Patent ID: 8986141
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
1. An expandable broadhead for attachment to an arrow shaft, comprising: a ferrule body comprising a nose section and at least one blade recess; a chisel tip inserted into the nose section of the ferrule body, the chisel tip comprising a plurality of facets, and a plurality, of tip cutting edges formed at the intersections of the facets of the chisel tip; a plurality of blades residing at least in part in the at least one blade recess, wherein the plurality of blades can be configured in a retracted configuration or a deployed configuration; and a shock-absorbing retainer, releasably engaged with the plurality of blades, to retain the blades in the retracted configuration until impact; wherein each tip cutting edge of the chisel tip is offset from a blade cutting surface of each of the plurality of blades.