FR2610835A1 - Hockey stick for playing on grass and indoors and, more particularly, stick for use in schools - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates: to a hockey stick made from composite materials for playing, particularly, on grass and indoors. This stick is noteworthy in that it consists, on the one hand, of a stick shaft 1, preferably made from solid wood, which may include, in the zone adjacent to the snout, a concave edge part 6 and an end for nesting or an insert 5 having means for anchoring on the overmoulding of a stick snout 2 preferably made from plastic or resin, such that the invention applies principally to the game of hockey on a pitch of any type, Figure 3.

Description

The present invention relates to a kockey stick for practice on grass and indoors, especially for school use.

We know that most traditional sticks (for the most part of Pakistani and Indian origin) are built entirely of wood and do not resist facing friction from the base of the butt of the butt on the ground or even the tar which serve playground in schools.

To overcome these drawbacks, some sticks are constructed entirely of plastic but then have a brittleness of the whole stock: they break during impacts of the stock with the ball (the shot) or even during a shot missed on the ground missing the ball or during impacts between several sticks between them. On the other hand, a fully plastic stock considerably reduces the technical quality of the game because of the reasoning phenomenon which is more or less created as well as the flexibility of the whole stock.

 The object of the invention is therefore, in particular to provide sticks of a new type which respond better than hitherto to the various requirements of practice., And which, in particular have surprising mechanical resistance to friction and to the impacts on this stick.

The materials used do not detract from the technical quality of the game.

The stick according to the invention is characterized in that it consists essentially of two distinct parts: on the one hand the stick of the stick and, on the other hand, the beak of the stick.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the handle is preferably made of solid wood in the form of a manual gripping area with a section of variable geometry, of a body which may include in the area adjacent to the spout of lacrosse a part of concave field. The end of this handle (butt end of the butt) ending with a fitting insert, preferably of decreasing section and having inking means allowing the overmolding of the butt of the butt at said end of said handle. The spout will preferably be made of resin.

The stick according to the invention is therefore able to assume the constraints which are imposed on it: the spout by its construction in resistant materials prevents rapid wear of its part in contact with the ground. The stick handle can withstand the impacts to which it is subjected during the game. In addition, due to this type of embodiment, the stick itself does not affect the technical quality of the game. Other characteristics of the The invention will be further highlighted during the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings, which descriptions and drawings are, of course, given mainly by way of indication.

Figure 1 is a front view and shows, schematically, the essential elements of a stick established in accordance with one of its preferred embodiments.

Figure 2 shows in perspective the stick, schematically, from which the different sections stand out thanks to several cuts (AA '- BB' - CC '- DD').

Figure 3 shows a stock in profile.

Proposing, for example, to produce a hockey stick for playing on lawn and indoors, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, it will be made to include: a handle (1) and a spout (2).

The handle can be divided into three parts, namely: the manual grip zone (3) with a variable geometry section; the body of the butt (4) which from the front tends to widen, it has a side called "rounded" upper and a more or less flat side lower (section AA '). The flat side of the stock body may have a slightly concave shape or hollowed out from top to bottom (6), a fitting insert, preferably of decreasing section (face and profile) from the delimitation made by the resin on the body of the butt (7), this insert in order to create anchor points to the beak can be hollowed out or drilled (8). -
The beak itself is the most distal part of the stick, also has an upper rounded side and a more or less flat lower side. This gives a stick where all the constituent elements of it are external except the 'insertdumanche (5) which is masked by the spout.

The handle can be made of all materials allowing the stick on the one hand to ensure its protection against harmful elements encountered (such as repetitive impacts) and, on the other hand, to maintain a good quality of play.

The handle can advantageously be made of preferably solid wood (which best meets the requirements mentioned above). I1 can in particular be sculpted (manually or more advantageously by a reproducing machine).

The spout (2) can also be made of any material allowing the stock to wear moderately in the face of friction on the ground. This may advantageously be made of plastic or polyurethane resin. I1 can in particular be produced by molding.

We therefore obtain a hockey stick for practice-on grass and indoors which has many advantages, the main of which will be recalled below.

The type of stock can be produced extremely quickly, due to the simplicity of the process itself.

This speed of manufacture is of particular interest when we know the limited sports budgets, in particular of schools (faced with Pakistani competition).

Each of the elements of the stick is characterized by a surprising mechanical resistance, whether it is the handle facing impacts or the spout facing repetitive friction, especially in the educational field where the same stick can be used for up to eight hours per day.

It will also be noted, in particular as regards the wear of the spout in the long term, that it will suffice to add resin to the worn part to have a practically new stock at lower cost.

The uses of this stick thus obtained are multiple, a number of them will be listed below by way of example
a) lacrosse used in the educational field, most often on a tar field
b) stick used by clubs most often on grass, clay or synthetic grass
c) lacrosse used indoors
d) lacrosse used by individuals for their leisure.

As is obvious, and as already follows from the above, the invention is in no way limited to those of its modes of application, no more than to those of the embodiments of its different parts, having been more specifically indicated; on the contrary, it embraces all its variants.

Claims (3)

 1 "Hockey stick especially for practice on grass and indoor more particularly used by schoolchildren, characterized by the fact that it consists essentially of 2 distinct parts, on the one hand the stick of stick (1) and, d on the other hand, the butt end (2) assembled to one another by anchoring means allowing an overmolding of the butt end of the butt on the stick handle.  2 "Hockey stick according to claim 1 characterized in that the means for anchoring the end of the body (5) of the stick are ccnstitués preferably through holes (9) so that during molding, the resin (7) constituting the beak penetrates into these holes to ensure a non-removable junction.  3 Stock according to claims 1 and 2 characterized in that the stock spout (2) is produced by overmolding a plastic material (7) on 1 r end of junction of the stock, this plastic material preferably being a polyurethane resin , the butt end (2) preferably having a truncated end such that the distal face of the butt end is in the form of an inclined plane whose extension in the direction of the butt body makes a diverging angle with respect to the axis of the stock body (P).