US 11,806,596 B2
Hockey stick with variable geometry shaft and paddle
Dominique Plante, Pointe-Claire (CA); Mathieu Poitras, St-Jerome (CA); and Edouard Rouzier, Montreal (CA)
Assigned to Bauer Hockey, LLC, Exeter, NH (US)
Filed by Bauer Hockey Ltd., Blainville (CA)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/100,336.
Prior Publication US 2022/0161109 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 60/12 (2015.01); A63B 59/70 (2015.01); A63B 102/24 (2015.01); A63B 60/20 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 60/12 (2015.10) [A63B 59/70 (2015.10); A63B 60/20 (2015.10); A63B 2102/24 (2015.10)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hockey goalie stick comprising:
a shaft;
a paddle comprising a front face attached to the shaft;
a curved blade comprising a concave side and a convex side attached to the paddle; and
a first gripping structure, wherein the first gripping structure is positioned on a front face of the paddle and extends from the shaft into the paddle, wherein the front face of the paddle is on the same side as the concave side of the curved blade, wherein a portion of the first gripping structure that extends into the paddle is convex, and wherein the first gripping structure and the shaft form a five-sided polygonal cross-section, and wherein an apex of the five-sided polygonal cross-section is positioned on the same side as the concave side of the curved blade and the front face of the paddle.