Arrowhead mechanical blade retention system
View Patent ↗An arrowhead mechanical blade retention system incorporates retention bumps directly on a pair of opposed deployable blades. When closing or opening the mechanical blades in a broadhead, the retention bumps are forced to pass each other prior to the mechanical blades deploying. This necessarily puts tension on each blade, tending to hold them into position without any additional components. With sufficient force, the blades will simultaneously cross from a closed flight position with a pivot point on one side of the broadhead body to an open and deployed position on the other side of the broadhead body. Once the retention bumps pass each other to release the blades, there is a significantly reduced force required to completely deploy the blades.
1. An arrowhead mechanical blade retention system, comprising:
a bifurcated body defining a channel and terminating at a first end with an arrowhead tip;
first and second blades pivotal within said channel about a pintle from at least a flight position where said first and second blades are generally longitudinally aligned with a longitudinal axis of said bifurcated body to at least a deployed position where said first and second blades are substantially transverse to said longitudinal axis of said bifurcated body; and
first and second blade bumps affixed with said first and second blades, respectively;
said first blade bump opposed with and interfering with said second blade bump when said first and second blades are operatively set to said flight position and rotated in opposite directions about said pintle from said flight position towards said deployed position, said interference operatively retaining said first and second blades in said flight position.
2. The arrowhead mechanical blade retention system of claim 1 , further comprising an arrowhead shaft coupler distal to said arrowhead tip and operative to couple said arrowhead mechanical blade retention system to an arrow shaft.
3. The arrowhead mechanical blade retention system of claim 1 , further comprising a blade deployment limiting notch that interferes with said bifurcated body to prevent said blades from rotating beyond said blade deployment position when rotating away from said flight position.
4. The arrowhead mechanical blade retention system of claim 1 , further comprising a lower edge stop that interferes with said bifurcated body to prevent said blades from rotating beyond said flight position when rotating away from said blade deployment position.
5. The arrowhead mechanical blade retention system of claim 1 , wherein said first and second blade bumps are formed unitarily in said first and second blades, respectively.