Patent ID: 6883264

Claim:
A telescoping fishing harpoon, comprising: an outer tube having a proximal first end and a distal second end, and having a hollow interior and a groove formed in the interior extending from the first end to the second end, the outer tube having a plurality of spaced apertures defined therein offset radially from the groove; an inner tube having a proximal first end and a distal second end, the inner tube being telescopingly disposed within the outer tube; a first detent pin resiliently extending from the inner tube and selectively engaging one of the apertures defined in the outer tube in order to selectively lock the inner and outer tubes at a selected length; a second detent pin extending from the inner tube and aligned with the groove in the outer tube in order slide longitudinally along the groove, thereby maintaining the first detent pin in radial alignment with the apertures defined in the outer tube; a solid cylindrical dowel having a proximal first end and distal second end, and having a cylindrical bore defined therein extending axially into the dowel from the distal end of the dowel, the dowel being fixed within the inner tube with the distal end of said dowel being in planar alignment with the distal end of said inner tube; a shaft having a proximal first end and a distal second end, and having a tapered head at the distal end, the proximal end of the shaft being removably inserted into the bore defined in the dowel, the distal end of the shaft extending from the inner tube; and a dart having a proximal first end and a distal second end, dart being removably disposed on the tapered head of the shaft.