Hockey stick
OwnerPaul A. Lanctotinventor
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Abstract
A hockey stick (10) having a stick portion (12) and a blade (13). A tubular member (14) is positioned in the interior of the hockey stick (10) at substantially the center of the stick portion (12) and has a first end (24) and a second end (25), the first end (24) having an openign (28) therein which is removably sealed with a plug (17). A hollow spine member (16) is secured within the tubular member (14) and is preferably attached to the plug (17) and to the second end (25) of the tube member (14). A slurry (15) composed of a plurality of particles (26) and a fluid (27) is disposed within the tubular member (14). The tubular member (14) may be secured witin the hockey stick by adhesives (30) or by mechanical fastening apparatus.
Claims18
A hockey stick comprising:
- a blade and a stick portion,
- a tubular member inserted into said stick portion of said hockey stick, having a first end and a second end, said first end having an opening therein,
- a spine member secured within said tubular member,
- a plurality of particles interiorly disposed within said tubular member,
- a fluid interiorly situated within said tubular member, and
- means for sealing said opening in said first end of said tubular member.
In a hockey stick made of rigid material and having a blade and a stick portion, the improvement comprising a tubular member inserted into said stick portion of said hockey stick having a first end and a second end, said first end having an opening therein, an elongated spine member secured within said tubular member by a compression nipple and extending through said tubular member, a plurality of particles interiorly disposed within said tubular member, a fluid dispersed within said tubular member and in contact with said plurality of particles, and means for sealing said opening in said first end of said tubular member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.