Fletching sleeve system and method of application and manufacture

摘要

A disclosed archery fletching sleeve system and method of application and manufacture includes a fletching sleeve configured to frictionally fit onto an arrow shaft. The fletching sleeve defines glue application holes, slots, slits and channels or cavities on an inner surface thereof adjacent the glue holes to draw an applied glue therein via a capillary effect and/or an accordion bellows pumping effect. Additional slots and/or slits allow the sleeve to elastically stretch like an accordion to fit a wide range of arrow shaft diameters. The fletching sleeve also comprises a stretchable corrugated sleeve body having an outer diameter to tangential to an outer surface of a plurality of alternating longitudinal ridges thereon and an inner diameter tangential to an inner surface of a plurality of alternating longitudinal grooves thereon, the inner diameter configured to stretchably fit the arrow shaft having a diameter greater than and/or equal to the sleeve inner diameter.

主权项

1. An archery fletching sleeve with integral vanes configured to fit around an arrow shaft in a fixed position with respect to an end of the shaft with a nock, the sleeve comprising a plurality of stretchable slots and/or slits on an inner surface of the sleeve having a diameter less than or equal to an outer diameter of the shaft, the slots and/or slits configured to allow the sleeve to elastically stretch like an accordion to fit a wide range of arrow shaft diameters.