US 11,940,258 B2
Illuminated nock
Howard Andrew Buchanan, Burnsville, NC (US)
Assigned to CenterCross Archery LLC, Burnsville, NC (US)
Filed by WATASH OUTDOORS Inc, Carmichaels, PA (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/071,744.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/285,192, filed on Dec. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0175821 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. F42B 6/06 (2006.01)
CPC F42B 6/06 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nock assembly for engagement with a bow or crossbow having a bowstring, the nock assembly comprising:
a nock body having a first arm having a first surface and a second arm generally parallel to the first arm and having a second surface;
said first and second surfaces defining a notch therebetween;
said notch having a first end and a second end;
wherein the first arm and the second arm cooperate to define an opening to the notch through which the bowstring is insertable into the notch at the first end;
first and second spherical caps protruding into the notch from the first and second surfaces, respectively;
said first and second spherical caps defining a first gap therebetween, said first gap being sized such that the first and second spherical caps resist passage of the bowstring through the first gap.
 
11. An arrow assembly for use with a bow or crossbow having a bowstring, the arrow assembly comprising:
a shaft;
a nock assembly mounted at one end of the shaft;
the nock assembly including a nock body having a first arm having a first surface and a second arm generally parallel to the first arm and having a second surface;
said first and second surfaces defining a notch therebetween;
first, second, third, and fourth spherical caps protruding into the notch;
wherein the first and second spherical caps define a first gap therebetween; and
wherein the second and third spherical caps define a second gap therebetween.