# US 2023/0284602 A1 · Bowfishing Arrow

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- Number: US 2023/0284602 A1
- Document ID: US20230284602A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/124,292
- Filed: 2023-03-21
- Published: 2023-09-14
- Earliest claimed: 2018-05-04
- Assignees: Mcp IP, LLC
- Applicants: Mcp IP, LLC
- Inventors: Mathew A. McPherson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230284602A1

## CPC

- A01K 71/00: Floating nets {(if drawn A01K73/00)}
- A01K 81/04: Fish-spears
- F42B 6/06: Tail ends, e.g. nocks, fletching
- F42B 6/08: Arrow heads; Harpoon heads
- A01K 91/03: Connecting devices (devices for fixing on or removing sinkers from lines A01K95/02)
- A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- F42B: EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION (explosive compositions C06B; fuzes F42C; blasting F42D)

## Abstract

In some embodiments, an arrow comprises a shaft and a notch in an end of the arrow. The notch is arranged to receive a bowstring. A first finger recess and a second finger recess are located in proximity to the notch. The first finger recess and the second finger recess comprise opposed diverging surfaces.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An arrow comprising:
a shaft;
a magnetically attractive material attached to the shaft; and
a slider engaged with the shaft and moveable along a length of the shaft, the slider comprising a magnet.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The arrow of claim 1, comprising a line attached to the slider.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The arrow of claim 2, the slider comprising a first aperture, a second aperture and a third aperture, the line extending through the first aperture, the second aperture and the third aperture.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The arrow of claim 1, the slider comprising a body portion and a plurality of raised flanges, each raised flange extending radially outward from the body portion.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The arrow of claim 4, the plurality of raised flanges comprising a first flange and a second flange, the first flange comprising a tip and a declining surface oriented at an angle to the shaft.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The arrow of claim 5, the second flange comprising a tip and a declining surface oriented at an angle to the shaft, the first flange and second flange defining a cavity adjacent to the slider body portion.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The arrow of claim 1, comprising an arrowhead attached to the shaft, the arrowhead comprising the magnetically attractive material.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The arrow of claim 1, the magnet comprising a ring.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The arrow of claim 8, the ring surrounding the shaft.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The arrow of claim 1, comprising a nock attached to the shaft, the nock comprising a stop arranged to contact the slider.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The arrow of claim 1, comprising a nock attached to the shaft, the nock comprising a notch, a first finger recess and a second finger recess located in proximity to the notch, the first finger recess and the second finger recess comprising opposed diverging surfaces.

### Claim 12

An arrow comprising:
a shaft comprising a magnetically attractive material; and
a slider engaged with the shaft and moveable along a length of the shaft, the slider comprising a magnet.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The arrow of claim 12, comprising a line attached to the slider.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The arrow of claim 12, the shaft comprising an arrowhead, the arrowhead comprising the magnetically attractive material.

### Claim 15 (depends on 12)

The arrow of claim 12, comprising a nock attached to the shaft, the nock comprising a notch, a first finger recess and a second finger recess located in proximity to the notch, the first finger recess and the second finger recess comprising opposed diverging surfaces.

### Claim 16

An arrow comprising:
a shaft;
a notch in an end of the arrow, the notch arranged to receive a bowstring; and
a first finger recess and a second finger recess located in proximity to the notch, the first finger recess and the second finger recess comprising opposed diverging surfaces.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The arrow of claim 16, wherein the first finger recess and the second finger recess are formed in the arrow shaft.

### Claim 18 (depends on 16)

The arrow of claim 16, comprising a nock attached to the shaft, the nock comprising the first finger recess and the second finger recess.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The arrow of claim 18, the nock comprising a stop.

### Claim 20 (depends on 16)

The arrow of claim 16, comprising a slider engaged with the shaft and moveable along a length of the shaft, the slider comprising a magnet.