Patent ID: 6039661
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A substantially wooden replacement blade adapted for insertion into the lower end of a hockey stick handle, said replacement blade comprising:a blade portion having top and bottom edges, a pair of blade sides and toe and heel ends;a shaft portion having a lower end extending from said blade portion, an upper end forming a connection end for insertion into a hollow lower end of a hockey stick handle, a front edge joining with the top edge of said blade portion, a back edge joining with the bottom edge of said blade portion and a pair of shaft sides extending between said front and back edges, said connection end having a free end comprising an uppermost end of shaft portion and a connection end shoulder in at least one of said front and back edges;a reinforcement strip receiving area and a corresponding reinforcement strip shoulder on each of said pair of shaft sides, each of said reinforcement strip areas extending from said free end, past said connection end shoulder and toward said lower end of said shaft portion and extending from said back edge to its corresponding reinforcement strip shoulder, one of said reinforcement strip shoulders extending between its corresponding reinforcement strip receiving area and one of said blade sides and the other of said reinforcement strip shoulders extending between its corresponding reinforcement strip receiving area and the other of said blade sides;a reinforcement strip secured to each shaft side in said reinforcement strip receiving area so that each of said reinforcement strips extends from said free end, past said connection end shoulder and toward said lower end of said shaft portion, with an edge of one of said reinforcement strips adjacent to one of said reinforcement strip shoulders and an edge of the other of said reinforcement strips adjacent to the other of said reinforcement strip shoulders.