Patent ID: 8113974

Claim:
A hunting arrow point comprising: (a) a ferrule having a forward nose, a rearward shank, and a body between the forward nose and the rearward shank, the body having a plurality of radially outwardly opening helically threaded apertures; (b) a plurality of blades, each blade having a proximal end, a distal end, a forward end, and a rearward end, each blade's proximal end having an eye extending radially therethrough, each blade's forward end having a sharpened edge, each blade being positioned with respect to the ferrule so that its eye aligns over one of the ferrule's radially outwardly opening helically threaded apertures; (c) a plurality of screws, each screw extending through one of the blade's eyes and threadedly engaging one of the ferrule's radially outwardly opening helically threaded apertures; and (d) a plurality of pivot stops fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the ferrule, each pivot stop being positioned for biasing against one of the blades upon application of a rearwardly directed force to the one of the blades; and (e) blade pitch means connected to or formed wholly with the ferrule; the ferrule's body presenting a plurality of substantially flat blade mounting lands, each of the ferrule's radially outwardly opening helically threaded apertures opening at one of the ferrule's substantially flat blade mounting lands, the blade pitch means comprising angular canting of the substantially flat blade mounting lands.