Hockey-stick blade with tailored performance regions

摘要

A hockey-stick blade includes a heel region, a toe region spaced longitudinally from the heel region, and a mid-region located between the heel region and the toe region. The toe region includes one or more reinforcing elements, optionally of different lengths, located at different vertical positions within the toe region. The blade further includes a hosel that optionally is tailored to substantially match the strength and stiffness characteristics of an attached or integral hockey-stick shaft. The mid-region of the blade exhibits improved feel and flexibility characteristics due to the increased stiffness in the toe region.

主权项

1. A hockey-stick blade including a front face and a rear face spaced from the front face in a lateral direction, and an upper blade edge and a lower blade edge, comprising:
a heel region; a toe region spaced from the heel region in a longitudinal direction; a mid-region located between the heel region and the toe region; a first reinforcing element at a first vertical position in the toe region having a first length in the longitudinal direction, the first reinforcing element contained within the blade; and a second reinforcing element at a second vertical position in the toe region having a second length in the longitudinal direction that is greater than the first length, the second reinforcing element contained within the blade and positioned closer to the lower blade edge than is the first reinforcing element.