Hockey blade

• US 5,429,352 A
• Filed: 02/08/1994
• Issued: 07/04/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mylec, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Mylec, Inc.
• Inventors: Leclerc, Richard D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Graham, Mark S.
• Application Number:
  US08/193,625
• Time in Patent Office: 511 Days
• Field of Search: 273/67 A, 273/67 R, 273/72 R, 273/72 A, 273/167 R, 273/167 E, 273/73 G, 273/73 C
• US Class Current: 473/563
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/22 Field hockey
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/24 Ice hockey
• 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 60/52 with slits

Abstract

A hockey blade is provided with a plurality of slots spaced along its longitudinal mid-line and extending transverse to that mid-line at various angles.

Claims

1. A hockey blade having a playing surface and a back surface for use as a portion of a hockey stick, comprising:

a plurality of elongated slots extending completely through the blade between the playing surface and the back surface and spaced along and traverse to the longitudinal midline of the blade, and where the angle of some of the slots to the longitudinal mid-line of the blade is acute.

2. The invention of claim 1 wherein the slots vary in length from slot to slot along their longest axis.

3. The invention of claim 2 wherein the variation in length increases from the heel to the toe of the blade.

4. The invention of claim 1 wherein at least one of the surfaces of the blade is rough as a result of having been sandblasted.

5. The invention of claim 1 wherein the blade is curved from toe to heel when viewed along the longitudinal axis from above.

6. The invention of claim 1 wherein the toe of the blade is blunt and at an angle of approximately 90 degrees to the longitudinal mid-line of the blade.

7. The invention of the claim 1 wherein the slot size is in the range of from approximately one quarter to approximately one half inches in width.

8. The invention of claim 1 wherein the slot size is in the range of from approximately one to approximately two and one half inches in height along its longest axis.

9. The invention of claim 1 wherein the structure of the blade surface which forms the slots is curved from side to side when viewed in section.

10. The invention of claim 1 wherein the surface of the blade which forms the slots are rounded between the longitudinal sides of the slots when viewed in plan view.

11. The invention of claim 1 wherein the blade is curved.

12. A hockey blade having a playing surface and a back surface for use as a portion of a hockey stick, comprising:

a plurality of elongated slots extending completely through the blade between the playing surface and the back surface and spaced along and traverse to the longitudinal mid-line of the blade, where the angle of some of the slots to the longitudinal mid-line of the blade is obtuse.

13. A hockey blade for use as a portion of a hockey stick, comprising:

a plurality of elongated slots spaced along and transverse to the longitudinal mid-line of the blade, and wherein the angle of some of the slots to the longitudinal mid-line of the blade is obtuse and the angle of some of the slots to the longitudinal mid-line of the blade is acute.

14. The invention of claim 13 wherein at least one of the slots is substantially at right angles to the longitudinal mid-line of the blade.

15. The invention of claim 13 wherein the slots at an acute angle are closer to the heel then are other slots.

16. The invention of claim 13 wherein the slots at an obtuse angle are closer to the heel of the blade than are the other slots.

17. The invention of claim 13 wherein at least one of the slots is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal mid-line of the blade.

18. The invention of claim 13 wherein the slots vary in length from slot to slot along their longest axis.

19. The invention of claim 18 wherein the variation in length increases from the heel to the toe of the blade.

20. The invention of claim 13 wherein the blade has a blade surface and the surface of the blade is rough as a result of having been sandblasted.

21. The invention of claim 13 wherein the blade is curved from toe to heel when viewed along the longitudinal axis from above.

22. The invention of claim 13 wherein the toe of the blade is blunt and at an angle of approximately 90 degrees to the longitudinal mid-line of the blade.

23. The invention of claim 13 wherein the slot size is in the range of from approximately one quarter to approximately one half inches in width.

24. The invention of claim 13 wherein the slot size is in the range of from approximately one to approximately two and one half inches in height along its longest axis.

25. The invention of claim 13 wherein the blade has a blade surface and structure and the structure of the blade surface which forms the slots is curved from side to side when viewed in section.

26. The invention of claim 13 wherein the blade has a blade surface and the surface of the blade which forms the slots is rounded between the longitudinal sides of the slots when viewed in plan view.

27. The invention of claim 13 wherein the blade is curved.