Hockey-stick blade with tailored performance regions
AssigneeBauer Hockey, LLC
InventorsRobert T. Pearson, Michael Lloyd Snow, Michael Mountain
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Abstract
A hockey-stick includes a blade and a shaft. The blade includes a heel region, a toe region spaced longitudinally from the heel region, and a mid-region located between the heel region and the toe region. The blade optionally also includes a hosel to which the shaft is attached. One or more tuning rods or similar structures are positioned in the blade to increase the blade's stiffness to substantially match the stiffness of the shaft. The tuning rods are optionally located in the mid-region of the blade and may extend into the hosel and, in some cases, into the shaft or the toe region.
Claims35
A hockey stick comprising:
- a shaft;
- and
- a blade, coupled to an end of the shaft, the blade comprising:
- a front face spaced apart from a rear face in a lateral direction of the blade;
- a heel region;
- a toe region spaced apart from the heel region in a longitudinal direction;
- a mid-region located between the heel region and the toe region;
- at least one stiffening element comprising carbon fiber positioned between the front face and the rear face and extending from the mid-region past the heel region,
- wherein the at least one stiffening element extends from the mid-region to the shaft;
- and
- a plurality of reinforcement elements,
- wherein the plurality of reinforcement elements only extends from a tip of the toe to the toe-region, wherein the plurality of reinforcement elements does not contact the at least one stiffening element, wherein the plurality of reinforcement elements does not extend into the mid-region, wherein each reinforcement element of the plurality of reinforcement elements is positioned parallel to each other, and wherein a vertical spacing between each reinforcement element of the plurality of reinforcement elements is unequal.
A hockey-stick blade comprising:
- a front face spaced apart from a rear face in a lateral direction of the blade;
- a heel region;
- a toe region spaced apart from the heel region in a longitudinal direction;
- a mid-region located between the heel region and the toe region;
- at least one stiffening element comprising carbon fiber positioned between the front face and the rear face and extending from the mid-region past the heel region;
- and
- a plurality of reinforcement elements,
- wherein the plurality of reinforcement elements only extends from a tip of the toe to the toe-region, wherein the plurality of reinforcement elements does not contact the at least one stiffening element, wherein the plurality of reinforcement elements does not extend into the mid-region, wherein each reinforcement element of the plurality of reinforcement elements is positioned parallel to each other, and wherein a vertical spacing between each reinforcement element of the plurality of reinforcement elements is unequal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.