Amusement devices: games – Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor... – Target
Patent
1976-06-24
1978-01-24
Shapiro, Paul E.
Amusement devices: games
Aerial projectile game; game element or accessory therefor...
Target
273184R, A63B 6900
Patent
active
040700178
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a device which may be conveniently installed in a desired location on a flat surface to permit practice shooting of a hockey puck in rapid succession to develop technique, coordination and strength. In an alternate embodiment, the invention also provides an indicator of the relative power with which the puck is shot. The device includes a hollow elongated track which may be fixed to a floor or the ground, a puck rotatably attached to a wheeled carriage and a spring loaded plunger fixed to one end of the track. The carriage is located inside the hollow track and rolls freely up and down the track carrying the puck in a horizontal plane slightly above the track. In use, the puck is shot along the track towards the plunger. When the puck strikes the plunger, the momentum of the puck and carriage compresses the spring which then expands to return the puck along the track to its original position. In the alternate embodiment, an upwardly extending indicating scale is fixed to the track adjacent the plunger, and receipt of the puck by the plunger operates to transfer some of the momentum of the puck and carriage to an indicator which is projected upwardly along the indicating scale. The maximum height reached by the indicator on the scale provides the shooter with an indication of the relative velocity or power at which he shot the puck. In a further embodiment without the indicating scale, the spring loaded return plunger may be replaced by a member formed of a suitable resilient material such as rubber, from which the travelling puck rebounds to its original position.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1581402 (1926-04-01), Panfrase
patent: 1721041 (1929-07-01), Rotermond
patent: 1799009 (1931-03-01), Earley et al.
patent: 3955815 (1976-05-01), Deschesnes
Riches George H.
Shapiro Paul E.
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