Two-part hockey stick
First Claim
1. A hockey stick, comprising:
- a blade extending between a neck and a toe, and defining a heel, the neck having a neck rim circumscribing a neck opening which defines a female joint portion disposed within the neck; and
a shaft having a body extending between a grip end and an opposed blade end terminating at a distal surface, a male joint portion disposed at the blade end and mating with the female joint portion of the blade, the male joint portion having a heel wall on a first side of the male joint portion adjacent to the heel of the blade and a toe wall on a second side of the male joint portion opposite the heel wall, the heel wall extending away from the distal surface a first length and the toe wall extending away from the distal surface a second length, the first length being greater than the second length, the heel and toe walls terminating at a common mating surface extending between the heel and toe walls.
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Abstract
A two-part hockey stick having a hockey stick blade and a hockey stick shaft joined together at a joint. The hockey stick has a blade with a neck, a heel, and a toe. The joint has a male joint portion on an end of the shaft, which has heel and opposed toe walls, each of which extend away from a distal surface of the shaft and terminate at a mating surface. The heel wall is disposed on a side of the joint adjacent to a heel of the blade, and is longer than the toe wall. The mating surface extends between the heel and toe walls. The joint also has a hollow female joint portion disposed in a neck of the blade. The male joint portion mates with the female joint portion, thereby joining the shaft to the blade and forming the hockey stick.
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1. A hockey stick, comprising:
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a blade extending between a neck and a toe, and defining a heel, the neck having a neck rim circumscribing a neck opening which defines a female joint portion disposed within the neck; and a shaft having a body extending between a grip end and an opposed blade end terminating at a distal surface, a male joint portion disposed at the blade end and mating with the female joint portion of the blade, the male joint portion having a heel wall on a first side of the male joint portion adjacent to the heel of the blade and a toe wall on a second side of the male joint portion opposite the heel wall, the heel wall extending away from the distal surface a first length and the toe wall extending away from the distal surface a second length, the first length being greater than the second length, the heel and toe walls terminating at a common mating surface extending between the heel and toe walls. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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- 14. A hockey stick shaft, comprising a body extending between a grip end and an opposed blade end terminating at a distal surface, and a male joint portion protruding from the distal surface and adapted to mate with a corresponding female joint portion of a hockey stick blade, the male joint portion having a heel wall extending from the distal surface a first length and an opposed toe wall extending from the distal surface a second length, the first length being greater than the second length such that the heel wall of the male joint portion extends further than the opposed toe wall, the heel and toe walls terminating at a common remote end surface, the heel wall disposed on a side of the male joint portion adjacent to a heel of the blade upon mating insertion of the male joint portion into the female joint portion, and the remote end surface extending between the heel and toe walls.
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20. A hockey stick blade, comprising a blade body extending between a neck and a toe, and defining a heel, the neck having a neck opening circumscribing a female joint portion disposed within the neck and adapted to receive a corresponding male joint portion of a hockey stick shaft, the blade body having opposed front and rear surfaces defining an interior blade cavity and a substantially U-shaped blade rib disposed within the blade cavity and extending from a first end disposed in the neck, to the toe, along a length of an edge of the toe, and back to a second end disposed in the neck, the first and second ends of the blade rib abutting against the male joint portion upon being received in the female joint portion.
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