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Hockey stick blade and a method of making thereof

  • US 7,326,136 B2
  • Filed: 10/21/2005
  • Issued: 02/05/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A hockey stick blade, comprising:

  • a) a shaft connecting portion;

    b) a heel portion;

    c) a puck contacting portion consisting ofi) a partly filled core formed of light weight material defining longitudinal spaced apart sections defining longitudinal cavities therebetween;

    ii) a jacket formed of a number of braid fiber sleeves, fibers of said jacket having a predetermined directional orientation, said jacket being first pulled over said core sections and said longitudinal cavities to form a jacketed assembly, said jacketed assembly being then tensioned by applying a mold to said jacketed assembly, said tensioned jacketed assembly completely wrapping said spaced apart core sections;

    iii) a polymeric material encapsulating said tensioned jacketed assembly to form a molded blade part having opposite side faces, including a side face with a discontinuous surface; and

    iv) a cover plate of composite polymeric material secured to said side face with a discontinuous surface of said molded blade;

    said jacket providing a continuity of fibers on a full perimeter of the blade while encapsulating the spaced apart core sections, and forming said side face opposite said side face with a discontinuous surface.

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