Patent ID: 6708683
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: A01K,F41B

Abstract:
A spear gun, comprising:an elongate barrel; a first forward spear guide tube mounted to a leading end of said elongate barrel; a second forward spear guide tube mounted to a leading end of said elongate barrel in laterally spaced apart relation to said first forward spear guide tube; a first rearward spear guide tube mounted to a trailing end of said elongate barrel in axial alignment with said first forward spear guide tube; a second rearward spear guide tube mounted to a trailing end of said elongate barrel in laterally spaced apart relation to said first rearward spear guide tube and in axial alignment with said second forward spear guide tube; a first spear adapted to have a trailing end thereof slidingly received within a lumen of said first rearward spear guide tube and a leading end thereof slidingly received within a lumen of said first forward spear guide tube; a second spear adapted to have a trailing end thereof slidingly received within a lumen of said second rearward spear guide tube and a leading end thereof slidingly received within a lumen of said second forward spear guide tube; a first elongate elastomeric member having a leading end adapted to be releasably attached to a leading end of said spear gun and a trailing end adapted to be releasably attached to said first spear near a trailing end thereof; a second elongate elastomeric member having a leading end adapted to be releasably attached to a leading end of said spear gun and a trailing end adapted to be releasably attached to said second spear near a trailing end thereof; a first trigger adapted to launch said first spear; a second trigger adapted to launch said second spear; a first detent means having a first position that releasably engages a trailing end of said first spear and a second position that is unengaged from said trailing end of said first spear; and a second detent means having a first position that releasably engages a trailing end of said second spear and a second position that is unengaged from said trailing end of said first spear.