CA1181778A - Hockey stick blade safety pad - Google Patents

Hockey stick blade safety pad

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CA1181778A
CA1181778A CA000405192A CA405192A CA1181778A CA 1181778 A CA1181778 A CA 1181778A CA 000405192 A CA000405192 A CA 000405192A CA 405192 A CA405192 A CA 405192A CA 1181778 A CA1181778 A CA 1181778A
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pad
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hockey stick
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J. Real Dubreuil
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B59/00Bats, rackets, or the like, not covered by groups A63B49/00 - A63B57/00
    • A63B59/70Bats, rackets, or the like, not covered by groups A63B49/00 - A63B57/00 with bent or angled lower parts for hitting a ball on the ground, on an ice-covered surface, or in the air, e.g. for hockey or hurling
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B60/00Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
    • A63B60/52Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like with slits
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63BAPPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2102/00Application of clubs, bats, rackets or the like to the sporting activity ; particular sports involving the use of balls and clubs, bats, rackets, or the like
    • A63B2102/24Ice hockey

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Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

A hockey stick blade safety pad is disclosed. The pad is made of semi-rigid, semi-resilient material, being secured to the toe end of the blade and entirely covering the toe and from the top edge to the bottom edge. The pad has a pair of rearwardly-extending wings separated by a slot into which the front portion of the blade fits. The pad is of the same width as the blade. Various concave shapes on both the forehand and backhand sides of the blade can be obtained, ranging from straight to very curved.

Description

7~7~3 FI~LD Q~ ~ E IN~ rION
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The presen~ in~lelltion relates to the sport o~ ice-hockey and o-ther similar less formal variations, i~re particularly to a hockey stick bla;le p~ovided with a novel safety means to prevent ~njury.
BACKGROUND OF I~E~ INVENTION

_ . . . _ _ Anycne who is at allfamiliar with the sport. of hockey, espe-cially at the professir~ncll levels, can attest to the injuries which can, i-lnd do, occur. Ncn LnEr~uently, injuries to the players are inflicted by the hockey sticks they use, when for example, dlring a scramble for the puck, -the sticks are raised a li-ttle too high. Althouqh the stick~ are not necessarily voluntarily raised, -there is always the dan~er that the blade portion of a stick may strike a player in the facial area and so occasion a passibility of serious injury. Of course, the most dangerous part of the blade is the front or toe end. This is because players use a curved blade w~nch has a relatively thin toe portiQn and the edge thereof is entirely unprG-,ected.
A search of ~he prior art has revealed a recognition of the hazard of blad~c~nflicted injury. For exampl~, Canadian Patent to De Meza (Nov. 24, 1964; 698,376) teaches the use of a " shield" adapted to cover the ~ntire top edye of ~.he blade. Such a shield is an imprcvEment;
c~ever, the lower pc~ti~l of the toe ed~e end anc~ the lower corner of the t~e are left entireIy ~mprotected. rS is known, that part of the blade ~an also cause injury wh~l,for example, a pl~yer falls or is already prone ~n the ice.
OBJBCTS OF I~E INVENTION .~
In view of the abvve, it is a prume object of the inventiQn to provide a pad at the toe edge of the blade of a hcck~y stic~ whic~ is made of resilient material and whlch entirely cc~ers the toe edge.
It i; another important object o;E this lnvention to 7~
provide a pad of ~he above type, which actually ~n?roves backh~nd shots.
It is yet another imp~rtant object of this i~vention to provide a pad of the akc~ type, which is simple in deslgn and non-costly to produce and install.
SUMMARY OF T ~ INVENTION
- lp, The abcve and other ~bjects and adv~ntages of the present mvention clre realized according t`o a preferred emtod1ment comprising a pad made of semi-xesilient material adapted tD be rigidly secured b~ the toe end of a hockey stick blade. me material is xesilient en~u~hto absorb most of the force of an impact yet rigid enough so that the shooting characteristic o the blade is ~nimpaixed.
l'he pad is of the same ~idth as the fr~nt pOrtiQn of the blade, having preferably a rDunded frQnt end projecting forwardly o the front edge o~ thP bla~ pad is further formed with a pair of rearwardly-extending wings separated by a vertical slot. The latter is adapted to receive ~he front portian of the hcck~y stick blade. Pref- ¦
erably, but not essentiall'y, the ]pad wing an ~he backhand .side of the blade has a surfaoe ~hich is shaped in such a way as bo enhance ~he ability of a player to eK~ ute a backhand sh~t, as will be e~plai~3d below.
Prior to the ;ecuring of the pad to the blade, two minor alt3ration~ are preerably made to th~ blade: ~rstly, the uppe~
corner of the frQ~t edge oE the blade is cut away angularly, there~y defining a substantially-triangular recess between the top surface of the pad and the adjacent part of the blade. Thus, the former will be compressed ir~ardly und~æ impact, thereby absorbing m3st of the force of the blow. Seoandly, a fr3nt ed~e portion of th~ bh~ is removed, SD ~that when ~the pad is in place, t~3 leng~h of the blad~
will remain the sar~. Ho~3~3r, it is to be undertsood -th~a-t these alterations, es~3cially the second, are wt essential to ~3 proper purp~se of the pad. For instance, instead of remDvlng th3 ~ront portion of the blade, t~3 latter m~y be n~an-~actured ln a ~horten2d 1'77~

lenc3th.
The above will be more clearly understDod by having referral -to the preferrec~ bodim~nt of the inventic~n, illustrated by way oE the accc~anying drawincJs~ in l~hich:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF T~E D.~MWINGS

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Figure 1 is a E~rspective view of a hockey stick blade, als~
showing the pad ready to be installed;
Fi~ure 2 .is identical to the vi~w of Figure 1 but with the pad installed;
Figure 3 is a side elevatiQn of a hockey stick blade provided with the pad, the latter Ex~rtially sectioned at its upper corner;
Figure 4 is a top plan view of the blade of Figure 2;
Figures 5 .~ld 6 are top plan views of left-handed hockey stick blades proviclecl with the pad, illustrating a straight bacXhand and pranounced forehand cu~ve; and a curved backh3nd and less pranounced fore-hand c~lrve, resp~ct.ively;
Figure 7.is si~ilar to the views of Figure 5 and 6, but depicting a right-handed hockey stic}; blade; and Fic3ure 8 is d to~ plan v.iew of a straic3ht blade pro~ided with the pad.
. Like numerals refer to like elements throughout the drawings.
DErAlLED DESCRIPTION OF TH~ PREFERRED EMBODIM~r The pres nt invention ccmprises a hc~key stick 1 haYing a blade
2 which can be straight ~Fi.gure 3) or curved for a left-~nded p.layer --(Figures 5 and 6) or curvecl for a rk3ht-handed player (Figure 7), in the known manner. C~lerally sE~k:~ng, it is t`ne front portic~n of the blade which is curved a~--ording to a player's indlv.idua~L preference.
ReferriLng ncxw to F:Lgures 1 to 4, t~re is shown a blade 2 having opposite main faces, a c ~ ~1 front end pcrtLon 2' and a s-traight toe ed~e 3 nonnal t~ the lcr.gitudinal clXiS oE blade 2.
m is toe edge 3 is ~adapted to be cc~lpletely cover0d hy a pad 4 ~j _ q _ ~ ~ ~3~t~ ~

whic~n is n~ade o semi-rigid, semi-resilient material, such as rubber, nylon or foam. Pad 4 has a front body portion 5, which i~
exteriorly rounded, flat upper and lower ~Id surfaces 6 and 7 respect-ively and a paii^ of rec~rwardly-extending wings 8 and 9. The latter are separated by a longitudinal slot 10.
As clearly ~c~wn in the figures, pad 4 is rigidly secured, by glue or any other s~ithbLe koncl~ng means, to the front portian of blade 2, entirely surrounding ~ne s~ne. Eody portion 5 is t`nic~er than the front portion 2' of blade 2 and wings 8 and 9 taper fran kody portion 5 towards their free ends to II~L~ with the main faces of the blade 2.
Preferably, the wing 9, i.e. ~ne wing on the backhand side of the blade, is longer tnan the other wing 8. As shc~n in Figures 4, 5, and 7, wing 9 renders the ba~hand side of blade 2 substantially straight, thereby greatly improvi~c~ the ability of a player to shoot fran the back-hand. Alternate:~, Fig~ e 8 depicts a curved bac~hand (concavely curved) which, it has be~n found, also improves backhand shcoting. mus, pad 4 provides ~n imprav~ backhand accorcling to a player's personal preference.
Preferably, the frc,nt to2 edge 3 of the blade 2 is sho~tened ~C~ to compensate for the increased length of a blade providecl with pad 4.
Hc~ever, as m~nticned abc~ve,the blade 2 itself could be pro~uced in a preshortened length to meet the`standards of professic)nal hockey Rule Cc~missions.
To further ensure protection from a hit by the upper corner 15 of blc~de 2 the former is angularly cut away, as seen in Figu,res 1 and 3, th~ereby forming a triancr~llar c~vit~ t-~ereat. Thus, when a player recelve~
a blow rom tha~ portion of the stick blade, pad 4 is compressed inwardly at the cavit~ t~ effectively cush~on the blow.
It will be l~oted th~t the distance between end surfaces 6 and 7, that is ,he ~une a~ ttle width as blac1e 2, suL~h that surfaces 6 and 7 are flush with the t~p and botu~m e,.,~s 11 cmd 12 of bLade 2, respectively.
It will also be no~d ~t the sanx~ r~ad 4ccm be usecl Ec-~r either ,,~ a riyht-~nded )r le~t-h~ded hockey stlck, as neeclecl by simply flippin~

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it upside clown; ard that pacl ~ n~ly be of vcæyin~ thickness according to the d~ree of curvature desired, as suggested by Figures'5 and t;.
I-t has also heen folmd that a blade 2, provided with F~d 4, is very efficient fo~ freeing a pUG~ Erozen agains-t the boards of~ an arena by an adv~rsary, i.e. for 1l 'digging" the puck out. This is accomplished by the relativ~ly Llrge Elat surfaces 6 and 7.
Although t~le above advantages are within the scope of the invention, the prime purpos;e is to prevent injury by lade 2; the relatively ,afe and extensive slrfaces of pad 4 serve to safely c~bsorb blows.
Other advanta-~es wi~in the scope of th~ inv~ltion are: improved forehand shots and imjr~vecl face-off control; adaptability for vc~riations of ice-hockey, such as ~'soft shoe hockey", which is played on a surface o~her t~n ioe and without skates. For such varlations, it is ~nvisioned bo provide a slightly-harder material for pad 4, because the puck used in such sport i5 s~fter~

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Claims (4)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OR
PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED, ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. The combination of a hockey stick and a safety pad, said stick including a elongated blade having opposite main faces, a front toe edge substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of said blade and upper and lower edges said upper and lower edges defining between themselves, and width of said blade, said pad being made of semi-rigid, semi-resilient material, having a front body portion and a pair of rearwardly-extending wings separated by a longitudinal slot, said pad having a flat upper end surface and a flat lower end surface, said slot receiving the front toe edge and the front portion of said blade, said pad being adhered to said front portion of said blade and having a length equal to the width of said blade with said flat upper and lower end surfaces flush with the upper and lower edges respectively of said blade, the front toe edge of said blade being entirely covered by said pod.
2. The combination defined in claim 1, wherein said pad is thicker than the front portion of said blade, has a rounded front surface and said wings taper toward their free ends to merge with the main faces of said blade.
3. The combination as defined in claim 2, wherein one of said wings is longer than the other said wing.
4. The combination as defined in claim 2, wherein the upper front corner of said blade is angularly cut away, thereby defining a generally triangular recess between said pod and the adjacent part of said blade.
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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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EP0285456A2 (en) * 1987-04-01 1988-10-05 Owen P. Hughes Hockey stick

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0285456A2 (en) * 1987-04-01 1988-10-05 Owen P. Hughes Hockey stick
EP0285456A3 (en) * 1987-04-01 1988-12-07 Owen P. Hughes Hockey stick

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