Finger Guard for Goalie Hockey Stick
OwnerGuy St. Vincentinventor
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Abstract
A finger guard for use with a goalie hockey stick includes a collar arranged to be frictionally retained about the paddler portion of the goalie hockey stick and a guard body on the collar so as to be supported on the paddle portion of the goalie hockey stick in proximity to the top end of the paddle portion to protrude outwardly from a major front face of the paddle portion. The guard body has a bottom face which is arranged to be oriented substantially perpendicularly to the common plane of the paddle portion. The guard body provides the function of deflecting pucks away from the fingers of the goalie even when pucks are deflected upwardly along the paddle portion of the goalie hockey stick.
Claims20
A finger guard in combination with a goalie hockey stick, the goalie hockey stick comprising:
- a blade portion having a major front surface and a major rear surface which span a height of the blade portion between a flat bottom edge and an opposing top edge and which span a length of the blade portion in a longitudinal direction of the blade portion between a toe end and a heel end of the blade portion;
- a paddle portion having a major front face and a major rear face spanning a width of the paddle portion between opposing side edges of the paddle and spanning a height of the paddle portion between opposing top and bottom ends;
- the paddle portion being joined at the bottom end of the paddle portion to the heel end of the blade portion such that the paddle portion lies approximately within a common plane with the blade portion;
- a handle portion extending longitudinally outward from the top end of the paddle portion, the handle portion being reduced in width relative to the paddle portion;
- the finger guard comprising:
- a guard body supported on the paddle portion of the goalie hockey stick in proximity to the top end of the paddle portion to protrude outwardly from the major front face of the paddle portion;
- the guard body having a bottom face which is oriented transversely to the common plane of the paddle portion and the blade portion so as to be nearer to perpendicular than parallel to said common plane.
A finger guard for use with a goalie hockey stick in which the goalie hockey stick comprises (i) a blade portion having a major front surface and a major rear surface which span a height of the blade portion between a flat bottom edge and an opposing top edge and which span a length of the blade portion in a longitudinal direction of the blade portion between a toe end and a heel end of the blade portion, (ii) a paddle portion having a major front face and a major rear face spanning a width of the paddle portion between opposing side edges of the paddle and spanning a height of the paddle portion between opposing top and bottom ends in which the paddle portion is joined at the bottom end of the paddle portion to the heel end of the blade portion such that the paddle portion lies approximately within a common plane with the blade portion, and (iii) a handle portion extending longitudinally outward from the top end of the paddle portion, the handle portion being reduced in width relative to the paddle portion, the finger guard comprising:
- a guard body for being supported on the paddle portion of the goalie hockey stick in proximity to the top end of the paddle portion to protrude outwardly from the major front face of the paddle portion;
- the guard body having a bottom face which is arranged to be oriented transversely to the common plane of the paddle portion and the blade portion so as to be nearer to perpendicular than parallel to said common plane.
A method protecting a finger of a user of a goalie hockey stick in which the goalie hockey stick comprises (i) a blade portion having a major front surface and a major rear surface which span a height of the blade portion between a flat bottom edge and an opposing top edge and which span a length of the blade portion in a longitudinal direction of the blade portion between a toe end and a heel end of the blade portion, (ii) a paddle portion having a major front face and a major rear face spanning a width of the paddle portion between opposing side edges of the paddle and spanning a height of the paddle portion between opposing top and bottom ends in which the paddle portion is joined at the bottom end of the paddle portion to the heel end of the blade portion such that the paddle portion lies approximately within a common plane with the blade portion, and (iii) a handle portion extending longitudinally outward from the top end of the paddle portion, the handle portion being reduced in width relative to the paddle portion, the method comprising:
- providing a guard body having a bottom face;
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- supporting the guard body on the paddle portion of the goalie hockey stick in proximity to the top end of the paddle portion to protrude outwardly from the major front face of the paddle portion such that the bottom face is oriented transversely to the common plane of the paddle portion and the blade portion so as to be nearer to perpendicular than parallel to said common plane.
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