Patent ID: 7980969
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A hockey stick comprising: a blade member having length, height and thickness, and having first and second planar striking surfaces along the length thereof, said blade member formed of semi-rigid and bendable thermal setting plastic; a neck portion integrally molded as part of said blade member and tapered upwardly from said first and second striking surfaces at an angle with respect to the length of said blade member; an elongate handle joined to said neck portion of said blade member; and a continuous, nonporous, malleable sheet metal core of single layer, uniform thickness completely encapsulated within said blade member which extends substantially throughout the length of said blade member and throughout only a portion of the height of said blade member, said core having a thickness less than at least half said thickness of said blade member and having a height less than at least half said height of said blade member, said core being deformable along the length of said blade member whereby said blade member may be caused to conform to and retain a variety of curvilinear shapes for said first and second striking surfaces.