HOCKEY STICK BLADE

• Main Author: JEANNEAU, PHILIPPE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 13.12.2016
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; AMUSEMENTS; APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING,CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; GAMES; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SPORTS; TRAINING EQUIPMENT; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A hockey stick blade comprising an elongated fiber-reinforced polymer body having a fiber-reinforced polymer front face element and a fiber-reinforced polymer rear face element. The rear face element is spaced apart from the front face element. The blade also comprises a plurality of elongated longitudinal cavities within the body between the front face element and the rear face element. The longitudinal cavities have curved ends in transverse cross-section. The longitudinal cavities define at least one fiber-reinforced polymer structural member interconnecting the front face element and the rear face element. The at least one structural element is biconcave in transverse cross-section. The hockey stick blade has a neck, a heel and a toe. A method of bladder molding a hockey stick blade is also disclosed. Lame de bâton de hockey comprenant un corps de polymère renforcé de fibres allongé comportant un élément de face avant en polymère renforcé de fibres et un élément de face arrière en polymère renforcé de fibres. Lélément de face arrière est séparé de lélément de face avant. De plus, la lame comprend plusieurs cavités longitudinales allongées dans le corps, entre lélément de face avant et lélément de face arrière. Les cavités longitudinales présentent des extrémités incurvées en coupe transversale. Les cavités longitudinales définissent au moins un élément structural en polymère renforcé de fibres qui interrelie lélément de face avant et lélément de face arrière. Ledit élément structural est biconcave en coupe transversale. La lame de bâton de hockey comporte un cou, un talon et une pointe. Linvention concerne aussi une méthode de moulage en vessie dune lame de bâton de hockey.