CA2221067A1 - Goalie hockey stick : concave curvature along the longitudinal axis of the paddle - Google Patents

Goalie hockey stick : concave curvature along the longitudinal axis of the paddle Download PDF

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CA2221067A1
CA2221067A1 CA 2221067 CA2221067A CA2221067A1 CA 2221067 A1 CA2221067 A1 CA 2221067A1 CA 2221067 CA2221067 CA 2221067 CA 2221067 A CA2221067 A CA 2221067A CA 2221067 A1 CA2221067 A1 CA 2221067A1
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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
    • A63B60/06Handles
    • A63B60/34Handles with the handle axis different from the main axis of the implement
    • 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

Abstract

A goalie hockey stick including a shaft, a paddle and a blade. The paddle and blade are rigidly attached, to the shaft . The paddle is so designed that the paddle has a concave curvature along the paddle's longitudinal axis. The above said concave curvature of the paddle, may or may not be symmetrical, along the longitudinal axis of the above said paddle. Both the shaft and blade sections of the above said goalie hockey stick, may be straight or curved.

Description

1) Goalie Hockey Stick with a Concave Curved Paddle FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to a special curvature of a goalie hockey stick suitable for goalie's in the sport of hockey.

CLARIFICATION OF TERMINOLOGY USED IN THIS PATENT
Blade As used herein the term "blade", shall refer to the section of the goalie hockey stick that sits flat on the ice when the goalie stick is held in the vertical position.

Paddle As used herein the term "paddle", shall refer to the section of the goalie hockey stick where the shaft is widened on a conventional goalie hockey stick. The above said widened section of the shaft extends from the blade's heel to the handgrip section of the shaft.

Shaft As used herein the term "shaft", shall refer to the section of the goalie hockey stick that the goalie grips with his/her hands and extends down through the paddle .

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The apF'k on relates to a goalie hockey stick suitable for playing the postion of goalie in the sport of hockey.
The governing bodies of various hockey leagues generally lay down rules that manufactures have to follow if the manufacturer desires their hockey sticks to be legal in the above said hockey leagues . An e,~am,fle being the National Hockey League ("NHL") . According to the "NHL" the length of the shaft of a goalie stick shall not exceed 58 inches and the length of the blade is limited to 15 1/2 inches. The blade cannot be more than 3 1/2 inches except at the heel where it can be 4 1/2 inches. The wider part of the shaft, herein referred to as the "paddle", must not exceed 3 1/2 inches in width and the length of the paddle must not exceed 26 inches from the heel.
Several modifications to the traditional goalie stick have been pruposed . For example in U.S. Pat. no. 5,456,463 (Dolan et al.), an ergonomic handgrip that is claimed to be more comfortable and functional. In U.S. Pat. no. 4,544,157 (Curtis), the shaft has a couple of bends which is designed to improve the goalie's ability to handle the puck. Both of the above stated U.S. patents address special problems associated with the goalie hockey sticks. By bending the shaft, both U.S. Pat. no. 5,456,463 and U.S. Pat. no. 4,544,157 have stopped the puck from sliding under the shaft when the paddle is placed flat on the ice. Both U.S. Pat. no 5,456,463 and U.S. Pat. no. 4,544,157 claim to have changed the shape of the shaft to provide a more comfortable feel for the goalie .
Conventional goalie hockey sticks have tended to be made of wood, which may be laminated or solid in construction. Several new products are now readily used in the construction of goalie hockey sticks. These products may or may not be well suited for lamination.
Up until now goalie hockey sticks have tended to have paddles that are straight along their longitudinal axis. Due to the center of the paddle being thicker than the outside edge of the above said paddle, conventional goalie sticks generally have a concave curvature perpendicular and symmetrical to the paddle's longitudinal axis.
It is the object of the present invention to provide a goalie hockey stick, that has a curvature along the paddle's longitudinal axis. The above said curvature, will be concave when viewing from front of the above said goalie stick. The above said concave curvature, will allow the goalie to more accurately direct the puck when stopping the above said puck, with the above said paddle.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a goalie stick that is easier to pick up off of the ice, than a conventional goalie hockey stick.
It is still a further object of the present invention to provide a goalie hockey stick that allows the goalie to shoot the puck better.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

Accordi"g to the present invention, a goalie hockey stick co",prises a blade, apaddle and a shaft.
The paddle of the above said goalie stick has a concave curvature along the paddle's longitudinal axis.
The above said concave curvature, may or may not be sy"""el,ical along the longitudinal axis of the above said paddle, of the above said goalie hockey stick. The above said paddle, may or may not have a concave curvature perpendicular to the above said paddle's longitudinal axis.
According to an aspect of the present invention, the concave paddle of the above said invention, will allow a goalie to have more control of a puck rebounding off of the concave paddle,than theabove said goalie would have with a conventional goalie stick whose paddle is straight along the paddle's longitudinal axis.
According to another aspect of the above said invention, the concave curvature of the paddle , of the above said invention, will allow a goalie to pick the above said invention up off of a flat surface, easier than the above said goalie could pick a conventional goalie stick up off of a flat surface.
According to another aspect of the above said invention, the concave curvature of the paddle of the above said invention, will allow the goalie to raise a puck easier.
The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become appa,~r,l from the following detailed description of plt7rel,~d embodiment taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
To further the reader's understanding of the present invention, reference may be had to the acco"")anying cl~.~i.lgs, namely FIG. 1, FIG. 2 A, FIG.2B, FIG.3 and FIG. 4.
FIG. 1 is a front view of the goalie hockey stick according to the present invention . Viewing from the front the present invention looks like a conventional goalie stick.
FIG. 2 A is a side view of the goalie stick according to the present invention. In the above said side view, the goalie stick according to the present invention is shooting a puck.
FIG. 2 B is a side view of the goalie stick according to the present invention. In the above said side view, the goalie stick accordi.lg to the present invention is laying on a flat surface.
FIG. 3 is an angular view of the goalie stick according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an angular view of a conventional goalie stick.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE l'Kt~tKKED EMBODIMENT
By first describing the conventional goalie hockey stick 12, FIG.4, it is believed that a clearer understanding of the present invention will be obtained. A conventional goalie hockey stick,12, comprises of a shaff 9, a paddle 10, and a blade 11. The paddle 10, is formed by either widening the the shaft 9, or by rigid attachment of a paddle 10, to a shaft 9. Generally, the blade 11, is rigidly attached to the shaft 9, in a conventional goalie hockey stick 12. It can be conceived that a goalie hockey stick 12, may have the blade 11, rigidly attached to the paddle 10, and have the shaft 9, rigidly attached to the paddle 10.

The paddle of a conventional goalie stick is straight along the paddle's longitudinal axis.
Generally a conventional goalie stick has the longitudinal axis of the paddle coincident with the longitudinal axis of the shaft,. Conventional goalie sticks may or may not have the blade desi!J,led with a curvature along the blade's longitudinal axis.
The fcll~ ;.lg is a description of the present invention. The goalie hockey stick 6, as shown in FIG. 3, is a hockey stick illlended to be used by a goalie in the game of hockey. The goalie hockey stick 6 as shown in FIG. 3, has some features similar to those features found in more conventional goalie hockey sticks, FIG 4., including a shaft 4, a paddle 2, and a blade 1..
FIG 2A, FIG 2B and FIG 3 shows the concave curvature of the paddle along the paddle's longitudinal axis of the present invention. The above said concave curvature of the above said paddle may be symmetrical or assy,ll~l,ical.
The present invention may or may not have the blade 1, designed with a curvature along the blade's longitudinal axis. The present invention may or may not,have longitudinal axis of the paddle coincident with the longitudinal axis of the shaft.
When a goalie is in his (or her) proper goaltending stance, the concave curvature of the present invention's paddle will give the above said goalie, a pa,~bc' c surface that can be placed in the path of a puck being shot at the above said goalie's net. It is readily apparent to those skilled in geometry that a parabolic surface can allow you to focus the direction that objects will deflect off of the above said parabolic surface.
It will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art of invention that the above-described embodiment provides a goalie hockey stick 6 FIG3 where the above said goalie hockey stick 6 will allow a goalie to more accurately direct the puck when ~lopping the above said puck with the the paddle 2 of the above said goalie hockey stick 6.

Another advantage of the present goalkeepers stick is that due to the paddle's curvature along the longitudinal axis of the above said goalie stick 6 the above said goalie hockey stick 6 cannot lie nat against a flat surface 3 as shown in FIG 2B. It will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art of invention when a goalie drops the above said goalie stick 6 on the ice or any other flat surface 3 the above said goalie stick 6 will be easier to pick up off of the ice or any other flat surface 3 than a conventional goalie hockey stick 12.

Another advantage of the present goalie hockey stick 6 is the above said goalie hockey stick will improve the goalie's shooting capability. Due to the high lie of goalie hockey sticks as co",pa,~d to a rorw~ 's hockey stick the goalie often shoots off of the heel of the goalie hockey stick. It will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art of invention that the present invention's curvature along the paddle's longitudinal axis will cause the heel of the above said goalie hockey stick 6 to angle under a puck 7 as shown in FIG 2A . The ability of the present invention to angle under a puck 7 when a goalie is shooting the above said puck 7 will allow the above said goalie raise the above said puck 7 easier than the above said goalie could raise the puck 7 with a conventional goalie hockey stick.

W~med is:
1. A go~è~ ,pr,sing: a blade a paddle and a shaft rigidly attached paddle section of the above said goalie~e~ n~ y It~s longitudinal axis. The curvature along the longitud~~' LA;~ ot the above said paddl~ to more ~c~ .. ly focus the direction a puck will rebound off of the paddle of the abo~ie GOALIE HOCKEY STICK: Concave curvature along the longitudinal axis of the paddle Inventor: Kent W. Mayhew Field of search .... 273/67 A, 67 C, 67 Da 273/67 DB, 67 DC, 67 R, 81.3, 80 C

References Cited Canadian Patent Documents 1159485 12/1983 Canada 273/63 A
U.S. Patent Documents 1,183,473 5/1916 Mvl~,ece 273/67 A
1,979,174 10/1934 Robertson 273/81.3 4,544,157 10/1985 Curtis 273/67 5,456,463 10/1995 Dolan et al. 273/67 D. 263,329 3/1982 Clayton D21/210 ABSTRACT
k~ey stick including a shaft, a paddle and a blade. The paddle=de a~4 attached, to the~ dle is so designed that the paddle hA.C a vurlcave curvature along the paddle's longitudinal axis. T~said 20.,w~/e curvature of the paddle, may or may not be sy",l"elrical, alon~ the lu,,yitudinal axis ~ dle. Both the shaft and blade 6el,u~,s of the above said goalie hockey stick, may be straight o~

Claims (3)

1. A goalie hockey stick comprising: a blade, a paddle and a shaft rigidly attached . The paddle section of the above said goalie hockey stick is curved along it's longitudinal axis. The curvature along the longitudinal axis of the above said paddle, will allow a goalie to more accurately focus the direction a puck will rebound off of the paddle, of the above said goalie hockey stick.
2. A goalie hockey stick of claim 1, in which the curvature of the longitudinal axis of the paddles prevents the above said goalie hockey stick, from laying flat against a flat surface. The above said goalie hockey stick, would be much easier for a goalie to pick up off of any flat surface than a conventional goalie stick.
3. A goalie hockey stick of claim 1, in which the curvature of the longitudinal axis of the paddle will cause heel of the above said goalie hockey stick, to angle under and lift a puck when a goalie shoots the above said puck with the above said goalie hockey stick.
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US11058935B2 (en) 2015-11-03 2021-07-13 Andrew Oman Hockey stick and hockey stick shaft with first and second bends
US11071895B2 (en) 2015-11-03 2021-07-27 Andrew Oman Hockey stick and hockey stick shaft with first and second curves
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