US 11,988,492 B2
Arrow with stabilizing deflector
Jamie L. Birner, Warrens, WI (US); Mathew A. McPherson, Norwalk, WI (US); John R. Scovil, Onalaska, WI (US); Mark J. Hayes, Sparta, WI (US); and Jeffrey A. Ozanne, La Crosse, WI (US)
Assigned to MCP IP, LLC, Sparta, WI (US)
Filed by MCP IP, LLC, Sparta, WI (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/562,874.
Application 17/562,874 is a continuation of application No. 16/548,678, filed on Aug. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,209,253.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/721,301, filed on Aug. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0120540 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F42B 6/06 (2006.01)
CPC F42B 6/06 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An arrow comprising:
a shaft comprising a cavity;
a nock comprising a boss; and
a deflector surrounding the shaft, the deflector comprising a deflecting surface arranged to continuously surround the shaft, the deflecting surface oriented at an angle to a surface of the shaft, the angle between 10 degrees and 60 degrees;
wherein the boss is positioned within the cavity and the deflector overlaps the boss.