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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1994
Michael J Dolan, New York, NY (US);
Thomas Dolan, New York, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
A goalie hockey stick includes a blade and a shaft joined at a heel, the shaft including a widened shaft portion and a narrow handle portion. An ergonomic handgrip is formed between the widened shaft portion and the handle portion. The handle portion is offset from the widened shaft portion to enable the lower surface of the handle portion to be close to but spaced from the playing surface when the hockey stick is held in a horizontal position against the playing surface such that a puck is prevented from sliding thereunder, but the gloved fingers of the goalie can grip anywhere on the shaft or the handle. An endcap is formed at the end of the shaft to offset the weight of the blade and has a stop portion to maintain a predetermined distance between the lower surface of the handle portion and the playing surface when the hockey stick is held in a horizontal position against the playing surface. The hockey stick is graphically treated to conceal the visible position of the blade during play.