Sporting Goods Including Mircolattice Structures
AssigneeBauer Hockey, LLC
InventorsStephen J. Davis, Dewey Chauvin
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Abstract
A sporting good implement, such as a hockey stick or ball bat, includes a main body. The main body may be formed from multiple layers of a structural material, such as a fiber-reinforced composite material. One or more microlattice structures may be positioned between layers of the structural material. One or more microlattice structures may additionally or alternatively be used to form the core of a sporting good implement, such as a hockey-stick blade. The microlattice structures improve the performance, strength, or feel of the sporting good implement.
Claims41
1-20. (canceled)
A hockey stick comprising:
- a first surface and a second surface opposite one another;
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- a lattice occupying at least a majority of a cross-sectional dimension of the hockey stick from the first surface of the hockey stick to the second surface of the hockey stick.
A hockey stick comprising:
- a first surface and a second surface opposite one another;
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- a lattice between the first surface of the hockey stick and the second surface of the hockey stick and comprising structural members that are fiber-reinforced and intersect one another at intersections.
A hockey stick comprising:
- a first surface and a second surface opposite one another;
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- a lattice between the first surface of the hockey stick and the second surface of the hockey stick.
A sporting good to be worn or held by a user, the sporting good comprising:
- a first surface and a second surface opposite one another;
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- a lattice occupying at least a majority of a cross-sectional dimension of the sporting good from the first surface of the sporting good to the second surface of the sporting good.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.