Abstract: An improved ice hockey stick is disclosed which is made with a handle component whose lower end tapers to fit closely into a closely conforming groove in the rear edge of a hardwood table. The handle component may be made of hardwood or it may be made of foam injected plastic material in accordance with another aspect of the subject matter disclosed. The foam injected handle component has a centrally located filler member and, on each side, a reinforcing strip of unidirectional strands of fibers in a suitable bonding agent mounted flush with the wide sides of the handle. A process for making a foam injected plastic component is disclosed as well as a method of making an ice hockey stick using the novel joint applicable to conventional hardwood handle components and to foam injected plastic handle components.

Abstract: This specification discloses an improved ice hockey stick in which strips of reinforcing plastic material disposed in preferably embedded into the wide side surfaces of the handle of an ice hockey stick which otherwise is made of suitable hardwood.The construction is such that the completed hockey stick handle will be perceived by the hockey player as a conventional wooden hockey stick and not as a hockey stick whose handle is made of plastic or is covered with plastic material.An improved method for making handles for hockey sticks is disclosed wherein the reinforcing strips are applied to a large number of handle components which are pressed together in a suitable apparatus before installation of the blades to the lower extremity of the handle component.

Abstract: This specification discloses an improved ice hockey stick in which strips of reinforcing plastic material are disposed in, preferably embedded into the wide side surfaces of the handle of an ice hockey stick which otherwise is made of suitable hardwood.The construction is such that the completed hockey stick handle will be perceived by the hockey player as a conventional wooden hockey stick and not as a hockey stick whose handle is made of plastic or is covered with plastic material.An improved method for making handles for hockey sticks is disclosed wherein the reinforcing strips are applied to a large number of handles which are pressed together in a suitable apparatus before installation of the blades to the lower extremity of the handle component.