Protective Pod for Archery Arrow Components

Abstract

This invention includes embodiments which disclose an attachable and removable protective pod or housing for protecting fletches on an archery arrow or providing protection for and from a broadhead on an arrow.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A protective pod for an archery arrow comprising:
 a housing body with a first shell component and a second shell component, the first shell component and the second shell component being configured to combine to form a protective shell around fletches mounted on an archery arrow when the body is in a closed position; and   the housing body further including at least one end portion configured to receive the shaft of an archery arrow and further configured to suspend the arrow with fletches within the housing body when the body is in a closed position without deflecting the fletches.   
     
     
         2 . A protective pod as recited in  claim 1 , and further wherein the at least one end portion configured to receive the shaft of an archery arrow and further configured to suspend the fletches on the arrow contact-free from the housing when the body is in a closed position. 
     
     
         3 . A protective pod as recited in  claim 1 , and further wherein the at least one end portion is two end portions which are configured in combination to receive the shaft of the archery arrow and to suspend the fletches on the arrow without deflecting the fletches when the body is in a closed position. 
     
     
         4 . A protective pod as recited in  claim 1 , and further wherein the at least one end portion is two end portions which are configured in combination to receive the shaft of the archery arrow and to suspend the fletches on the arrow contact-free from the housing when the body is in a closed position. 
     
     
         5 . A protective pod as recited in  claim 1 , and further wherein the first shell component and the second shell component fully enclose the fletches on the arrow when the housing body is in a closed position. 
     
     
         6 . A protective pod as recited in  claim 1 , and further wherein the first shell component and the second shell component are hingedly connected to one another. 
     
     
         7 . A protective pod as recited in  claim 1 , and further wherein the first shell component and the second shell component are fastened to one another. 
     
     
         8 . A protective pod as recited in  claim 1 , and further wherein the first shell component and the second shell component are fastened to one another by one or more fasteners. 
     
     
         9 . A protective pod as recited in  claim 1 , and further wherein the first shell component and the second shell component are connected to one another by one or more attaching and detaching means. 
     
     
         10 . A protective pod for an archery arrow comprising
 a housing body with a first shell component and a second shell component, the first shell component and the second shell component being configured to combine to form a protective shell around a broadhead mounted on an archery arrow when the housing body is in a closed position; and   the housing body further including at least one end portion configured to receive the shaft of an archery arrow and further configured to suspend the arrow with the broadhead attached thereto within the housing body when the body is in a closed position.   
     
     
         11 . A protective pod as recited in  claim 10 , and further wherein the first shell component and the second shell component fully enclose the broadhead on the arrow when the housing body is in a closed position. 
     
     
         12 . A protective pod as recited in  claim 10 , and further wherein the first shell component and the second shell component are hingedly connected to one another. 
     
     
         13 . A protective pod as recited in  claim 10 , and further wherein the first shell component and the second shell component are fastened to one another. 
     
     
         14 . A protective pod as recited in  claim 10 , and further wherein the first shell component and the second shell component are fastened to one another by one or more fasteners. 
     
     
         15 . A protective pod as recited in  claim 10 , and further wherein the first shell component and the second shell component are connected to one another by one or more attaching and detaching means.