EP0819019B1 - Crosse permettant de jouer avec un palet ou une balle - Google Patents

Crosse permettant de jouer avec un palet ou une balle Download PDF

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EP0819019B1
EP0819019B1 EP96909452A EP96909452A EP0819019B1 EP 0819019 B1 EP0819019 B1 EP 0819019B1 EP 96909452 A EP96909452 A EP 96909452A EP 96909452 A EP96909452 A EP 96909452A EP 0819019 B1 EP0819019 B1 EP 0819019B1
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Kent Bengtsson
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B59/00—Bats, rackets, or the like, not covered by groups A63B49/00 - A63B57/00
    • A63B59/70—Bats, 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
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B60/00—Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
    • A63B60/06—Handles
    • A63B60/34—Handles with the handle axis different from the main axis of the implement
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2102/00—Application 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
    • A63B2102/22—Field hockey
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2102/00—Application 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
    • A63B2102/24—Ice hockey
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2102/00—Application 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
    • A63B2102/30—Floorball

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  • the present invention relates to a stick for games that are played with a puck or a ball, wherewith in a dribbling maneuver the player steers the puck or the ball alternately with one and the other side of the stick blade by repeatedly turning the blade from side to side with the aid of the stick shaft, as in ice hockey, floor ball and like games.
  • a typical ice hockey stick has a straight shaft and a blade which extends out from the bottom of the shaft, either straight or curved in the longitudinal direction.
  • the blade can be considered as a growth from the shaft which is connected directly and rigidly with the heel of the blade.
  • the blade heel is thus not able to spring in relation to the shaft.
  • the toe of the blade can be flexed or bent laterally outwards in relation to the shaft when subjected to a laterally acting force. When subjected to a laterally acting force, the blade will skew relative to the shaft to a greater or lesser extent, depending where the force acts on the blade.
  • the blade rotational centre formed at the point of intersection between the longitudinal centre axis of the shaft and the longitudinal centre axis of the blade, is located in the heel of the blade, the blade will be turned about this rotational centre when carrying out a dribbling maneuver in which the blade is repeatedly turned from side to side.
  • the blade is relatively long and because the shaft is joined to the heel of the blade, the force which the player is able to apply to the toe of the blade by turning the shaft is greatly reduced. This consequently reduces the strength with which the player can tackle for the puck in close-in tackling situations.
  • GB-A-876,414 describes a golf club, primarily a putter, where the part of the shaft that connects with the blade is swung in an arch inwardly over the blade. This configuration has been employed to avoid twisting of the stick during a putting stroke, by distributing weight and balance so that the combined weight of the shaft and the part of the blade connected thereto, which lies on the side bordering the intersection line between the longitudinal axis of the shaft and the blade, is essentially the same as the weight of the remaining part of the blade.
  • a club of this kind is intended solely for impact with one surface of the blade and for impact at solely one single point. It is not constructed for use in games in which the stick is used to dribble a puck or ball where both sides of the blade must be used.
  • the shaft and the part of the blade joined thereto must be very rigid.
  • a stick having a weight distribution in accordance with this patent cannot be used to play ice hockey for instance, since the front part of the blade would then need to be very strong or heavy, which would make the blade difficult to handle and greatly increase the weight of the stick as a whole.
  • Fig. 2 of publication AU-B-19360/88 illustrates a similar stick which is intended for use when playing field hockey and which has a lower part that is swung in over the blade.
  • the stick can be brought to the position illustrated in Fig. 2 when striking the ball, which is effected in the same manner as when striking a golf ball.
  • the player inclines the stick downwards and holds the stick in one hand only and to one side, without turning the blade as when playing ice hockey.
  • the main feature of interest with this type of stick is to strike the ball at an ideal point on the blade.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a stick for games played with puck or ball with which dribbling and close-in tackling can be effected more easily and forcefully by enabling the stick blade to be turned or rotated more quickly and with smaller arm movements and by enabling the player to exert a greater force through the medium of the toe part of the stick blade.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a stick which will enable a player to maintain a more upright posture during play.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide a stick with which the entire blade can be flexed laterally outwards in relation to the longitudinal axis of the shaft when the blade is subjected to a force acting essentially perpendicularly to the impact surface when executing a shot, for instance.
  • the rotational centre of a stick constructed in accordance with the invention will thus be located somewhere in a centre part of the blade, wherein the toe part will be rotated in one direction and a heel part rotated in the opposite direction when turning the blade around this point.
  • respective blade parts need only move along a relatively short circular arc having a radius corresponding to half the length of the blade for instance, therewith enabling said movement to be executed more rapidly and with smaller arm movements than when using conventional sticks.
  • the force that can be exerted by the player through the toe part of the blade by turning the shaft is also increased, since the lever arm between the point of rotation and the toe part is shortened.
  • the heel-shaft connecting part includes a straight portion which forms an angle with the longitudinal axis of the shaft and the blade and which connects the lower part of the shaft with the heel of said blade.
  • the straight portion of the connecting part slopes away from the blade.
  • the connecting part conveniently has a springiness or resilience which enables the entire blade to be flexed resiliently laterally outwards in relation to the longitudinal axis of the shaft when the blade is subjected to a force directed towards the rotational centre and acting at right angles to a blade side-surface. Among other things, this enables the force and the precision with which the puck is struck to be increased, since no appreciable skewing of the blade occurs, among other things. Such a construction also enables the heel part of the blade to flex resiliently outwardly in relation to the shaft.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates a conventional ice hockey stick having a shaft 1 and a blade 2 projecting out therefrom.
  • the blade is rigidly connected directly to the shaft.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates a corresponding ice hockey stick with which the blade 3 is curved in its longitudinal direction. This blade enables the centrifugal force to be utilized to increase the speed of the puck at the moment of striking the puck.
  • the blade and shaft relationship is the same as that of the stick embodiment shown in Fig. 1.
  • the angle 5 (see Figs. 3A and 3B) is adapted to the physical size and the playing style or posture of the player concerned, wherein the angle 5 between blade 2 and shaft 1 will be smaller when the stick is used by an upright player or a player of large physique (see Fig. 3A) so as to prevent the stick from becoming too long and too difficult to handle and to prevent the puck from being too far from the body.
  • the angle 5 between the stick blade 2 and the shaft 1 must be greater (see Fig. 3B) so as to prevent the stick from being too short, such that the blade will be located too close to the body and the range reduced.
  • a longitudinal centre axis 4 in the shaft 1 will intersect a longitudinal centre axis 7 in the blade 2 at a point 10 in the lower part of the shaft or the heel part of the blade.
  • This point represents a blade rotation point in dribbling maneuvers, in which the blade is repeatedly twisted or turned from side to side.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates the lower part of an inventive ice hockey stick.
  • the shaft 1 is joined to the blade 2 through the medium of an angled connecting part 9.
  • This connecting part is designed so that the longitudinal centre line 4 of the shaft 1 intersects the longitudinal centre line 7 of the blade 2 at a point 11 located in a centre part of the blade 2.
  • the blade rotational point has thus been moved forwardly in the blade in comparison with the case in conventional sticks according to Fig. 3.
  • This displacement of the blade rotational centre to a central part of the blade provides a number of significant advantages in games that require dribbling maneuvers.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates schematically some of these maneuvers.
  • the reference numeral 2 identifies the blade of an ice hockey stick, as seen from above.
  • the stick blade 2 will turn or twist around the point 10. This means that the toe part of the blade is forced to move along a relatively large circular arc A having a radius corresponding to the full length of the blade 2. This movement is relatively slow and requires the player to execute a large arm movement.
  • the toe part of the stick will only move along a relatively short circular arc B having a radius corresponding to half the length of the blade when turning the blade 2 to a corresponding extent. This is achieved as a result of the heel part of the blade moving in an opposite direction along a circular arc C of corresponding length. Consequently, the blade of an inventive stick can be turned or rotated much more quickly than in the case of conventional sticks, which is highly significant during play.
  • the rotational point 11 will be moved either rearwardly or forwardly in the blade, but always within a limited central part thereof. This is due to the bending or flexing movement that therewith occurs in the connecting part 9 and in the blade, among other things.
  • the stick shown in Fig. 4 has a straight blade, it will be understood that the blade may be curved conventionally in its longitudinal direction, in the manner of the blade shown in Fig. 2.
  • the blade 2 of the embodiment of an inventive stick illustrated in Figs. 6A, B and C has been divided into three parts, a heel part 12, a centre part 13 and a toe part 14. These parts are defined by differently angled portions of the bottom edge of the blade that is intended to make contact with the playing surface 8.
  • the blade has a generally horizontal bottom edge in the centre part 13, i.e. the part within which the rotational point 11 can be displaced, whereas the parts adjacent hereto, i.e. the heel part 12 and the toe part 14 respectively, slope up towards respective ends of the blade 2. This ensures that a part of the bottom edge of the blade will always lie against the playing surface when the shaft 1 is inclined at angles normally occurring during play.
  • Fig. 7 illustrates a function of such a blade in those dribbling maneuvers that are performed by turning or rotating the shaft 1 around its longitudinal axis 4. It will be seen that the blade 2 is therewith rotated about the point 11, wherein the toe part 14 will move along an arc 19 in one direction and the heel part 12 will move along an arc 18 in the opposite direction with the direction of the shaft 1 remaining constant. This enables very rapid maneuvers to be made with the blade with wrist movements, which is a significant advantage in play.
  • the bottom edge of the blade 2 may be continuously rounded slightly to a desired shape.
  • the player When the stick includes a connecting part 9 between the shaft 1 and the blade 2, the player is able to adopt a more upright stance and therewith obtain a better overview of the game. Furthermore, a large and a short player that have the same playing style are able to use sticks that have the same angle 5 but different shaft lengths and optionally connecting parts 9 of different lengths.
  • the connecting part 9 of an inventive stick is able to spring when making a shot, i.e. to flex out laterally. This enables the entire blade to be flexed outwardly essentially uniformly when impact is made in the rotational point of the blade.
  • the heel part can thus also be flexed laterally outwards in relation to the shaft. This has not been possible with conventional sticks, in which the heel part can only be flexed together with the shaft.
  • Fig. 8 is a schematic front view of a shot on the puck 17 as the blade 2 makes contact with the puck, wherein the outward bending of the inventive stick has been exaggerated for the sake of clarity.
  • the puck is thus struck sharply and with sting as a result of the catapult effect produced by the connecting part 9.
  • the shot can herewith be achieved much more quickly and with a much shorter swing than was previously possible, making it difficult for an opponent to prepare himself to block the shot.
  • the springiness of the connecting part 9 is also used when making a so-called pull shot, i.e. a shot in which the stick blade is pressed against the ice adjacent the puck so as to bend the connecting part 9. As the bend straightens out, the puck is imparted a force supplement which increases the power of the shot and therewith the speed at which the puck travels.

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  1. Crosse pour des types de jeux qui utilisent un palet ou une balle et dans lesquels le palet (17) ou la balle est dirigé par des mouvements de dribble en alternance avec un côté et l'autre côté de la lame de crosse (2), en faisant tourner la lame de manière répétée d'un bord à l'autre à l'aide du bâton de crosse (1), comme en hockey sur glace, en unihockey et dans des jeux similaires, dans laquelle ledit bâton (1) est relié à la lame (2) par l'intermédiaire d'une partie de raccordement (9) qui comprend une partie rectiligne qui forme un angle avec les axes longitudinaux respectifs (4 ; 7) du baton (1) et de la lame (2) et relie la partie inférieure du bâton à l'arrière (12) de la lame, de telle sorte qu'une extension de l'axe central longitudinal (4) du bâton vient en intersection avec l'axe central longitudinal (7) de la lame en un point (11) entre la partie avant et la partie arrière (14 ; 12) de ladite lame, caractérisée en ce que la partie rectiligne de la partie de raccordement (9) s'étend en pente à partir de la lame (2).
  2. Crosse selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la partie de raccordement (9) présente une résilience ou une souplesse qui permettent à toute la lame (2) d'être fléchie de manière résiliente latéralement vers l'extérieur par rapport à l'axe longitudinal (4) du bâton (1) lorsque la lame est soumise à une force dirigée vers le centre de rotation (11) et perpendiculairement à la lame (4).
  3. Crosse selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que la résilience de la partie de raccordement (9) permet au point d'intersection (11) entre les axes longitudinaux (4 ; 7) du bâton (1) et de la lame (2) de se déplacer vers l'avant et vers l'arrière dans une partie centrale (13) de la lame en réponse aux forces s'exerçant respectivement sur la partie avant et sur la partie arrière (14 ; 12) de la lame.
  4. Crosse selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée en ce que les surfaces de contact avec le palet ou la balle de la lame (2) se trouvent de manière générale dans des plans réciproquement parallèles et essentiellement verticaux.
  5. Crosse selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisée en ce que la surface de bord de la lame prévue pour venir en contact avec la surface de jeu (8) présente une configuration telle que le point de contact ou la ligne de contact avec ladite surface de jeu peut être déplacé le long de la lame en modifiant l'angle suivant lequel le bâton (1) est incliné par rapport à la surface de jeu.
  6. Crosse selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que ladite surface de bord possède une partie centrale globalement horizontale (13) qui est bordée des deux côtés par une partie (12 ; 14) qui s'étend en pente vers le haut, vers les extrémités de lame respectives (2).
  7. Crosse selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que ladite surface de bord est incurvée entre les extrémités des lames (2).
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