Morris 80 plastic apollo bolt

Abstract

When combined with a metal point, this ten inch plastic pistol crossbow bolt is designed to extend past the barrel of a pistol crossbow so it can be used for small game hunting, pistol crossbow fishing, recreational shooting and competition shooting. The major fault of the standard bolt commonly used with a pistol crossbow is, they are less than seven inches in length and do not extend past the end of a pistol crossbow barrel. Therefore, their use is limited to target points and recreational shooting only. Other faults of the standard short bolts are their high travel speed. They are very difficult to be viewed in flight, causing most bolts to be lost after one use. Also, because of their irretrievability from any commonly used target, they cannot be found and scored in any type of shooting competition. This ten inch bolt is a solid one piece unit made of a strong but, light weight plastic compound. It has a NOCK to securely hold the bow string in place. Standard pistol crossbow bolts do not have a nock. It has two ROUNDED WINGS and a stabilizing TAIL which creates an accurate and stable bolt flight. No other pistol crossbow bolt has rounded wings and a tail. These features allow this bolt to be easily viewed in flight. The shaft has a THREADED TIP to accept almost any type metal point. The major advantage of this new bolt over other patented bolts of this size is the rounded wings. The rounded wings gives this bolt added body weight. This added body weight requires additional point weight to balance with that heavier body weight. This heavier bolt body gives this bolt the added weight needed for knock-down power in small game hunting and, the necessary added weight for better water penetration when used for pistol crossbow fishing.

Claims

1. A plastic pistol crossbow bolt designed for use with a pistol crossbow having a barrel, comprising: a shaft comprising a solid one piece injection molded plastic unit having a length of approximately nine and one half inches with a nock on a first end which is configured to securely hold a string of a pistol crossbow; two rounded wings which becomes level with an upper surface of the shaft to control elevation during bolt flight; a single stabilizing tail projecting upward from said upper surface along a diametrical line of the shaft to stabilize vertical flight; and a threaded end piece on a second end configured to accommodate a variety of steel points.

Description

DESCRIPTION

(1) FIG. 1 shows the pistol crossbow bolt of the present invention viewed from above.

(2) FIG. 2 shows the pistol crossbow bolt of the present invention viewed from side.

(3) FIG. 3 shows the pistol crossbow bolt of the present invention viewed from tip end.

(4) FIG. 4 shows a three dimensional view of the pistol crossbow bolt of the present invention.

(5) FIG. 5 shows a three dimensional line drawing of this invention viewed from above.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(6) FIG. 1 shows the pistol crossbow bolt (1) is nine and one quarter inches in length. The bolt is a solid durable light weight plastic with nylon reinforcement. Bolt includes two rounded wings, (2), a shaft and a threaded tip (6) to receive a variety of metal points. Each wing (3) is tapered from five-sixteenths of an inch width down to approximately one-sixteenth of an inch width starting three-quarters of an inch (4) from the nock end down the length of the five inch wing. The tail starts two and three sixteenths of an inch from the nock end (5).

(7) FIG. 2 shows the tail (7) is three and one half inches long. The tail is three-sixteenths of an inch tall and tapered down on each end. It shows a treaded tip on one end (8) and the nock (9) on the other end. FIG. 3 shows the tail (10) is one-sixteenth of an inch thick. The bolt shaft (11) is five-sixteenths of an inch in diameter and is dowel shaped. Each of the two side wings are rounded (12) and becomes level with the top of the shaft.