Patents by Inventor Karl Muntanion

Karl Muntanion 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).

  • Patent number: 8333369
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for holding a plurality of arrow shafts in alignment for applying a heat-shrinkable sleeve thereto. The apparatus includes a support and an arrow holding assembly for holding more than one arrow shaft relative to the support. An adjuster ring is moveable along the support to hold the sleeves in the desired positions on the shafts. The apparatus and method of this invention allows for consistent positioning of shrinkable sleeves around multiple arrow shafts and simultaneous shrinking of sleeves onto the multiple arrow shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: New Archery Products Corp.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Kozlik, Karl Muntanion
  • Patent number: 8147362
    Abstract: An archery arrowhead having a tip and a body with blade slots that each accept a blade. Each blade having a leading edge and an opposite trailing edge. The leading edge formed by a first cutting surface and a second cutting surface that diverge from each other in a rearward direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge. The first cutting surface and the second cutting surface forming a point, the point offset from a rearward edge of the tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: New Archery Products Corp.
    Inventors: Karl Muntanion, Christopher A. Kozlik
  • Publication number: 20100304904
    Abstract: An archery arrowhead having a tip and a body with blade slots that each accept a blade. Each blade having a leading edge and an opposite trailing edge. The leading edge formed by a first cutting surface and a second cutting surface that diverge from each other in a rearward direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge. The first cutting surface and the second cutting surface forming a point, the point offset from a rearward edge of the tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Karl Muntanion, Christopher A. Kozlik
  • Publication number: 20100230880
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for holding a plurality of arrow shafts in alignment for applying a heat-shrinkable sleeve thereto. The apparatus includes a support and an arrow holding assembly for holding more than one arrow shaft relative to the support. An adjuster ring is moveable along the support to hold the sleeves in the desired positions on the shafts. The apparatus and method of this invention allows for consistent positioning of shrinkable sleeves around multiple arrow shafts and simultaneous shrinking of sleeves onto the multiple arrow shafts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher A. Kozlik, Karl Muntanion
  • Publication number: 20070137630
    Abstract: An arrow nock and release system for holding and then releasing an arrow from a bow wherein a ball nock is positioned on an end of an arrow shaft, the ball nock having an at least partially spherical outer surface divided with a string groove. An arrow release is engageable with the ball nock and includes a jaw with an engagement surface corresponding with the outer surface of the ball nock, the jaw releaseably engageable with the ball nock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Miroslav A. Simo, Greg Smith, Karl Muntanion, Frank A. Harwath, Robert S. Mizek