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Protective device for goaltender hockey stick

  • US 4,651,990 A
  • Filed: 07/29/1985
  • Issued: 03/24/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A combination of a goaltender hockey stick of the type having a handle and a blade, the blade including an ice engaging portion and an upstanding portion connected to the handle and arranged as an angle to the ice engaging portion defining a heel therebetween and a protective device therefor, said device comprising an integral molded channel member formed from a flexible sheet material defining a base, an upstanding front panel and an upstanding rear panel, said front and rear panels being unconnected to each other at upper edges thereof, said front panel being configured to substantially cover said ice engaging portion and part of said upstanding portion of said blade, said front and rear panels including slot means arranged to extend from a position adjacent said heel to break out of said upper edge of the respective panel, said channel member being slipped over said stick to a position in which said base is in engagement with an edge of the blade and said panels adjusted at said slot means to accommodate the angle between said ice engaging portion and said upstanding portion the upper edge of rear panel the being lower than that of the front panel so that the upper edge of the front panel lies substantially co-incident with the upper edge of the ice engaging portion of the blade and the upper edge of the rear panel lies across a rear surface of the ice engaging portion downwardly from the upper edge thereof and a tape wrapped around said stick and said device such that said tape engages said rear surface of said ice engaging portion above said rear edge of said upper panel.

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