Arrow mounted tracking apparatus

摘要

An animal tracking device comprising a housing, a controller, a battery, an antenna, a sleeve, an elastic ring, and a prong. The housing encloses the controller and the battery and includes a flexible clip having a flexible neck, a latch on an inner side of the flexible clip, an elastic ring groove on an outer side of the flexible clip for receiving the elastic ring, and a latch release member extending from the outer side between the flexible neck and the elastic ring groove. The elastic ring retains the housing over the sleeve to retain the animal tracking device on an arrow shaft. The latch release member catches on an animal's hide and flexes the flexible clip out of engagement with the sleeve to release the animal tracking device from the arrow shaft. The prong embeds in the animal's hide and retains the animal tracking device on the animal.

主权项

1. An animal tracking device, the animal tracking device comprising:
a housing configured to be positioned adjacent a shaft of an arrow, the housing comprising a flexible clip extending from a first end of the housing, the flexible clip including:
a flexible neck;an inner side including a latch;an outer side opposite the inner side, the outer side having an elastic ring groove; anda latch release member extending from the outer side between the flexible neck and the elastic ring groove; a controller positioned in the housing and configured to generate a tracking signal; an antenna extending from the housing for emitting the tracking signal; a sleeve configured to engage the latch of the flexible clip; an elastic ring configured to be positioned over the sleeve and aligned with the elastic ring groove of the flexible clip for resistively retaining the latch in engagement with the sleeve such that the housing is removably attached to the arrow shaft; and a prong extending from the housing for piercing the animal's hide and attaching the animal tracking device to the animal when the arrow hits the animal, the latch release member being configured to catch on the animal's hide when the arrow hits the animal and slightly bend the flexible clip at the flexible neck against a resistive force exerted by the elastic ring until the latch of the flexible clip clears the sleeve so as to free the housing from the sleeve and the arrow shaft such that the animal tracking device remains attached to the animal via the prong.