The Kozac Cut goalie hockey stick

• US 20170326423A1
• Filed: 05/16/2016
• Published: 11/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jonathan Kozac
• Original Assignee: Jonathan Kozac
• Inventors: Kozac, Jonathan
• Granted Patent: US 9,878,227 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/06 Handles
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/34 with the handle axis different from the main axis of the implement
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/54 with means for damping vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0026 for ice-hockey

Abstract

A goalie hockey stick including a shaft with two bends in it, a vertical paddle and a blade with an added bend that allows goaltenders to play their position with the goal of stopping the puck from scoring by blocking the puck or deflecting the puck away from the opening of the goal. It also allows the goalie to play, control, pass and shoot the puck both standing and on their knees.

Claims

1. A hockey goalie stick having a cut in the blade, a paddle connecting to a shaft on the top that has two 45 degree bends creating a long longitudinal axis, wherein the blade, paddle and shaft are all rigidly attached and wherein the shaft is in line with the paddle and the paddle meets the blade at a 45 degree angle and the blade then cuts to a 30 degree angle thereby making the shaft and the tip of the blade almost perpendicular to each other. With the added 45-degree angle at the top of the shaft, the butt end of the shaft can be taped as thick as need be and still be able to be laid flush on the ice.

2. A hockey stick as claimed in claim 1 wherein the acute angle between a line tangential to a central portion of a bottom surface of the blade and the first longitudinal axis is greater than the acute angle between the line and the second longitudinal axis.

3. A hockey stick as claimed in claim 2 wherein a puck is prevented from passing between either the paddle or the shaft and a playing surface when the paddle and shaft are oriented generally adjacent to the playing surface.