Patent ID: 6033328
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
In a hockey stick handle having a pair of opposed narrow sides, a pair of opposed broad sides, a rear end portion a forward end portion, and a longitudinal axis passing through said end portions; said forward end portion being configured for engaging a blade, the improvement wherein the handle comprises a longitudinally extending sandwich composite member, said sandwich member comprising three longitudinally extending substance zones, said substance zones comprising a rigid plastic foam spacer zone and two wood side zones, said side zones being spaced apart by said spacer zone, said three substance zones being configured and disposed such that each side zone individually faces a respective side of one of the pairs of opposed sides of the handle and such that together the two side zones and the spacer zone each face both of the sides of the other of said pairs of opposed sides of the handle; wherein reinforcing means is sheathed about said sandwich member and wherein each side zone faces a respective broad side of said pair of opposed broad sides and wherein said two side zones and said spacer zone together each face both of the narrow sides of said pair of opposed narrow sides.