Abstract: An apparatus and method usable with a conventional door or other support member for removing a replaceable hockey stick blade from the handle.

Abstract: A reinforced hockey replacement blade having a pair of reinforcement strips extending from the outermost end of the connection end past the point at which the replacement blade is connected with the handle and embedded within a recessed area of the replacement blade. The invention also relates to a method for making such a replacement blade.

Abstract: A plastic hockey stick blade integrally formed with a handle or provided as a replacement blade in which the blade is provided with a series of diagonal grooves on both the front and back faces to eliminate friction tape wrap.

Abstract: A hockey stick having a shaft with a hollow connection end, a blade with a connection tenon and a friction member carried by the tenon for retaining the shaft relative to the blade when the tenon is inserted into the hollow connection end. The invention also relates to an adhesive free method of connecting a hockey stick replacement blade to a hockey stick shaft.

Abstract: A wooden hockey stick blade having a slot formed in its bottom edge and a wear strip disposed within the slot and extending along its bottom edge. The invention also involves a method of making a hockey stick blade by forming a slot in a bottom portion of the blade woodstock and disposing a strip of wear resistant material in the slot.

Abstract: A hockey stick having a shaft with a hollow connection end, a blade with a connection tenon and a friction member carried by the tenon for retaining the shaft relative to the blade when the tenon is inserted into the hollow connection end. The invention also relates to an adhesive free method of connecting a hockey stick replacement blade to a hockey stick shaft.

Abstract: A reinforced blade for a hockey stick or the like is disclosed. A braided tubular sleeve and appropriate resin material are placed on the replacement blade, including on the connection end at the top of the replacement blade. The braided tubular sleeve and resin are molded in place by a molding device. The connection end is then inserted into the hollow lower end of a handle. The resulting hockey stick is thereby reinforced and resistent to breakage at the point of connection.

Abstract: A modular panel system for constructing buildings. Panels are made from column structures which form fit so that they slide together to create the panel. Panels are specially constructed so that they serve as air conduits, through which air, both to and from the living space of the modular panel home passes. For use in cool weather, cool air is drawn from the living space into the wall panels of this invention, transferred to a solar panel air system where it is heated. The heated air is then transferred from the solar panel system into other wall panels of this invention and through these wall panels and into a specially designed heat collection floor panel. The heat collection floor panel receives the solar panel heated air which in turn heats a storage material in the floor panel and then is expelled into the living space for heating thereof. Once in the living space the air is cooled down and is drawn back into return wall panels.

Abstract: A modular panel system for constructing buildings. Panels are made from column structures which form fit so that they slide together to create the panel. Panels are specially constructed so that they serve as air conduits, through which air, both to and from the living space of the modular panel home passes. Cool air is drawn from the living space into the panels of this invention, transferred to a solar panel air system where it is heated. The heated air is then transferred from the solar panel system into the panels of this invention and expelled into the living space.

Abstract: A modular panel system for constructing buildings. Wall and floor panels are made from column structures which form fit so that they slide together to create the panel. The junction between the columns is formed by matching the protrusions and receptacles on each of the columns, one side being the reverse counterpart of the other. The column structures may vary in design according to different structural and aesthetic considerations.