US 12,029,951 B2
Hockey stick and blade for hockey stick
Edouard Rouzier, Montreal (CA); and Martin Chambert, Piedmont (CA)
Assigned to Bauer Hockey, LLC, Exeter, NH (US)
Filed by Bauer Hockey LTD, Blainville (CA)
Filed on Mar. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/830,896.
Application 16/830,896 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/220,893, filed on Dec. 14, 2018.
Application 16/220,893 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/842,033, filed on Dec. 14, 2017, granted, now 10,456,640, issued on Oct. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0222772 A1, Jul. 16, 2020
Int. Cl. A63B 59/70 (2015.01); A63B 102/22 (2015.01); A63B 102/24 (2015.01); B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B29L 31/52 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 59/70 (2015.10) [B29C 70/347 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); A63B 2102/22 (2015.10); A63B 2102/24 (2015.10); A63B 2209/023 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0082 (2013.01); B29L 2031/52 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hockey stick apparatus, comprising:
a hollow shaft structure comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
a molded blade structure coupled to the proximal end of the hollow shaft structure, the molded blade structure further comprising:
a top edge spaced apart from a bottom edge by a blade height;
a heel spaced apart from a toe by a blade length;
a front face spaced apart from a back face;
a slot defining an aperture extending through the front face and the back face, wherein the slot comprises an edge reinforcing material extending around an interior perimeter of the slot, wherein a first side proximate the molded blade structure and a second side wherein the second side is opposite the first side and proximate the aperture comprise the edge reinforcing material, the slot further extending along a portion of the blade length and having a top edge, a bottom edge, a toe end and a heel end, wherein a bottom edge of the slot is positioned closer to the top edge of the molded blade structure than the bottom edge of the molded blade structure;
an upper core element separated from a lower core element by a bridge, the bridge further comprising:
a top bridge layer and a bottom bridge layer of fiber-reinforced material, wherein the top bridge layer is spaced apart from the bottom bridge layer to form the slot, and wherein the top bridge layer abuts the bottom bridge layer at a seam that extends backward from a center of the heel end of the slot and extends forward from a center of the toe end of the slot.