Patent ID: 8439776

Claim:
A hockey stick shaft comprising: an elongate, substantially rectangular tube having a length and a plurality of side walls, the plurality of side walls at least partially defining an elongate inner chamber of the tube, the chamber extending along the length of the tube, and the plurality of side walls including a first side wall, a second side wall opposite the first side wall, and a pair of opposite third and fourth side walls separating the first side wall from the second side wall, wherein the second side wall includes opposite first and second edges respectively connected to an edge of the third side wall and an edge of the fourth side wall; a support member positioned within the chamber and extending along the length of the tube, the support member being substantially planar, and the support member connecting the first and second side walls to one another about respective mid-points thereof, wherein the support member is substantially parallel to the third and fourth side walls; a first diagonal support member extending from the first edge of the second side wall to proximate the mid-point of the first side wall; and a second diagonal support member extending from the second edge of the second side wall to proximate the mid-point of the first side wall.