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US 2008/0176683 A1Published application
Fletching system and method therefor
OwnerJohn Marshallinventor
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Abstract
A fletching system and method that allows for quick and easy attachment of a fletching member to an arrow shaft provides a slotted arrow shaft adapted to receive a fletching member projecting therethrough and an internal plug member disposed within a hollow center of the arrow shaft in pressing frictional fit engagement with a flanged base portion of the fletching member wherein the flanged base portion is secured between the plug member and an internal surface of a sidewall of the arrow shaft.
Claims18
A fletching system comprising:
- a pod member having a slot formed therethrough and a seat formed in a surface thereof proximate said slot.
A method of attaching a fletching member to a shaft, comprising the steps of:
- inserting a first end of a base of said fletching member through a first portion of a slot;
- and
- feeding said base of said fletching member through said first portion of said slot,
- whereby said base of said fletching member is retained in a seat proximate said shaft and below said slot.
1 more element
An arrow shaft comprising:
- a slot formed in an exterior surface of a cylindrical body of said arrow shaft, said slot enclosed by a continuous closed-loop peripheral wall, and said slot having a wider portion at a first end thereof;
- and
- a cavity disposed proximate said slot and generally beneath said slot, said cavity being formed within said body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.