JOCKEY GOAL COMBINED WITH Y-SHAPE GOALTENDER THEREFORE

• US 3,840,228 A
• Filed: 07/10/1972
• Issued: 10/08/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Daniel F. Greaney
• Original Assignee: Daniel F. Greaney
• Inventors: Greaney, Daniel F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Marlo, George J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stouffer, R. T.
• Application Number:
  US05/270,250
• Time in Patent Office: 820 Days
• Field of Search: 273/1B,26A,127R,127B,29A
• US Class Current: 473/446
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/005 Keeping track of the point of impact or entry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/12 specially adapted for children
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 63/00 Targets or goals for ball games golf cups A63B57/40
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0024 for hockey

Abstract

A device for use by children or adults in training or practicing hockey, characterized by its ability to return or deflect hockey pucks and so shaped that it represents a goalie'"'"''"'"'s position in front of a standard goal which causes the players to develop habits which they can translate to actual play. The device is affixed in a forwardly disposed V-shape in front of a hockey goal whereby pucks striking the device are diverted to either side thereof. Additionally, the device has an aperture therethrough simulating the opening between the legs of a player and a pocket therein for receiving and holding a puck simulating the catching of a puck by a player.

Claims

1. A goaltender for rejecting pucks to prevent scoring in combination with a hockey goal commonly used in the popular hockey game comprising, a first vertical puck rejecting frame, a second vertical puck rejecting frame, resilient deflecting energy absorbent means for covering said frames, means for interconnecting said frames at a preselected angle, said frames being interconnected with an opening midway therebetween, said opening being shaped to simulate the opening between the legs of a goalie, at least one of said first frame and said second frame further iNcluding means therein for receiving and holding a puck simulating the catching of a puck by a player, and means for affixing said interconnected frames in a forwardly disposed V-shape in front of said goal whereby pucks striking the surface of each angularly disposed frame are diverted to either side of said goal forcing the players to chase after it.

2. A goaltender according to claim 1 wherein said covering means is selected from the group consisting of, sheet rubber, sheet plywood, a fine nylon mesh, fiberglass and plastic strips.

3. A goaltender according to claim 1 wherein said means for affixing said goaltender in a predisposed position in front of said goal includes struts attachable to said goal by means of a clamp arrangement.