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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9289662 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2014

Blade constructs and methods of forming blade constructs

Applicant:

Bauer Hockey, Inc., Exeter, NH (US);

Inventor:

Adam Gans, Prevost, CA;

Assignee:

BAUER Hockey, Inc., Exeter, NH (US);

Attorney:

Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

Primary Examiner:

Mark Graham

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 59/14 (2006.01); B29C 70/08 (2006.01); B29C 70/24 (2006.01); B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B29C 70/78 (2006.01); B29C 70/86 (2006.01); B29L 31/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 59/14 (2013.01); A63B 59/70 (2015.10); B29C 70/086 (2013.01); B29C 70/24 (2013.01); B29C 70/342 (2013.01); B29C 70/78 (2013.01); B29C 70/865 (2013.01); A63B 2102/24 (2015.10); A63B 2209/00 (2013.01); A63B 2209/02 (2013.01); B29L 2031/52 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4998 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49337 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49801 (2015.01);
Abstract

A dual-core blade and method for manufacturing a dual-core blade are disclosed. The blade is formed with a first core portion and a second core portion comprising an epoxy having a plurality of expanded microspheres. The method of forming the two foams generally comprises sizing a foam core to form a first core portion and providing and preparing an epoxy mixture to form a second core portion. The first core portion and the second core portion of the epoxy mixture are placed into a preform, and the preform is heated slightly so as to cause the epoxy mixture to flow into the shape of the preform and around the first core portion. The first core portion and the second core portion are then bonded in a molding operation. The formed structure can form part of a hockey stick blade.

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