Patent ID: 7311621
Filing Date: 2007-12-25
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
1. An arrowhead comprising: a body having a forward end, a mounting location, a rearward end, and a longitudinal axis extending between said forward and rearward ends; an arrowhead tip removably mounted to said forward end of said body; an elongated grappling means having a first end and a second end, said first end of said grappling means being pivotably mounted to said mounting location of said body about an axis of rotation such that said grappling means is pivotably movable between first, second, and third positions; said grappling means lying substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis of said body when in said first position with said second end extending rearward of said mounting location, said second end of said grappling means extending substantially radially outward when said grappling means is in said second position, and said grappling means lying substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis of said body when in said third position with said second end extending forward of said mounting location; a bearing surface at said second end of said grappling means so as to be contacted by a target surface to pivot said grappling means from said first position to said second position when said bearing surface confronts said target surface; and said grappling means confronting said tip when in said second position so as to prevent said grappling means from rotating to said third position until said tip has been removed from said body.