Patent ID: 8449415

Claim:
An archery broadhead comprising: a ferrule including a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the ferrule defining a bore extending between the first end and the second end, the bore bounded at least partially by an internal wall; a penetrating tip joined with the ferrule; a first ferrule slot and a second ferrule slot, each defined by the ferrule extending from the bore to an exterior surface of the ferrule; a carriage element slidably disposed within the bore of the ferrule, the carriage element moveable away from the penetrating tip, the carriage element being an elongated body extending from a first carriage element end to a second carriage element end, the carriage element defining a void extending from the first carriage element end toward the second carriage element end; a first cutting blade and a second cutting blade, each including a connector portion with an aperture defined by the connector portion, the connector portions of the first cutting blade and the second cutting blade positioned side by side and overlapping one another in the void, the first cutting blade and the second cutting blade extending from within the bore outward through the first ferrule slot and the second ferrule slot, respectively; a carriage pin extending through the apertures of the first cutting blade and the second cutting blade to pivotally join the first cutting blade and the second cutting blade with the carriage element, the carriage pin joined with the carriage element; whereby the first and second cutting blades are configured to move in unison with one another, each generally pivoting about the carriage pin, and each moving with the carriage element, from a retracted mode to a deployed mode upon impact with a target.