Patent ID: 9320952
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: A63B

Claim Text:
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.