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 or cross bolt shaft provides a slotted fletch holder adapted to receive a fletching member projecting therethrough and an external end cap member to provide frictional fit engagement with a flanged base portion of the fletching member wherein the flanged base portion is secured between the end cap member and an internal surface of a sidewall of the fletch holder.
Claims20
A fletching system for use in association with an arrow shaft, the fletching system comprising:
- a fletch holder having at least one slot formed radially through a sidewall thereof;
- an end cap member adapted for removable association with said fletch holder at an end thereof, said end cap member operable to compress said at least one slot when said end cap member is associated with said fletch holder;
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- a nock adapted for association with said end cap member at an end thereof.
A fletching system for an arrow comprising:
- (a.) a fletch holder having a recessed or hollow portion, and at least one slot running longitudinally therealong with respect to a long axis of the fletch holder;
- (b.) the slot being open at a second end of the fletch holder;
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- (c.) the fletch holder cooperatively affixed at the second end thereof to a first end of an end cap member, said end cap member operable to compress said at least one slot when said end cap member is affixed to said fletch holder;
- (d.) the end cap member cooperatively affixed at the second end thereof to a nock;
- whereby a fletching member may be captured and retained in a position projecting through the slot of the fletch holder by affixation of the end cap member to the fletch holder.
A method of attaching a fletching member to a fletch holder comprising the steps of:
- (a.) sliding a base portion of said fletching member through a slot formed through a sidewall of said fletch holder;
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- (b.) affixing a first end of an end cap member to said fletch holder, said first end of said end cap member operable to compress said slot when said end cap member is affixed to said fletch holder, said end cap member cooperatively affixed at a second end thereof to a nock, such that said slot is disposed in frictional fit engagement with said base portion, thereby securely attaching said fletching member to said fletch holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.