# US 2007/0129187 A1 · Bowed field hockey stick > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2007/0129187 A1 - Document ID: US20070129187A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 11/600,821 - Filed: 2006-11-17 - Published: 2007-06-07 - Earliest claimed: 2005-11-18 - Assignees: Stx, LLC - Inventors: Katelyn Bedwell; Joanna Kotula - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20070129187A1 ## CPC - A63B 59/70: with bent or angled lower parts for hitting a ball on the ground, on an ice-covered surface, or in the air, e.g. for hockey or hurling - A63B 60/34: with the handle axis different from the main axis of the implement - A63B 2102/22: {Field} hockey - A63B 2209/00: Characteristics of used materials - A63B 2209/023: Long, oriented fibres, e.g. wound filaments, woven fabrics, mats - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) ## Abstract The present invention provides a field hockey stick having a substantially straight grip portion and a bowed hitting portion. In one embodiment, a stick has a substantially straight handle, a bowed throat, and a bowed head. In another embodiment, a stick has a substantially straight handle and a bowed throat, with at least a portion of the playing surface of the head in substantially the same plane or line as the front face of the handle. In another embodiment, a stick has a substantially straight handle and a bowed throat, with the playing surface of the head set back from the plane or line of the front face of the handle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A field hockey stick comprising: a substantially straight handle portion; and a bowed hitting portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The field hockey stick of claim 1, further comprising: a playing side; a non-playing side; a front edge; and a back edge, wherein, when viewed from a direction facing the front edge, a playing side of the handle portion lies substantially along a line, and wherein the bowed hitting portion bows away from the line in a direction toward the non-playing side of the field hockey stick. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The field hockey stick of claim 2, wherein the bowed hitting portion comprises a throat portion and a head portion, at least a portion of the head portion lying on the line when viewed in a direction facing the front edge of the field hockey stick. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The field hockey stick of claim 2, wherein the bowed hitting portion comprises a throat portion and a head portion, and wherein no portion of the head portion lies on the line when viewed in a direction facing the front edge of the field hockey stick. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The field hockey stick of claim 2, wherein the bowed hitting portion comprises a throat portion, the field hockey stick further comprising a head portion having a substantially flat face that lies substantially along the line when viewed in a direction facing the front edge of the field hockey stick. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The field hockey stick of claim 2, wherein the bowed hitting portion comprises a throat portion, the field hockey stick further comprising a head portion having a substantially flat face that is offset from the line in a direction toward the non-playing side of the field hockey stick when viewed in a direction facing the front edge of the field hockey stick. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The field hockey stick of claim 6, wherein the line is a first line and the substantially flat face of the head portion lies substantially along a second line that is parallel to the first line when viewed in a direction facing the front edge of the field hockey stick. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The field hockey stick of claim 6, wherein the head portion comprises an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion being closer to the throat portion than the lower portion, and wherein the upper portion is closer to the line than the lower portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The field hockey stick of claim 2, wherein the bowed hitting portion reaches a maximum distance from the line at approximately half the length of the hitting portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The field hockey stick of claim 9, wherein the maximum distance from the line is 25 mm. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The field hockey stick of claim 1, wherein the field hockey stick is hollow. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The field hockey stick of claim 1, wherein the bowed hitting portion comprises a playing side surface having a substantially V-shaped channel. ### Claim 13 A field hockey stick comprising: a substantially straight handle portion; a throat portion; and a head portion, wherein, with respect to a perspective moving from the handle portion of the field hockey stick to the head portion of the field hockey stick, a portion of the throat portion proximate to the handle portion curves toward a non-playing side of the field hockey stick and a portion of the throat portion proximate to the head portion curves toward a playing side of the field hockey stick. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The field hockey stick of claim 13, wherein the head portion curves toward a playing side of the field hockey stick with respect to a perspective moving from the handle portion of the field hockey stick to the head portion of the field hockey stick. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The field hockey stick of claim 13, wherein the head portion is offset with respect to the handle portion. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The field hockey stick of claim 14, wherein the head portion is offset with respect to the handle portion. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The field hockey stick of claim 13, wherein the head portion has a substantially flat front face that is substantially coplanar with a front face of the handle portion. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The field hockey stick of claim 13, wherein the head portion has a substantially flat front face that is offset with respect to the handle portion. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The field hockey stick of claim 13, wherein a front face of the handle portion lies substantially along a first line and wherein the head portion has a substantially flat front face that lies substantially along a second line, wherein the second line is at an angle to the first line. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The field hockey stick of claim 13, wherein the field hockey stick is hollow.