GOALIE HOCKEY STICK

• US 20120202625A1
• Filed: 09/27/2011
• Published: 08/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RAD Future Stock Incorporated
• Original Assignee: RAD Future Stock Incorporated
• Inventors: McGibbon, David
• Granted Patent: US 8,678,959 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/561
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/22 Field hockey
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/24 Ice hockey
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/02 with reinforcing fibres, e.g. carbon, polyamide fibres
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/50 Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport
• CPC Class Codes: 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

Abstract

A goalie hockey stick having a handle with a handle top end and a handle bottom end, the handle bottom end having a first female receiver therein, a paddle with a paddle top end and a paddle bottom end, the paddle top end having a first male end disposed thereon, the bottom end having a second female receiver therein, the first male end being inserted into the first female receiver, and a blade with a blade top end and a blade bottom end, the blade top end having a second male end disposed thereon, the second male end being inserted into the second female receiver. The handle, the paddle, and the blade are removably connected to one another.

Claims

1. A goalie hockey stick, comprising:

a handle with a handle top end and a handle bottom end, the handle bottom end having a first female receiver therein;

a paddle with a paddle top end and a paddle bottom end, the paddle top end having a first male end disposed thereon, the bottom end having a second female receiver therein, the first male end being inserted into the first female receiver;

a blade with a blade top end and a blade bottom end, the blade top end having a second male end disposed thereon, the second male end being inserted into the second female receiver,

wherein the handle, the paddle, and the blade are removably connected to one another.

2. The goalie hockey stick of claim 1, wherein the handle, the paddle, and the blade are removably connected to one another via a press-fit connection between the first male end and the first female receiver and between the second male end and the second female receiver.

3. The goalie hockey stick of claim 1, further comprising:

a first fastener, provided with respect to the first male end and the first female receiver, to provide additional force to connect the handle and the paddle to one another; and

a second fastener, provided with respect to the second male end and second first female receiver, to provide additional force to connect the paddle and the blade to one another.

4. The goalie hockey stick of claim 3, wherein at least one of the first and second fasteners is a threaded fastener.

5. The goalie stick of claim 3, wherein at least one of the first and second fasteners is an adhesive.

6. The goalie hockey stick of claim 5, wherein the adhesive is a hot melt adhesive.

7. The goalie hockey stick of claim 3, wherein at least one of the first and second fasteners is a tape.

8. The goalie hockey stick of claim 7, wherein the tape is an athletic tape comprising cotton.

9. The goalie hockey stick of claim 1, wherein the handle, the paddle, and the blade comprise a carbon fiber composite material.

10. The goalie hockey stick of claim 1, wherein the carbon fiber composite material comprises at least one of woven or non-woven carbon fibers.

11. The goalie hockey stick of claim 10, wherein the paddle further comprises:

at least three internal compartments extending longitudinally therein; and

at least two bridges, connecting front and rear surfaces of the paddle to one another, the bridges separating the internal compartments from one another.

12. The goalie hockey stick of claim 11, further comprising:

a foam disposed within at least one of the at least three compartments within the paddle.

13. The goalie hockey stick of claim 12, wherein the foam is at least one of an open cell or closed cell foam.

14. The goalie hockey stick of claim 1, wherein the blade further comprises

at least three internal compartments extending longitudinally therein;

and

at least two bridges, connecting front and rear surfaces of the paddle to one another, the bridges separating the internal compartments from one another.

15. The goalie hockey stick of claim 14, further comprising:

a foam disposed within at least one of the at least three compartments within the blade.

16. The goalie hockey stick of claim 15, wherein the foam is at least one of an open cell or closed cell foam.

17. The goalie hockey stick of claim 15, wherein:

the at least three internal compartments comprise six internal compartments and the foam is disposed within at least two of the compartments.

18. The goalie hockey stick of claim 1, further comprising:

a wear-resistant portion disposed along at least a portion of a bottom edge thereof.

19. The goalie hockey stick of claim 18, wherein:

the wear-resistant portion is formed as a braid of carbon fibers.

20. The goalie hockey stick of claim 1, wherein:

the first and second female receivers have depths greater than corresponding lengths of the first and second male ends.