Patent · US Expired

Expandable broadhead

US6910979B2 · kind B2 · utility

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70References
37Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 17, 2003
Grant dateJun 28, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 17, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF42B6/08
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A broadhead for mating with an arrow, includes a plurality of blades shiftable between a retracted, in flight position and an extended, penetrating position, each of the blades being rearwardly longitudinally translatable from the retracted, in flight position to the extended, penetrating position, each of the blades residing at least in part in a respective blade recess defined in a broadhead body when in the retracted, in flight position, longitudinal translation of the plurality of blades effecting a camming of a blade cutting edge of each blade outward relative to the broadhead body. A method of expanding an expandable broadhead is also included.

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