System and Method for Delivering a Tracking Device to an Animal using a Weaponized Projectile
This disclosure relates to a system and method for delivering a tracking device to an animal using a weaponized projectile. The tracking device can comprise a transmitter, a carrier, and a hook. The carrier can be mountable to a weaponized projectile. The carrier can be capable of mounting the transmitter. The hook can attach at the back-end portion of the carrier. This disclosure also teaches a method for attaching a tracking device to a weaponized projectile. The method can comprise the steps of placing a carrier at a surface of the weaponized projectile, and attaching the carrier to the weaponized projectile. The carrier can be capable of mounting a transmitter. The back end portion of the carrier can comprise a hook.
This disclosure relates to a system and method for delivering a tracking device to an animal using a weaponized projectile.
When hunting, if a hunter fails to land a quick-kill shot, an animal can travel a great distance before dying. During this time, the hunter may lose the animal, allowing for great waste.
Within the field of animal research, researchers use tracking methods to observe animal movements, migration, and habits. Such tracking can also allow researchers to better understand and protect our wildlife. One of the known methods for tracking animals in the wild include delivering a tracking device using a non-lethal projectile. In such method, the tracking device remains connected to the animal, but outside the skin. Such method is deficient for hunters for a number of reasons. First, lethal, weaponized projectiles used by hunters will not work with present tracking device delivery systems. Second, as the projectile is connected to the outside of the animal, it is possible for the device to come off the animal, especially if the animal is acting erratic after being injured. Third, as the tracking device is outside the animal, useful information that could be read from inside the animal, such as body temperature, is unattainable.
Further, systems that have attempted to attach tracking devices have been bulky, and such bulk alters the direction of the projectile, severely reduce its range.
As such it would be useful to have an improved system and method for delivering a tracking device to an animal using a weaponized projectile.
SUMMARYThis disclosure relates to a system and method for delivering a tracking device to an animal using a weaponized projectile. The tracking device can comprise a transmitter, a carrier, and a hook. The carrier can be mountable to a weaponized projectile. The carrier can be capable of mounting the transmitter. The hook can attach at the back-end portion of the carrier.
This disclosure also teaches a method for attaching a tracking device to a weaponized projectile. The method can comprise the steps of placing a carrier at a surface of the weaponized projectile, and attaching the carrier to the weaponized projectile. The carrier can be capable of mounting a transmitter. The back end portion of the carrier can comprise a hook.
This disclosure also teaches a method for delivering a tracking device to an animal using a weaponized projectile. The method can comprise the step of attaching a carrier to the weaponized projectile, loading the weaponized projectile to a weapon, releasing the weaponized projectile towards the direction of the animal, hitting the animal with the weaponized projectile, and leaving the tracking device within the animal. The carrier can be capable of mounting a transmitter. The back end portion of the carrier comprises a hook. The hook can be capable of attaching onto the animal providing enough force in the opposite direction of the weaponized projectile to allow the weaponized projectile to go all the way through.
Described herein is a system and method for delivering a tracking device to an animal using a weaponized projectile. The following description is presented to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the invention as claimed and is provided in the context of the particular examples discussed below, variations of which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. In the interest of clarity, not all features of an actual implementation are described in this specification. It will be appreciated that in the development of any such actual implementation (as in any development project), design decisions must be made to achieve the designers' specific goals (e.g., compliance with system- and business-related constraints), and that these goals will vary from one implementation to another. It will also be appreciated that such development effort might be complex and time-consuming, but would nevertheless be a routine undertaking for those of ordinary skill in the field of the appropriate art having the benefit of this disclosure. Accordingly, the claims appended hereto are not intended to be limited by the disclosed embodiments, but are to be accorded their widest scope consistent with the principles and features disclosed herein.
Various changes in the details of the illustrated operational methods are possible without departing from the scope of the following claims. Some embodiments may combine the activities described herein as being separate steps. Similarly, one or more of the described steps may be omitted, depending upon the specific operational environment the method is being implemented in. It is to be understood that the above description is intended to be illustrative, and not restrictive. For example, the above-described embodiments may be used in combination with each other. Many other embodiments will be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reviewing the above description. The scope of the invention should, therefore, be determined with reference to the appended claims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled. In the appended claims, the terms “including” and “in which” are used as the plain-English equivalents of the respective terms “comprising” and “wherein.”
Claims
1. A tracking device comprising
- a transmitter;
- a carrier mountable to a weaponized projectile, said carrier capable of mounting said transmitter; and
- a hook attached at the back-end portion of said carrier.
2. The tracking device of claim 1 wherein said carrier attaches to said weaponized projectile through an adhesive material.
3. The tracking device of claim 1, wherein said carrier further comprises
- a hole near the front-end side of said carrier;
- a fastener comprising a pair of prongs, wherein each of said prongs comprises an orifice, said orifice capable of aligning with said hole, further wherein said weaponized projectile mountable in between said prongs; and
- a pin insertable through said orifice and said hole.
4. The tracking device of claim 3, further comprising a ring, said ring insertable onto said weaponized projectile and said tracking device such that said ring wrapped around the rear-end portion of said carrier connecting said weaponized projectile with said tracking device.
5. The tracking device of claim 5 further comprising a u-shaped catch, said catch attaches at the back-end portion of said carrier, further wherein said catch capable of preventing said ring from slipping through the back end of said carrier.
6. The tracking device of claim 5 wherein said ring comprises of rubber.
7. The tracking device of claim 5 wherein said pin comprises a breakaway material.
8. The tracking device of claim 8 wherein said breakaway material is a plastic.
9. The tracking device of claim 1 wherein said transmitter is attached at a surface of said carrier.
10. The tracking device of claim 1 wherein said transmitter is enclosed within said carrier.
11. The tracking device of claim 1 wherein said weaponized projectile is an arrow.
12. A method for attaching a tracking device to a weaponized projectile comprising the step of
- placing a carrier at a surface of said weaponized projectile, said carrier capable of mounting a transmitter, further wherein back end portion of said carrier comprises a hook; and
- attaching said carrier to said weaponized projectile.
13. The method of claim 12 prior to attaching said carrier to said weaponized projectile comprises the step of applying an adhesive material at the bottom surface of said carrier.
14. The method of claim 12 wherein said carrier further comprises a hole, said hole placed near the front-end side of said carrier.
15. The method of claim 14, further comprising the steps of
- a fastener comprising a pair of prongs, wherein each of said prongs comprises an orifice, said orifice capable of aligning with said hole, further wherein said weaponized projectile mountable in between said prongs; and
- inserting a pin through said hole and said orifices.
16. The method of claim 15 further comprising the step of inserting a ring into said weaponized projectile and said tracking device such that said ring is wrapped around the rear-end portion of said carrier connecting said weaponized projectile with said tracking device;
17. A method for delivering a tracking device to an animal using a weaponized projectile comprising the step of
- attaching a carrier to said weaponized projectile, said carrier capable of mounting a transmitter, further wherein back end portion of said carrier comprises a hook;
- loading said weaponized projectile to a weapon;
- releasing said weaponized projectile towards the direction of said animal;
- hitting said animal with said weaponized projectile, wherein said hook capable of attaching onto said animal providing enough force in the opposite direction of said weaponized projectile to allow said weaponized projectile to go all the way through; and
- leaving said tracking device within said animal.
18. The method of claim 17 prior to attaching said carrier onto said weaponized projectile, further comprising the step of applying an adhesive material at the bottom surface of said carrier.
19. The method of claim 17 wherein said carrier further comprises a hole, said hole placed near the front-end side of said carrier.
20. The method of claim 19, further comprising the steps of
- a fastener comprising a pair of prongs, wherein each of said prongs comprises an orifice, said orifice capable of aligning with said hole, further wherein said weaponized projectile mountable in between said prongs; and
- inserting a pin through said hole and said orifices.
21. The method of claim 20 further comprising the step of inserting a ring into said weaponized projectile and said tracking device such that said ring is wrapped around the rear-end portion of said carrier connecting said weaponized projectile with said tracking device;
22. The method of claim 20 wherein said pin comprises a breakaway material.
23. The method of claim 21 wherein said breakaway material is a plastic.
Type: Application
Filed: Jul 7, 2015
Publication Date: Jan 12, 2017
Inventor: Mitchell Davis (Jourdanton, TX)
Application Number: 14/792,627