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US 6,267,697 B1Granted
Hockey stick with triangular handle and multiple bending planes
OwnerJohn A. Sulentainventor
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Abstract
A hockey stick having a handle and a blade wherein the handle is resilient and has at least a portion with a triangular cross section. The handle is configured to deflect out of at least two different bending planes, each parallel with a different side face of the triangular cross section. A distal end of the handle which is coupled to the blade has a rectangular cross section. The handle has a transition section between the rectangular distal end and the triangular portion with a cross section which is partially rectangular and partially triangular.
Claims51
A handle for a hockey stick having a blade with a striking surface, the handle comprising:
- an elongated shaft having a distal end adapted to be coupled to the blade, the distal end having a generally rectangular cross section,
- at least a portion of the shaft having a generally triangular cross section including three side faces and three corner edges, and
- the shaft having a transition section between the portion of the shaft having a generally triangular cross section and the generally rectangular cross section of the distal end, the transition section having a cross section which is partially rectangular and partially triangular forming a gradual transition between the triangular cross section and the rectangular cross section of the distal end.
A handle for a hockey stick having a blade with a striking surface, the handle comprising:
- an elongated, resilient shaft having (i) a distal end adapted to be coupled to the blade and (ii) a middle section,
- at least the middle section of the shaft having a generally triangular cross section including three side faces and three corner edges,
- the shaft being resilient and configured to deflect with respect to, and out of, each of at least two different bending planes in response to an applied force, each of the at least two different bending planes extending along the length of the shaft generally parallel with separate side faces of the triangular cross section.
A handle for a hockey stick having a blade with a striking surface facing in a forward facing direction, the handle comprising:
- an elongated, resilient shaft having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end, and an opposite distal end adapted to be coupled to the blade so that the blade extends in a transverse direction to the longitudinal axis, the shaft having a middle section disposed between the distal and proximal ends defining a lower grip section,
- at least the middle section of the shaft having a generally triangular cross section including three side faces and three corner edges,
- the shaft being resilient and configured to deflect with respect to, and out of, at least two different bending planes in response to an applied force, the at least two different bending planes extending along the length of the shaft generally parallel with the longitudinal axis, each bending plane being generally parallel with a separate side face of the triangular cross section, the at least two bending planes including first and second bending planes,
- the first bending plane being oriented generally parallel with the transverse direction and the shaft being configured to deflect out of the first bending plane towards the facing direction,
- the second bending plane being oriented transverse to both the facing and transverse directions and the shaft being configured to deflect out of the second bending plane towards the facing direction and away from the transverse direction.
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A hockey stick comprising:
- a blade having a striking surface defining a forward facing direction;
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- an elongated, resilient handle having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end, and an opposite distal end coupled to the blade, the blade extending from the handle in a transverse direction, the handle defining an upper grip section located near the proximal end and a lower grip section located between the upper grip section and the distal end,
- at least a portion of the lower grip section of the handle having a generally triangular cross section including three side faces and three corner edges, the triangular cross section being oriented with respect to the blade with one of the three side faces being oriented to face away from the forward facing direction defining a rearward face adapted for receiving a palm of a user's hand, and one of the three corner edges being oriented to point in the forward facing direction defining a forward edge, the remaining side faces defining an upward face facing in the transverse direction and the forward facing direction, and a downward face facing in the forward facing direction and away from the transverse direction,
- the handle being resilient and configured to deflect with respect to, and out of, at least two different bending planes extending along the length of the handle generally parallel with the longitudinal axis including first and second bending planes, the first bending plane being oriented generally parallel with the rearward face and the second bending plane being oriented generally parallel with the downward face.
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