# US 7,410,432 B2 · Hockey stick

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- Number: US 7,410,432 B2
- Document ID: US7410432B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/499,233
- Filed: 2006-08-03
- Published: 2006-11-30
- Granted: 2008-08-12
- Earliest claimed: 2002-11-04
- Inventors: Martin L Dehen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7410432B2

## CPC

- A47L 13/00: Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings (brushes, their handles or fastenings A46B, B25G; scrapers for finishing work on buildings E04F21/00)
- A63B 47/02: for picking-up {or collecting}
- A63B 59/20: having means, e.g. pockets, netting or adhesive type surfaces, for catching or holding a ball, e.g. for lacrosse or pelota
- A63B 59/70: with bent or angled lower parts for hitting a ball on the ground, on an ice-covered surface, or in the air, e.g. for hockey or hurling
- E01H 1/12: Hand implements, e.g. litter pickers ({blowing or suction instruments E01H1/08; spraying instruments E01H1/101}; rakes A01D7/00 {; brushes or brooms A46B, A46D; floor scrapers A47L13/02; floor squeegees A47L13/11})
- A63B 60/004: {Striking surfaces coated with high-friction abrasive materials}
- A63B 2102/14: Lacrosse
- A63B 2102/22: {Field} hockey
- A63B 2102/24: Ice hockey
- A63B 2208/12: specially adapted for children
- E01H 2001/1293: {Walking cane or the like, i.e. implements allowing handling while in an upright position}
- A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08)
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)
- E01H: STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; DISPERSING {OR PREVENTING} FOG IN GENERAL {CLEANING STREET OR RAILWAY FURNITURE OR TUNNEL WALLS}(cleaning in general B08B)

## Abstract

An attachment for a blade of a playing stick such as a hockey stick. The attachment includes a floor portion with a leading edge that digs under an object to be flung by the stick. The attachment includes a base portion that engages the blade. The floor portion may be flexed between an L-shaped position and a V-shaped position, relative to the base portion or blade. The attachment may include a finger for engaging the heel end of the blade, ceiling portion, a seat on the floor portion, an undulating leading edge, a slot for being engaged by a tether that wraps about the blade, and a base portion that is curved for a curved blade.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A play apparatus comprising:
a) a stick comprising a handle end and a distal end spaced from the handle end;
b) a first blade comprising a toe end, a heel end, an upper edge, a lower edge, a first face, and a second face, with the heel end being engaged to the distal end of the stick;
c) a floor portion extending from the lower edge of the first blade and having a leading edge adapted for digging under an object with which the play apparatus plays;
d) wherein the play apparatus is a hockey stick;
e) wherein the distal end of the stick is one-piece and integral with the first blade;
f) wherein the floor portion is flexible between an L-shape and a V-shape relative to the first blade such that the object may be cradled therein; and
g) wherein the floor portion is a second blade.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The play apparatus of claim 1, wherein the stick is extendable and retractable relative to the first blade.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The play apparatus of claim 1, wherein the play apparatus, including the stick, first blade and floor portion, is one-piece and molded.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The play apparatus of claim 1, wherein the play apparatus, including the stick, first blade and floor portion, is a one-piece molded hockey stick.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The play apparatus of claim 1, wherein the stick includes telescoping sections.

### Claim 6

A play apparatus comprising:
a) a stick comprising a handle end and a distal end spaced from the handle end;
b) a first blade comprising a toe end, a heel end, an upper edge, a lower edge, a first face, and a second face, with the heel end being engaged to the distal end of the stick;
c) a floor portion extending from the lower edge of the first blade and having a leading edge adapted for digging under an object with which the play apparatus plays;
d) wherein the play apparatus is a hockey stick;
e) wherein the distal end of the stick is one-piece and integral with the first blade; and
f) wherein the floor portion is flexible between an L-shape and a V-shape relative to the first blade such that the object may be cradled therein.