natcordev
01-19-2011, 08:36 PM
Check out this article in the Globe and Mail about Hespeler Native Jean Martin, COO of Duron Plastics.
Stick handling through the patent maze
January 17, 2011 | Richard Blackwell | Globe and Mail | Link (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/grow/new-product-development/stick-handling-through-the-patent-maze/article1873786/)
It’s hard to improve on a classic piece of Canadian sports equipment – the hockey stick – but Jean Martin says he’s done it, and he’s got the patents to prove it.
Mr. Martin secured a U.S. patent for a “hockey stick apparatus for stick handling training and methods of stick handling training,” one of 5,223 patents issued to Canadian individuals or companies in 2010. He holds a Canadian patent as well.
The stick has a middle portion that rotates on a cam. The blade and the top portion of the stick move together, but the centre part, held by a player’s lower hand, can rotate freely.
The stick allows players to practise getting a feel for the proper way to stickhandle a puck, Mr. Martin says. The free-wheeling portion can also be “locked up” to play like a regular stick.
Stick handling through the patent maze
January 17, 2011 | Richard Blackwell | Globe and Mail | Link (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/grow/new-product-development/stick-handling-through-the-patent-maze/article1873786/)
It’s hard to improve on a classic piece of Canadian sports equipment – the hockey stick – but Jean Martin says he’s done it, and he’s got the patents to prove it.
Mr. Martin secured a U.S. patent for a “hockey stick apparatus for stick handling training and methods of stick handling training,” one of 5,223 patents issued to Canadian individuals or companies in 2010. He holds a Canadian patent as well.
The stick has a middle portion that rotates on a cam. The blade and the top portion of the stick move together, but the centre part, held by a player’s lower hand, can rotate freely.
The stick allows players to practise getting a feel for the proper way to stickhandle a puck, Mr. Martin says. The free-wheeling portion can also be “locked up” to play like a regular stick.