Patent ID: 6019691
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A hockey stick having a handle and a blade; said blade having a heel area connected to said handle, a toe area spaced from said heel area, and a mid area located between said heel and toe areas;said blade having two major faces spanning said heel and toe area to form a toe face, and an upper edge and a lower edge;each of said major faces having a concave surface configuration such that the blade has an overall thickness dimension that is greatest at the toe area to form a wedge-shaped toe, and smallest at the mid area and the heel area, the greatest thickness dimension of the toe area being at least twice the thickness of the mid area;said blade having a series of parallel linear grooves in each of said major faces, each groove on a first of said major faces being aligned with a groove on the second of said major faces; andeach of said grooves extending downwardly and outwardly toward the toe area of the blade along an axis generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the handle, and each groove of said first and second major faces having a depth that varies inversely to the distance of the groove from said toe face.