Patent ID: 6129962
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: A63B,B29C,B29K,B29L,B32B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A sports implement having an axially elongated shaft member with a handle portion at one axial end and a head member secured to the other axial end, said implement having the improvement wherein said shaft member comprisesat least one interior ply defining a bore extending along said axis and having at least a biaxial fiber component with a matrix material,at least one intermediate ply having at least one axially extending fiber component disposed within said matrix material, said intermediate ply being exterior to said interior ply, anda web member disposed within said tubular member and mounted to said inner ply and extending at least partially into said bore, said web member extending along at least a selected axial length of said tubular member.