Patent ID: 6068563
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An ice hockey stick in which a puck (17) is steered in a dribbling maneuver alternately with one and another, opposite side of an elongate blade (2) of the stick, by turning the blade repeatedly from side to side with the aid of a shaft (1) of the stick, said blade having a flat lower surface portion for engaging the ice, wherein the shaft is connected to the blade through a connecting part (9) which slopes away from the blade at an obtuse angle (5) and has a length substantially shorter than a length of both the shaft and the blade such that an extension of a longitudinal centre axis (4) of the shaft intersects a longitudinal centre axis (7) of the blade at a point (11) between a toe part (14) and a heel part (12) of said blade, said point forming a rotational centre of said blade when performing dribbling maneuvers, and wherein the connecting part has a sufficient resiliency or springiness to enable the blade to be flexed laterally outwards in relation to the longitudinal axis of the shaft when the blade is subjected to a force directed towards the rotational centre and perpendicular to the blade.