SPORTING GOODS INCLUDING MICROLATTICE STRUCTURES

• Main Authors: CHAUVIN, DEWEY, DAVIS, STEPHEN J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 22.02.2022
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING,CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; GAMES; HUMAN NECESSITIES; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SPORTS; TRAINING EQUIPMENT; TRANSPORTING

A hockey stick, ball bat or other sporting implement comprises a lattice between opposite surfaces of the hockey stick, ball bat or other sporting implement, in which the lattice may improve performance, strength, or feel of the hockey stick, ball bat or other sporting implement, such as by being polymeric (e.g., possibly fiber-reinforced), including elongate structural members which intersect one another at nodes that are three-dimensionally spaced apart from one another, and/or occupying at least a majority of a cross-sectional dimension of the hockey stick, ball bat or other sporting implement. Un bâton de hockey, un bâton de baseball ou un article de sport quelconque comprend une grille disposée entre ses surfaces opposées, laquelle grille peut améliorer le rendement, la rigidité ou la sensation du bâton de hockey, du bâton de baseball ou de larticle de sport quelconque en étant polymérique (p. ex. renforcée par des fibres), en étant composée déléments structurels allongés qui se croisent à des endroits séparés en trois dimensions et/ou en constituant au moins une majorité de la coupe transversale du bâton de hockey, du bâton de baseball ou de larticle de sport quelconque.