# US 4,396,196 A · Arrow tip for hunting small game

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- Number: US 4,396,196 A
- Document ID: US4396196A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/412,588
- Filed: 1982-08-30
- Granted: 1983-08-02
- Earliest claimed: 1982-08-30
- Inventors: Randy S. Drennan
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4396196A

## CPC

- F42B 6/08: Arrow heads; Harpoon heads
- F42B: EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION (explosive compositions C06B; fuzes F42C; blasting F42D)

## Abstract

An arrow tip for use in small game hunting being of a generally frustro-conical shape in the forward portion of its body tapering to a diameter approximately the same as that of said arrow shaft at its rearward end, the forward end of the tip having a cupped configuration with a forwardly directed sharp peripheral cutting edge formed by the convergence of linear tapered internal and external walls and having a flat bottom wall recessed from said cutting edge.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An arrow tip adapted to be secured to the end of an arrow shaft, said tip being of a generally frustro-conical shape in the forward portion of its body, tapering to a diameter approximately the same as that of said arrow shaft at the rearward portion of its body, the forward end of said tip having a cupped configuration with a forwardly directed sharp peripheral cutting edge and an essentially flat bottom wall recessed from said cutting edge.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The arrow tip of claim 1 wherein said cupped configuration is formed by a linear inwardly tapering wall from said cutting edge to said rear wall.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The arrow tip of claim 2 wherein said bottom wall is recessed approximately 1/8th inch from said cutting edge, said cutting edge is about 9/16th inch in diameter and said rearward end is about 5/16th inch in diameter.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1, 2, 3)

The arrow tip of any one of claims 1-3 wherein said cutting edge is of tempered steel.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The arrow tip of claim 4 which is adapted to be secured to the end of an arrow shaft by means of an externally threaded mounting shank extending rearwardly from the main body of said tip.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The tip as defined in claim 5 wherein said mounting shank is of a material different from the material of said cutting edge.

### Claim 7

An arrow tip having a main body of a generally frustro conical shape with its forward end having a cupped configuration with a substantially flat rear wall, said cupped configuration having a forwardly directed sharp peripheral cutting edge of tempered steel about 9/16ths inch in diameter, said cutting edge being formed at the intersection of a linear tapering external wall of said tip with a linear tapering internal wall of said cupped configuration terminating at said flat rear wall about 1/8th inch rearward of said cutting edge, said tip being adapted to be secured to the end of an arrow shaft by means of an externally threaded mounting shank extending rearwardly from said main body, said mounting shank being of a material different from said cutting edge.