Hockey stick or the like, particularly blade structure thereof

Abstract

A stick to be used in ice hockey or the like, and in particular the blade structure thereof. The blade structure has a core consisting in its entirety of a single elongated body of wear-resistant material extending all the way from the bottom to the top edge regions as well as from the front tip to the rear end regions of the blade structure. This single core body has opposed side surfaces covered almost but not entirely by a pair of strengthening layers, preferably of reinforced plastic, while the core body itself is preferably made of wear-resistant plastic material. The core body projects downwardly beyond the strengthening layers as well as upwardly beyond the same to provide the blade structure with wear and impact-resistant elongated lower and upper edge regions formed by the core body itself. Preferably the core body also extends forwardly beyond the strengthening layers so as to be exposed and provide the blade with a wear and impact-resistant front tip region formed by the core body itself. The strengthening layers are themselves covered by a pair of protective layers made, for example, of wood veneer.

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