Patent ID: 6916261

Claim:
A laminate bamboo sporting implement with an elongated handle having multiple layers of bamboo and an impact portion affixed to said elongated handle suitable to strike, carry or throw a sporting object, said impact portion having multiple layers of bamboo, said sporting implement comprising: each of said elongated handle bamboo layers having an average thickness of 1.0 to 3.0 mm; each of said elongated handle bamboo layers alternating grain direction at an angle between 30 to 90 degrees with respect adjoining elongated handle bamboo layers' grain direction; each of said elongated handle bamboo layers is treated with a hydrogen peroxide solution to remove impurities and excess moisture thereby reducing the weight and maintaining the strength of said elongated handle bamboo layers; each of said impact portion bamboo layers alternating grain direction at an angle between 30 to 90 degrees with respect adjoining impact portion bamboo layers' grain direction; at least one impact portion bamboo layer treated with a hydrogen peroxide solution to remove impurities and excess moisture thereby reducing the weight and maintaining the strength of said at least one impact portion bamboo layer; and wherein at least one bamboo layer comprises a woven bamboo layer of alternating strips of bamboo having a width of 2.0 to 20.0 mm and thickness of less than 5.0 mm.