposed to air when the archery shaft is launched in the air toward a target,
- wherein the exterior surface comprises a formation of a second compound material that is arranged at least partially around the intermediary surface of the elongated member,
- wherein the formation comprises a braided configuration,
- wherein the formation comprises a plurality of fibers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.