ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,260, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Bauer Hockey LLC (Exeter, N.H.).
"Method of forming a sporting implement" was invented by Mathieu Ducharme (Prevost, Canada), Jean-Frederik Caron Kardos (Laval, Canada) and Martin Chambert (Piedmont, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a sporting implement includes placing a plurality of fibers in a cavity formed in a first portion of a mold, the mold having an inlet and an outlet. A second portion of the mold is positioned in contact with the first portion such that the cavity cooperates with the second portion of the mold to define a chamber. A first material is mixed wi...