Patent ID: 8096905

Claim:
An arrowhead including: a. a blade extending between opposing forward and rear blade ends, b. an elongated body including (1) a forward body portion extending rearwardly from a tip end to a rear end, wherein the forward blade end is interfit with the forward body portion such that it is restrained against displacement away from the body: (a) in a direction radially away from the lengthwise axis of the body, and (b) in a direction toward the tip end along the length of the body; (2) a rearward body portion including: (a) a first section extending rearwardly from the rear end of the forward body portion, wherein the first section has lesser outer diameter than the rear end of the forward body portion; (b) a second section extending rearwardly from the first section of the rearward body portion, wherein the second section has lesser outer diameter than the first section of the rearward body portion; (c) a blade pocket defined in the first and second sections, wherein the rear blade end rests within the blade pocket; c. a retaining member closely fit over at least a portion of the second section of the rearward body portion, the retaining member being fit over the blade pocket and the rear blade end therein, wherein the retaining member includes a spring extending between: (1) a forward spring end situated rearwardly of the first section of the rearward body portion, and (2) a rearward spring end.