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US 5,553,413 AGranted
Fishing arrow and passthrough prevention devices
OwnerGregory T. Gannoninventor
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Abstract
A device for bow fishing which renders less likely an arrow will pass completely through an impaled fish. A sliding-stop is oriented on an arrow shaft forward of a drawn, cocked bow. Upon contact with the fish, a pointed head of the arrow passes into the fish, pushing the sliding-stop rearward on the shaft of the arrow, ultimately contacting a fixed stop disposed at a trailing portion of the shaft. Fishing line connects the arrow to the bow to retrieve the fish impaled on the arrow.
Claims18
An arrow comprising:
- an arrow shaft having a leading end and a trailing end;
- a sliding-stop having a neutral hydrodynamic and aerodynamic profile slidably disposed on said shaft, said sliding-stop having a plurality of radially extending vanes oriented parallel to a long axis of a base, said base provided with a central opening parallel to its said long axis loosely overlying said shaft, said base including a leading portion facing towards a point of said arrow, which said leading portion includes a forward edge of minimal cross-sectional surface area and a trailing, fixed-stop impacting area of substantially larger surface area than that of said forward edge;
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- a fixed-stop secured on said arrow shaft to retard sliding-stop translation on said shaft.
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A kit for archery, particularly used when bowfishing, said kit comprising:
- a sliding-stop having an aerodynamically and hydrodynamically neutral profile provided with means to accommodate a shaft of an arrow, said sliding-stop including having a plurality of radially extending vanes oriented parallel to a long axis of a base, said base provided with a central opening parallel to said long axis loosely overlying said shaft, said base including a leading portion facing towards a point of said arrow which said leading portion includes a forward edge of minimal cross-sectional surface area and a trailing fixed-stop impacting area of substantially larger surface area than that of said forward penetrating edge, said base having a body portion interposed between said forward edge and said trailing fixed-stop impacting area of substantially diverging and then converging conical configuration said vanes being equi-spaced around an outer periphery of said base and have a cross-sectional profile of substantially airfoil/hydrofoil cross-section, and
- a fixed stop to be attached to the arrow shaft to brake said sliding-stop.
A method for bowfishing, comprising the steps of:
- placing a sliding-stop on an arrow, adjacent a leading portion of the arrow,
- loading an arrow on a bow such that the sliding-stop is forward the bow,
- tethering the arrow to the bow, and
- stopping the sliding-stop upon release of the arrow from the bow from removal off the arrow.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.