Abstract: A composite hockey stick blade having molded outer surfaces defining a rough surface finish on a portion the outer surfaces. The molded outer surface of the blade adapted to enhance friction between the blade and a puck. The blade may also comprise shock-absorbing elements embedded into the molded outer surfaces of the blade.

Abstract: A hockey stick comprises a shaft and a blade. The blade is configured to impact and exert energy on a hockey puck. The blade comprises a core that is generally enclosed within an outer layer. The core comprises a foam-filled cell structure having cell walls that define foam-filled cells. The cell walls of the core structure extend in a direction generally from the front face toward the rear face of the hockey stick blade.

Abstract: A cover is provided for the blade and shank portion of a hockey stick. The cover includes an elongated sleeve and an extension and has an opening along a rear edge thereof for receiving the blade and shank portion. The extension and sleeve lie at an angle relative to one another corresponding to the angle between the shank portion and the blade of the hockey stick. One or more fasteners are provided about the opening for securing the cover to the hockey stick. A notch is provided between the upper edge of the sleeve and the forward edge of the extension to accommodate variances in the arcuate surfaces of sticks between the blades and shank portions and to ventilate the blade after use.

Abstract: The weight training device 10 has removable weights 40, 42, 44, 46 to change the total weight added to the hockey stick 66 to adapt to the skills and capabilities of a player. Pockets 32, 34, 36, 38 are formed in the weight training device 10 to hold the weights 40, 42, 44,46 along the rectangular sides 75, 77 of the hockey stick 66. A compressible membrane flap 48 is attached to retain the weights 40, 42, 44, 46 in the pockets 32, 34, 36, 38 and to provide some adhesion to the hockey stick 66 3to prevent the device 10 from moving on the hockey stick 66.

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. An attachment having the blade itself is further disclosed, where a heel end of the attachment engages the blunt distal end of a stick.

Abstract: A hockey stick blade comprising a core extending along a longitudinal axis, the core comprising a first portion being made of foam having a first density and a second portion being made of foam having a second density. The second density is higher than the first density.

Abstract: A composite laminate bamboo sporting implement with an elongated handle having multiple layers of bamboo and an impact portion having multiple laminate layers affixed to the elongated handle suitable to strike, carry or throw a sporting object. Each of the elongated handle bamboo layers has an average thickness of 1.0 to 3.0 mm and both the handle and impact portion alternates in grain direction between adjoining bamboo layers at an angle between 30 to 90 degrees. Bamboo layers may be treated with a hydrogen peroxide solution to remove impurities and excess moisture thereby reducing the weight and maintaining the strength of the at least one impact portion bamboo layer. Additionally, at least one internal impact portion layer has at least a portion of aircraft-grade titanium alloy for strengthening the impact portion.

Abstract: The hockey stick and golf club of the present invention is generally formed of a shaft and a blade. The shaft has a grip at one end and a hosel at the opposite end. Similarly, the blade has a heel at one end and a toe at the opposite end. An incrementally locking indicia assembly rotatably attaches the heel end of the blade to the hosel of the shaft. The indicia assembly includes a scale for indicating the angle of the blade to the shaft. To adjust and customize this angle, the blade may be incrementally rotated up or down relevant to the shaft and locked into location for a trial skate by a hockey player or swing by a golfer. The lie angle of the blade may be adjusted after each trial skate to achieve maximum blade contact with a hockey puck or golf ball and increase shooting accuracy.

Abstract: The hockey stick and golf club of the present invention is generally formed of a shaft and a blade. The shaft has a grip at one end and a hosel at the opposite end. Similarly, the blade has a heel at one end and a toe at the opposite end. An incrementally locking indicia assembly rotatably attaches the heel end of the blade to the hosel of the shaft. The indicia assembly includes a scale for indicating the angle of the blade to the shaft. To adjust and customize this angle, the blade may be incrementally rotated up or down relevant to the shaft and locked into location for a trial skate by a hockey player or swing by a golfer. The lie angle of the blade may be adjusted after which is each trial skate to achieve maximum blade contact with a hockey puck or golf ball and increase shooting accuracy.

Abstract: A hockey stick having a composite blade and a shaft is disclosed. The composite blade includes a heel section that is recessed relative to the front and back faces of the blade. The recessed heel section is configured to be received by a hockey stick shaft or an adapter member configured to connect the blade to the shaft. The composite blade preferably comprise a foam inner core overlaid preferably with substantially continuous fibers disposed in a matrix material and may include an internal bridge structure extending from one side of the blade to the other. The blade may also be preferably comprised of a core comprising non-continuous fibers disposed within a matrix material. In another aspect, processes for manufacturing the previously described hockey stick blade(s) are described.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for removing a blade from a hockey stick. The strap includes first and second loops each having an anchored end connected to a respective slide aperture and a constricting end slidably received through the respective slide aperture for constricting the loop when pulled. The constricting end of the first loop is anchored to the second loop and the slide apertures are fixed relative to one another whereby pulling the constricting end of the second loop constricts the second loop thereby pulling on the constricting end of the first loop to simultaneously constrict the first loop. The method includes inserting the blade through the first and second loops respectively, heating the glue between the blade and the shaft and pulling the constricting end of the second loop away from the shaft so as to constrict the loops about the blade and pull the blade from the shaft.

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. An attachment having the blade itself is further disclosed, where a heel end of the attachment engages the blunt distal end of a stick, and where the attachment further includes a floor portion on the blade, with the floor portion having a leading edge for digging under an object.

Abstract: A method for coating an article, including the steps of: (a) coating a surface of the article with an unsolidified resin composition that, upon solidification, forms a polymeric matrix on the surface of the article; (b) applying particles of rubber to the coated surface prior to solidification of the resin composition; and (c) causing or permitting the resin composition to solidify on the surface to form the polymer matrix with the rubber particles embedded therein. Also, an article coated by the method. In a preferred embodiment, the article is a hockey stick.

Abstract: A cover is provided for the blade and shank portion of a hockey stick. The cover includes an elongated sleeve and an extension and has an opening along a rear edge thereof for receiving the blade and shank portion. The extension and sleeve lie at an angle relative to one another corresponding to the angle between the shank portion and the blade of the hockey stick. One or more fasteners are provided about the opening for securing the cover to the hockey stick. A notch is provided between the upper edge of the sleeve and the forward edge of the extension to accommodate variances in the arcuate surfaces of sticks between the blades and shank portions and to ventilate the blade after use.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a blade of a hockey stick or the like, a blade and a blade core used in the blade. The blade core is manufactured of a plastic material, recesses for arranging a strengthening layer being provided in vertical sides thereof. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the sides of the blade core are provided with two recesses within each other. Furthermore, a reinforcing element cut off from a wooden plate can be used as an inner strengthening layer of the blade core.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for removing a blade from a hockey stick. The strap includes first and second loops each having an anchored end connected to a respective slide aperture and a constricting end slidably received through the respective slide aperture for constricting the loop when pulled. The constricting end of the first loop is anchored to the second loop and the slide apertures are fixed relative to one another whereby pulling the constricting end of the second loop constricts the second loop thereby pulling on the constricting end of the first loop to simultaneously constrict the first loop. The method includes inserting the blade through the first and second loops respectively, heating the glue between the blade and the shaft and pulling the constricting end of the second loop away from the shaft so as to constrict the loops about the blade and pull the blade from the shaft.

Abstract: A cover is provided for the blade and shank portion of a hockey stick. The cover includes an elongated sleeve and an extension and has an opening along a rear edge thereof for receiving the blade and shank portion. The extension and sleeve lie at an angle relative to one another corresponding to the angle between the shank portion and the blade of the hockey stick. One or more fasteners are provided about the opening for securing the cover to the hockey stick. A notch is provided between the upper edge of the sleeve and the forward edge of the extension to accommodate variances in the arcuate surfaces of sticks between the blades and shank portions and to ventilate the blade after use.

Abstract: A blade to be mounted to a shaft of a hockey stick or like game stick including a preformed core, a shaft receiving member and first and second preformed skins is described herein. The preformed core has distal and proximate ends, top and bottom edge portions and first and second opposite lateral faces. The top edge portion is advantageously tapered. The shaft receiving member includes lower and upper portions, first and second lateral sides. The lower portion is mounted to said proximate end of said core. The upper portion is configured and sized to receive a shaft. The core is so dimensioned that the skins define the shape of the blade. A method of making such a blade is also disclosed.

Abstract: A sleeve for placement over an ice or street hockey stick or other piece of sports equipment on the portion thereof that contacts a puck or ball includes a pattern that imparts greater spin to the ball or puck when struck, is made of a dampening material that deadens the puck or ball against the stick or a resilient material that increases the speed of the puck or ball when struck, and/or includes advertising indicia thereon.

Abstract: An adhesive layer on at least one side of a hockeystick blade is 0.01 to 8 mm thick and made of ceramics, limestone, glass, rubber, textile, plastics consisting of 0,01 to 8 mm grains. The adhesive layer is equipped on one side with self-adhesive material, and the thus adapted layer is pressed on by sinking it into the blade surface. Alternatively, it may be made by pressure spraying.

Abstract: A composite hockey stick blade having molded outer surfaces defining a rough surface finish on a portion the outer surfaces. The molded outer surface of the blade adapted to enhance friction between the blade and a puck. The blade may also comprise shock-absorbing elements embedded into the molded outer surfaces of the blade.

Abstract: An elastomeric coated fiber weave sleeve for use as a hockey stick protector provided as an easy to position sleeve that fits snugly over the blade of a conventional hockey stick. The two-layer sleeve provides easy installation and protects the hockey stick from both water infiltration and wear along the bottom surface of the hockey stick blade. The sleeve has topographical features including horizontal grooves for removing water from the surface of the hockey stick which results in increased friction between hockey puck and blade. The topographical features further include nubs formed between at least some of the horizontal grooves, the nubs providing temporary attachment between the protector and a cross-hatched perimeter edge of a conventional hockey puck. The topographical features further include vertical ribs formed along the bottom edges of the protector provided to resist sliding ofthe puck along the blade increasing control ofthe puck, and reducing friction between the blade and the ice.

Abstract: A racket for a ball to be hit and guided at the ground includes a frame of an oval shape and surrounding a central opening through the frame. The frame has opposite arcuate-shaped top and bottom portions being oppositely curved away from another and opposite arcuate-shaped lateral end portions extending between the top and bottom portions and being oppositely curved away from one another so as to provide the frame with the oval shape. The racket also includes a striking face mounted to the frame and extending across the central opening thereof and an elongated shaft joined with the frame at one of the arcuate-shaped lateral end portions thereof and extending from the frame in a generally tangential relationship to the frame. The striking face has a pair of opposite sides.

Abstract: A hockey blade for a hockey stick for striking a game projectile during hockey play. The preferred hockey blade has horizontal arcuate channels disposed on each of a first striking face and a second striking face of a projectile striking member whereby the striking faces of the hockey blade demonstrate improved control over a spherical game projectile. A plurality of vertical score lines may be disposed on one or both striking faces of the hockey blade. The upper and lower edges of the horizontal arcuate channels may be displaced from the upper and lower edges of their respective striking faces, and the vertical score lines may be located only in the horizontal arcuate channels.

Abstract: There is disclosed a protective blade wrap (10) for wrapping the blade of a hockey stick. The wrap comprises an adhesive unitary sheet material which has a front panel (14) and rear panel (16) and a releasable backing sheet (20). The front panel (14) is of a dimension which corresponds to a dimension of a front surface of a blade of a hockey stick to be covered and the rear panel (10) is of a dimension corresponding to a dimension of a rear surface of a blade of a hockey stick to be covered.

Abstract: A hockey stick blade for roller or street hockey has a toe end, a heel end, top and bottom edges, a set of identical ball bearings, a set of identical sockets, at least one opening, and a shaft portion. Each socket is comprised of two identical truncated four-sided pyramids joined along their respective base edges. Each ball bearing is captured by one of each identical sockets and is mounted at the bottom of the hockey stick blade. The opening is positioned above each of the identical ball bearings, and allows for the unencumbered rotation of each of the ball bearings through 360 degrees in every direction. The shaft portion is adapted for fitment on the handle of a hockey stick. The opening in the hockey stick blade may be one of a series of slots positioned above each ball bearing or an elongated slot that extends from the first to the last ball bearings. The bottom edge of the hockey stick blade is split into two portions to allow the mounting of each of the bearing and socket pairs.

Abstract: A pad for the blade of hockey sticks is provided which includes an elastic body having a plurality of ridges and knobs for contacting the puck or ball and controlling the same. A self-adhesive layer is provided for adhering the pad to the blade of the stick.

Abstract: A hockey stick training device to be attached to the shaft of a hockey stick includes a shield and a connector. The shield blocks a player's view of most of the blade of the hockey stick when the player carries the hockey stick forcing the player to rely on feel to handle and/or shoot rather than by sight.

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 formable sports implement, of a fiber and resin composite construction and typically for attachment to a shaft, is capable of being formed to a selected shape using a low cost and simple procedure. Typically, the implement is preheated to a relatively low temperature, formed using low pressure, and allowed to cool. Upon cooling, the formable implement retains its shape, is capable of withstanding the forces of normal sports play, and retains advantages of composite construction.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved joint assembly comprising a deforming element that is compressed to secure a first member into the recess of a second member. Preferably the deforming element comprises angular projections and is made from a relatively soft material which allows for its deformation. The joint of the invention has the advantage of not requiring any heat or tool and is particularly useful for attaching a hockey stick blade to a hockey stick handle without the need of adhesives or other types of mechanical connectors. The invention also relates to a hockey stick blade and to a hockey stick incorporating the deforming element of the present invention.

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: The blade of a hockey stick is formed with downwardly angled grooves in its major faces for imparting a spinning motion to the puck. Each groove is angled downwardly and outwardly toward the toe area of the blade, so that the edges of the grooves spin the hockey puck into pressure contact with the ice (or ground) surface.

Abstract: A blade member of a hockey stick defines a profile, and includes an elongated blade body having a front toe end, a rear heel end, a pair of attachment walls which laterally oppose each other and which respectively extend from the rear heel end toward the front toe end, two flange units that project outwardly and laterally from bottoms of the attachment walls to define two accommodating spaces above the flange units, and a connecting portion that extends integrally, rearwardly and upwardly from the rear heel end. A display sheet is disposed in one of the accommodating spaces to abut against one of the attachment walls, has an outer abutment face with a mark.

Abstract: A hockey stick is provided with an elongate handle portion and a blade portion coupled to the handle portion. The blade portion holds an impact surface designed to strike a ball or puck when the stick is swung at the ball or puck. The impact surface, blade portion and handle all cooperate to produce a drum-like tone when the ball or is struck. The blade portion includes front and back sections that mate and hold the impact surface therebetween. The front section is provided with a tongue that mates with a groove on the back section and the impact surface has a channel that is held in between the tongue and groove. When the front and back sections are assembled together, the impact surface is tensioned by the tongue and groove to make the impact surface an audibly vibratory member. The assembled front and back sections and the handle portion are hollow within to augment the sound produced by the impact surface.

Abstract: An ice hockey stick comprising a blade and an elongate, narrow handle connected to a top end of the blade. The handle and blade are formed from a strong, lightweight metal such as aluminum alloy. The blade has a number of relatively small holes extending through it for purposes of weight reduction. These holes are distributed over the surface of the blade. Preferably the handle is detachably connected to the blade. A preferred embodiment is for a goalkeeper and, in this version, the blade has an ice engaging portion and an upstanding portion which extends at an obtuse angle to the ice engaging portion. The holes are distributed over both portions of the blade.

Abstract: The subject invention pertains to a control fascia adapted to be attached to one side of the blade of an ice hockey or street hockey stick. Ridges having a vertical component extending above the control fascia surface enable improved puck or ball control while offering freedom from unraveling, and minimum weight. The control fascias can be easily manufactured at low cost and are suitable for bearing logos or advertisements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a blade for a hockey stick, said blade being planar and having front and rear surfaces having top, side and bottom edges. The thickness of the blade is thin relative to its width and height The front and rear surfaces can be flat or curved. A first side edge of said blade is adapted for connection of a shaft to the blade adjacent the juncture of the first edge and said top edge. A second side edge generally parallel to the first side edge is provided remote from said point of attachment of said shaft. A perimeter ridge is provided on the back surface of said blade from the bottom edge up said second side edge, along said top edge and down said first side edge.

Abstract: The hockey stick is provided with a recess formed at its lower edge of the blade. The recess eliminates ice build up on the front surface of the blade and relieves the air resistance and erratic buffeting of the blade when the latter is swung at a high speed against the puck. The front surface of the blade also slopes upwardly and rearwardly to enhance the release of air resistance build up on the blade. A resilient bumper is provided at the front end of the blade to safeguard against wear and tear of such end as well as minimizing accidental injury to the players hit by the blade.

Abstract: A new hockey stick blade protector for protecting the blade of a hockey stick and further reducing the friction of the blade on the playing surface improving a hockey player's performance. The inventive device includes at least one protective wear member molded to the shape of a hockey stick blade and coupled to the hockey stick blade by an attaching means where at least one protective wear member is contiguous to the playing surface to prevent wearing of the hockey stick blade and to reduce friction.

Abstract: The present invention is a blade 1 for a club shaft including a blade 1 comprising different guiding elements such as a ball rolling line 7 that guides the ball to at least one aperture 16 or between two different apertures 16, 17 that make it easier, when the ball is in the aperture to drive, dribble, cover and shoot. The apertures 16, 17 provide for a lower air resistance and are optimal for shooting because the ball is always on the right spot on the club. This results in faster and more powerful shots. The blade 1 also provides for a defensive technical feature through the blocking protrusion 14 which gives the club shaft and the blade the right height above a support layer when the club is laid down thereon for covering a shot. Finally, the blade 1 also provides for the possibility of being used for advertising or team display since the apertures 16, 17 can be provided with a resilient advertising material such a rubber based sheet material.

Abstract: A golf club having a hollow body clubhead with a metal mesh clubface and a metal mesh top-of-clubhead design. The design conforms to the shapes of a wood and iron and allows the club to be larger in size and weight than traditional golf club designs. The weight is controlled by modifying the amount of material forming the clubhead. The clubface hitting area for both the wood and iron is increased. The hollow-body allows air to flow through the clubhead, thus reduces air resistance and stabilizes the clubface during the club swing. The speed of the clubhead at impact increases, produces straighter flight of golf ball, and increase the distance the golf ball travels once hit. The design of the clubhead facilitates using a balance of different metals, by example, stainless steel, or other metal alloy. The design facilitates the force of the air to be directed against the inside bottom of the sole to provide better contact with a golf ball and reduce topped shots.

Abstract: A hockey stick has a reinforced hockey blade which is equipped with a plastic bumper secured to the bottom edge thereof and a layer of glass fiber is coated on the surface of the blade by heat hardening art. Such processed hockey stick is flexible and durable against violent impact or collision in operation, making the operation life thereof longer.

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: An apparatus for training goalkeepers including, in combination, a reel containing a quantity of line and a goal. A reel support member is provided to which the reel is mounted. A reel support line guide is positioned on the reel support. A line anchor is positioned on the reel support. The goal has a first lower corner and a second lower corner. A first lower corner line guide is positioned in the first lower corner. A second lower corner line guide is positioned in the second lower corner. A remote end of the line is fed from the reel through the reel support line guide, the first lower corner line guide, the second lower corner line guide and back to the reel support line guide; with the remote end of the line being secured to the line anchor. The line provides an outline of a shooting zone. The shooting zone is dynamically changeable during training sessions by feeding or retracting the line from the reel.

Abstract: An ice, street or roller hockey stick having a stick blade that prevents excessive wear. The stick includes a plurality of rods or members inserted in the bottom edge of the stick's blade. The rods or members are made of a material exhibiting higher wear resistance characteristics than the material used to form the bottom edge of the blade.

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: The invention relates to a blade for an indoor bandy stick, comprising a top-edge reinforcing rib (5), a bottom-edge reinforcing rib (6) and therebetween a number of reinforcing ribs (7, 9) which lie lengthwise of the blade and are spaced from each other so as to form open spaces between the lengthwise ribs (5, 6, 7, 9). The interspace between the mid-section reinforcing ribs (7) is located at the distance of a radius (D/2) of a ball (3) from the bottom edge of a blade (12). Thus, the ball hits the reinforcing ribs at more than one point along the ball surface. One or both sides of the blade can be concave.

Abstract: A hockey stick replacement system includes a coupler adapted to receive a wooden hockey stick shaft at one end and a replacement blade at the other; the replaceable blade being made of either conventional wood or of aluminum. The aluminum replaceable blade possesses a textured blade surface and is contoured to emulate a conventional wooden hockey stick blade. The system allows players to attach new blades onto previously broken wooden sticks, thus preserving the life of a wooden stick shaft, and permits the use of different types of blades depending upon the performance level desired.

Abstract: A multi-component, lightweight field hockey stick comprising a plastic head section and a handle fitted into the head section is described. The head section comprises a first flat surface including a flat ball-striking surface and a surface opposite the ball-striking surface so configured to decrease weight and provide increased structural strength. The surface area opposite the ball-striking surface includes an area for receiving a resilient pad. The field hockey stick is particularly useful as a learning or introductory stick for inexperienced players.