Patent ID: 6113508
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: A63B,A63C

Abstract:
A sports apparatus with variations in stiffness and flexibility, comprising:sports equipment having a body with an elongated cavity; anda stiffening rod that is elongated and has a longitudinal axis in a direction of elongation of the stiffening rod, the stiffening rod being inserted within the cavity and stiffer in one direction than in a different direction and being more flexible in the different direction than in the one direction, both the one direction and the different direction being directed transverse to the longitudinal axis, the stiffening rod being arranged to turn about the longitudinal axis through a plurality of relative positions and accommodated by the cavity in any one of the plurality of relative positions, the sports equipment being configured into any one of a hockey stick and a golf club, the hockey stick having a hollow shaft as the body and having a blade projecting from an end of the hollow shaft in a direction different from the direction that the hollow shaft extends, the golf club having a club shaft as the body and having a club head that extends from an end of the club shaft and extending in a direction different from the direction that the club shaft extends and being wider than a diameter of the club shaft.