Patents by Inventor James F. Mackey, Jr.

James F. Mackey, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Crossbow bolt having a rear deployable cutter device and practice bolt for simulating the same
    Patent number: 9279650
    Abstract: An arrow having a forward portion and an aft portion. The aft portion includes a necked down region having a diameter less than the diameter of the frontal portion. A cutter device includes one or more blades and is mountable along the necked down region of the aft portion. A tube having a plurality of vanes is disposed over the blades during arrow flight and is slidable rearward to allow the blades to deploy outward upon engagement of the vanes with a target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Inventors: James F. Mackey, Jr., Joseph M. Camara
  • CROSSBOW BOLT HAVING A REAR DEPLOYABLE CUTTER DEVICE AND PRACTICE BOLT FOR SIMULATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150260492
    Abstract: An arrow having a forward portion and an aft portion. The aft portion includes a necked down region having a diameter less than the diameter of the frontal portion. A cutter device includes one or more blades and is mountable along the necked down region of the aft portion. A tube having a plurality of vanes is disposed over the blades during arrow flight and is slidable rearward to allow the blades to deploy outward upon engagement of the vanes with a target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: James F. Mackey, JR., Joseph M. Camara
  • COUNTERWEIGHT FOR A HUNTING ARROW
    Publication number: 20120021856
    Abstract: A counterweight for a hunting arrow that is mountable between a broadhead and the arrow shaft. The counterweight includes a body with a threaded opening that receives a threaded projection extending from a broadhead and a threaded stud that is threadably matable with a threaded opening in an insert disposed within the leading end of an arrow shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: James F. Mackey, JR., Joseph M. Camara
  • Rear mountable cutter device for a hunting arrow
    Patent number: 8079926
    Abstract: A rear mountable cutter device for a hunting arrow is mountable to an arrow shaft. The device includes a plurality of elongated cutting members that are positioned along the rear end of the arrow shaft following mounting of the cutter device to the shaft. The cutting members are configured such that when the forward end of the cutting members engage a target animal, the cutting members deflect outward of the shaft to produce an enlarged wound in the target animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Shawsheen River Archery Products, LLC
    Inventors: James F. Mackey, Jr., Joseph M. Camara
  • REAR MOUNTABLE CUTTER DEVICE FOR A HUNTING ARROW
    Publication number: 20100087283
    Abstract: A rear mountable cutter device for a hunting arrow is mountable to an arrow shaft. The device includes a plurality of elongated cutting members that are positioned along the rear end of the arrow shaft following mounting of the cutter device to the shaft. The cutting members are configured such that when the forward end of the cutting members engage a target animal, the cutting members deflect outward of the shaft to produce an enlarged wound in the target animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: James F. Mackey, JR., Joseph M. Camara