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The disclosure and prior art relates to arrows and more particularly pertains to a new arrow for increasing lethality and enhancing a blood trail.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a shaft, an arrowhead, a fletching, and a nock. The arrowhead and the nock are coupled to and extend from a first end and a second end of the shaft, respectively. The fletching is coupled to and extends radially from the shaft proximate to the second end. A channel extends axially through the shaft from proximate to the first end to proximate to the second end. Each of a plurality of holes is positioned in the shaft and extends to the channel. Holes in a first section of the shaft that is inserted into flesh of an animal are configured for blood to enter. The blood flows through the channel to drain from holes that are positioned in a second section of the shaft to prevent clotting of the blood and to enhance a blood trail.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A channel 24 extends axially through the shaft 12 from proximate to a first end 20 to proximate to a second end 22 of the shaft 12. A plurality of holes 26 is positioned in the shaft 12. Each hole 26 extends to the channel 24. The plurality of hole 26 extends from proximate to the first end 20 to proximate to the second end 22 of the shaft 12.
Respective holes 26 that are positioned in a first section 28 of the shaft 12 that is inserted into flesh of an animal are configured for blood to enter from the flesh, as shown in
Each hole 26 extends transversely through a wall 32 of the shaft 12 so that an outer perimeter 34 of the hole 26 is closer to the second end 22 of the shaft 12 than an inner perimeter 36 of the hole 26, as shown in
The plurality of holes 26 is positioned in a set of three rows 38. The rows 38 extend in parallel from proximate to the first end 20 to proximate to the second end 22 of the shaft 12. Each row 38 comprises from three to six holes 26, with the number of holes 26 being determined by a length 40 of the shaft 12.
Each row 38 comprises four holes 26. Each row 38 is aligned with a respective fletch 42 of the fletching 16. The holes 26 of each row 38 are equivalently spaced from adjacent holes 26 of the row 38. Each row 38 has a respective position between the first end 20 and the second end 22 of the shaft 12 so that the plurality of holes 26 extends spirally around the shaft 12 from proximate to the first end 20 to proximate to the second end 22. The spiral positioning of the holes 26 around the shaft 12 complements a curvature of the fletching 16. To the extent the holes 26 interact with the air during flight, the effect would be a desirable increase in a rotational rate of the shaft 12 during flight of the arrow 10.
The plurality of rows 38 comprises a first line 44, a second line 46, and a third line 48. The first line 44 extends from proximate to a cock fletch 50 to proximate to the arrowhead 14. The first line 44 begins from 4.00 to 7.00 centimeters from the arrowhead 14. The first line 44 begins 5.40 centimeters from the arrowhead 14. The second line 46 extends from proximate to a first hen fletch 52 to proximate to the arrowhead 14. The second line 46 begins from 7.00 to 10.00 centimeters from the arrowhead 14. The second line 46 begins 8.57 centimeters from the arrowhead 14. The third line 48 extends from proximate to a second hen fletch 54 to proximate to the arrowhead 14. The third line 48 begins from 10.00 to 13.50 centimeters from the arrowhead 14. The third line 48 begins 11.75 centimeters from the arrowhead 14.
In use, the arrow 10 is launched from a bow to impact a target animal. The first section 28 of the shaft 12 penetrates the flesh of the target animal. Respective holes 26 that are positioned in the first section 28 of the shaft 12 are configured for blood to enter from the flesh. The blood flows through the channel 24 to drain from respective holes 26 that are positioned in the second section 30 of the shaft 12 to prevent clotting of the blood and to enhance the blood trail. In the event where the shaft 12 is broken, the blood continues to flow through the channel 24.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
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