Patent ID: 7713151
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
1. A mechanical broadhead for attachment to an arrow, said broadhead comprising: (a) a broadhead body having a first end capable of attachment to an end of an arrow, a second end including a frontal post extending therefrom and a body portion including a plurality of blade windows formed therein; (b) a retractable blade attached within each of said plurality of blade windows, each of said blades having a geometrically angled shape and an aperture at a front end thereof for attachment within each of said plurality of blade windows; (c) a retaining spring which generates a force for retaining each of said blades in a retracted position within each of said blade windows of said broadhead body; (d) a front body having a frontal end and a rearward end, said rearward end slidably mounted onto said frontal post of said broadhead body extending from said broadhead body, said front body including at least one aperture extending through a sidewall portion thereof; (e) connecting members for entering through said at least one aperture of said front body and said apertures of each of said blades for slidably securing said front body to said broadhead body and for pivotally securing each of said blades within said broadhead body; and (f) a front tip secured to said forward end of said front body, wherein such that upon contact with a target, said front tip and said front body slide rearwardly into the front end of said geometrically angled blades, thus pushing each of said blades against the force of the retaining spring and through said blade windows into a deployed position and wherein each of said retaining springs snaps into place to hold each of said blades in said deployed position.