# US 7,462,118 B2 · Back and edge weighted field hockey sticks

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- Number: US 7,462,118 B2
- Document ID: US7462118B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/501,708
- Filed: 2006-08-10
- Published: 2007-03-29
- Granted: 2008-12-09
- Earliest claimed: 2004-01-09
- Assignees: Stx, LLC
- Inventors: Richard B. C. Tucker, Sr.; Katelyn M. Bedwell; Joanna Kotula
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7462118B2

## CPC

- 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
- A63B 60/08: characterised by the material
- A63B 2053/0491: {with added weights, e.g. changeable, replaceable}
- A63B 2102/22: {Field} hockey
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

A field hockey stick including a handle, a throat adjoining the handle, and a head adjoining the throat opposite to the handle. At least one portion of one of the handle, the throat, and the head is hollow. The at least one portion has variable wall thicknesses that enhance the performance and feel of the stick, e.g., providing back weighting and/or edge weighting.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A field hockey stick comprising:
a handle;
a throat adjoining the handle, the throat defining a longitudinal axis; and
a head adjoining the throat opposite to the handle, the head curving away from the longitudinal axis and back toward the handle to form a toe, the head beginning at a point where the head first curves away from the longitudinal axis,
wherein the throat comprises a playing side having a flat exterior face, a non-playing side having a round exterior face, and two edges between the playing side and the non-playing side,
wherein the throat is hollow,
wherein in a cross section of the throat taken perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, the playing side and the non-playing side have a first wall thickness that is substantially constant and the two edges have a second wall thickness, the cross section increasing in thickness from the first wall thickness to the second wall thickness from the playing side to the two edges and from the non-playing side to the two edges, and
wherein the second wall thickness is substantially greater than the first wall thickness to provide the field hockey stick with edge weighting.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The field hockey stick of claim 1, wherein the second wall thickness is at least 1½ times thicker than the first wall thickness.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The field hockey stick of claim 1, wherein the second wall thickness is approximately 1/16″ to approximately ¼″ thicker than the first wall thickness.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The field hockey stick of claim 1, wherein the throat has the cross section for its entire length between the handle and the head.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The field hockey stick of claim 1, wherein the cross section is taken approximately 4 inches above the toe.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The field hockey stick of claim 1, wherein the field hockey stick comprises a composite field hockey stick.

### Claim 7

A field hockey stick comprising:
a handle;
a throat adjoining the handle, the throat defining a longitudinal axis; and
a head adjoining the throat opposite to the handle, the head curving away from the longitudinal axis and back toward the handle to form a toe, the head beginning at a point where the head first curves away from the longitudinal axis,
wherein the throat is hollow,
wherein the throat comprises a playing side having a flat exterior face, a non-playing side having a round exterior face, and two edges between the playing side and the non-playing side,
wherein in a cross section of the throat taken perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, the playing side and the two edges have a first wall thickness that is substantially constant and the non-playing side has a second varying wall thickness that increases from the first wall thickness starting at points proximate to the two edges to a maximum wall thickness at approximately a midpoint of the non-playing side, and
wherein the maximum wall thickness is substantially greater than the first wall thickness to provide the field hockey stick with back weighting.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The field hockey stick of claim 7, wherein the cross section is taken approximately 4 inches above the toe.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The field hockey stick of claim 7, wherein the maximum wall thickness of the non-playing side is approximately 1/16″ to approximately ¼″ thicker than the first wall thickness.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The field hockey stick of claim 7, wherein the maximum wall thickness of the non-playing side is at least 1½ times thicker than the first wall thickness.

### Claim 11 (depends on 7)

The field hockey stick of claim 7, wherein the head of the field hockey stick is hollow,
wherein the head comprises a playing side having a flat exterior face, a non-playing side having a round exterior face, and two edges between the playing side and the non-playing side,
wherein in a cross section of the head taken perpendicularly along the curve of the head, the playing side of the head and the two edges of the head have a first head wall thickness that is substantially constant and the non-playing side of the head has a second varying head wall thickness that increases from the first head wall thickness starting at points proximate to the two edges of the head to a maximum head wall thickness at approximately a midpoint of the non-playing side of the head, and
wherein the maximum head wall thickness is substantially greater than the first head wall thickness.

### Claim 12 (depends on 7)

The field hockey stick of claim 7, wherein the field hockey stick comprises a composite field hockey stick.