Games using tangible projectile – Playing field or court game; game element or accessory... – Practice or training device
Reexamination Certificate
2001-11-21
2003-12-02
Sewell, Paul T. (Department: 3711)
Games using tangible projectile
Playing field or court game; game element or accessory...
Practice or training device
C473S478000, C473S411000, C273S12700D, C273S11800R
Reexamination Certificate
active
06656064
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to hockey apparatus and more specifically to a hockey practice apparatus used to improve a players stick handling, speed, timing, eye and stick coordination, and stick to skate coordination by maneuvering a hockey puck in out and around the apparatus, forcing the user to lift their stick up and over the channels, pursuing control of the puck.
The hockey apparatus of the present invention consists of two types of design. The first design is a straight-line apparatus consisting of tubular channels that pass through risers that elevate the channels off the ground. The end risers provide a port on one distal end that allows the user to attach other lengths of apparatus to the main structure via couplers that are inserted into the end port. The second design provides a curved apparatus, consisting of tubular channels that pass through risers that elevate the channels off the ground. The end risers of the main structure provide ports on one distal end to allow the user to attach other units, via couplers, to expand the apparatus to a larger size. The main structure of the device is one piece. The side channels and risers can be removed and snapped together in a stacked fashion for easy storage and transportation of the device. End caps are also provided and are attached to the end riser port when additional stations are not in use.
2. Description of the Prior Art
There are other practice device designed for toning ones sports skills. Typical of these is U.S. Pat. No. 2,685,140 issued to Nedwick on Aug. 3, 1954.
Another patent was issued to Peterson on Jun. 7, 1966 as U.S. Pat. No. 3,255,115. Yet another U.S. Pat. No. 3,709,489 was issued to Holleran et al on Jan. 9, 1973 and still yet another was issued on Jul. 13, 1993 to Murphy et al. as U.S. Pat. No. 5,226,821.
Another patent was issued to Grispi on Aug. 24, 1993 as U.S. Pat. No. 5,238,243. Another patent was issued to Fagan on Jan. 16, 1996 as U.S. Pat. No. 5,484,147. Another patent was issued to Macri et al on Jul. 15, 1997 as U.S. Pat. No. 5,647,747. Another patent was issued to Stone on Sep. 23, 1997 as U.S. Pat. No. 5,669,833. Another patent was issued to Reilly, Jr. on Apr. 20, 1999 as U.S. Pat. No. 5,895,330.
Another patent was issued to Mason on May 9, 2000 as U.S. Pat. No. 6,059,673. Another patent was issued to Nandra on Aug. 8, 2000 as U.S. Pat. No. 6,099,420. Another patent was issued to Cranston on Dec. 26, 2000 as U.S. Pat. No. 6,165,084.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,685,140
Inventor: Zygmund Nedwick
Issued: Aug. 3, 1954
The present invention relates to runways, guide ways and the like for athletics and running practice, and particularly to what is termed a rib run or guide rib runway.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,255,115
Inventor: Eldon Peterson
Issued: Jun. 7, 1966
A leg muscle conditioning device which will permit one to step or run therethrough but will require the knees to be raised to an accentuated height in order to permit passage therethrough. The device is comprised of a rigid frame with a net suspended on the top thereof wherein the net can be selectively adjusted to maintain a predetermined degree of tightness.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,709,489
Inventor: Thomas Holleran et al.
Issued: Jan. 9, 1973
This easily assembled, low-cost, versatile apparatus for evaluating the hockey skills of individual players, particularly their shooting, passing and stick handling abilities, comprises a self-supporting, multi-sectioned upstanding wall structure defining, on a substantially flat surface, at least first, second and third adjacent substantially-rectilinear compartments. Two of the compartments have puck target means at one end and are open at the other end so as to provide a shooting position for the contestant, the puck target means comprising a vertically-disposed wall having a plurality of puck receiving apertures therethrough, the size and location of the apertures differing in the respective compartments. The third substantially-larger compartment has a plurality of upstanding separator devices positionable on the flat surface therein and in spaced relation from each other and from the wall structure so as to define a continuous serpentine path for the contestant to follow. In addition to testing ice, roller and field hockey skills, the apparatus may be used for hockey practice and as a competitive game.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,226,821
Inventor: John Murphy et al.
Issued: Jan. 13, 1993
A hockey training device includes a base having a first end and a second end, a side having a bottom end and a top end, a telescoping connector, and at least one locating surface mounted on the hockey training device to support the hockey training device above a playing surface. The bottom end of the side is pivotally connected to the first end of the base and the telescoping connector is pivotally connected to the second end of the base and the top end of the side, such that the base, side and telescoping connector form a triangle.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,238,243
Inventor: Richard Grispi
Issued: Aug. 24, 1993
A hockey target includes a vertical board having a plurality of openings. The openings are directed through the board into a receiving net cage rearwardly of the vertical board. The invention is further arranged to optionally include counter structure, whereupon projection of a target puck through one of said openings effect actuation of counter mechanism structure mounted to a side portion of the vertical board.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,484,147
Inventor: Kenneth Fagan
Issued: Jan. 16, 1996
A hockey practice apparatus including a plurality of interconnected arcuate shaped segments forming a substantially half circle section, and at least one tangential segment connected to one end of the half circle section. Projecting a hockey puck at an angle against the tangential section causes it to follow around the half circle section and exit back into the playing area. For more versatile practice, an eccentrically mounted roller at the exit end of the half circle section serves to return the puck to the playing area in various directions at random.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,647,747
Vincent Macri et al.
Issued: Jul. 15, 1997
The invention comprises one or more electromechanical robots in human form designed to resemble hockey player(s). The robots are suspended from a movable overhead track and powered by motorized cars along a variety of courses, all of which causes the robots to move at the speed(s) and follow the skating pathways used in hockey plays and maneuvers. The elevation, speed and pathways followed by the robots are selected from a computer menu. The robots may be used for instructing and training skaters in the skills, maneuvers and plays essential to the sport of ice (and roller) hockey. The robots are designed to provide a teaching/learning tool and to be used in conditions which realistically resemble those that skaters/players encounter in real hockey games. Robots are equipped with sensor chips which, when impacted by the skater, will provide measurable data regarding the skater's performance during training sessions. Feedback will also be provided via video recordings of the training sessions and by other means, such as digitized images of the skater(s) and robot(s). The overhead tracks from which the robots are suspended may be raised to a position far above the ice surface when robots are not in use, so as to provide a clear rink to be used for other purposes.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,669,833
Inventor: David Stone
Issued: Sep. 23, 1997
A system for training an athlete in kicking and dribbling a soccer ball employs a flexible cord that defines a dribble path along the playing surface. The flexible cord is maintained at a predetermined height above the playing surface by a plurality of stanchions arranged in spaced relation, which may be in the form of hollow cones similar to those employed in traffic control. The stanchions may be hollow, and access provided to the interior thereof, for depositing a weighting material, such as sand or water, to improve the stability of the training system
Aryanpour Mitra
Kroll Michael I.
Sewell Paul T.
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