Patent ID: 8079926
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
1. A rear mountable cutter device for a hunting arrow having an arrow shaft with a rear portion terminating in a rearward end, said arrow shaft having a longitudinal axis and a forward end, the cutter device comprising: at least one mounting component configured for secure attachment to the rearward end of the arrow shaft to prevent detachment of the at least one mounting component from the arrow shaft upon engagement of the cutter device with a target; and at least one cutter piece having a back end, said back end of the at least one cutter piece being coupled to the at least one mounting component, said at least one cutter piece including at least one elongated cutting member having a forward end, said at least one elongated cutting member extending from the rearward end of the arrow shaft toward the forward end of the arrow shaft in a non-deployed position following coupling of the at least one cutter piece to the at least one mounting component, at least said forward end of the at least one elongated cutting member movable from said non-deployed position outward upon engagement of the forward end of the at least one elongated cutting member with the target.