Game for projecting a projectile with a stick and coupling members for releasably attaching the projectile to the stick

• US 5,672,129 A
• Filed: 11/15/1996
• Issued: 09/30/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Elliot Rudell
• Original Assignee: Elliot Rudell
• Inventors: Foster, George T., Rudell, Elliot, Fisher, Raymond Earl
• Primary Examiner(s): Grieb, William H.
• Application Number:
  US08/751,178
• Time in Patent Office: 319 Days
• Field of Search: 473/471, 473/446, 473/560, 473/573, 473/561, 473/562, 473/563, 273/DIG. 30, 273/DIG. 189, 273/348.4, 273/108.5
• US Class Current: 473/471
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/22 Field hockey
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/24 Ice hockey
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/10 with adhesive type surfaces, i.e. hook and loop-type fastener
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/005 with adhesive type surfaces, e.g. hook-and-loop type fastener
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 59/70 with bent or angled lower parts for hitting a ball on the ground, on an ice-covered surface, or in the air, e.g. for hockey or hurling
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 273/30 Hooked pile fabric fastener

Abstract

A toy hockey game which includes a stick and a projectile that both have hook and loop material which releasably attach the projectile to the stick, so that the participants can maintain the projectile in contact with the stick while playing a game of hockey.

Claims

1. A method for a player to play a game of hockey on a playing surface, comprising the steps of:

a) providing a stick which has a hook material on a blade, and a projectile that has a loop material;

b) holding said stick by the player;

c) moving said stick across the playing surface so that said stick is adjacent to said projectile, wherein said loop material becomes attached to said hook material of said stick; and

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d) moving said stick to separate said projectile from said stick.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said projectile is a puck.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said projectile is a ball.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the player skates across the playing surface.

5. A method for a player to play a game of hockey on a playing surface, comprising the steps of:

a) providing a stick which has a loop material on a blade, and a projectile that has a hook material;

b) holding said stick by the player;

c) moving said stick across the playing surface so that said stick is adjacent to said projectile, wherein said hook material becomes attached to said loop material of said stick; and

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d) moving said stick to separate said projectile from said stick.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein said projectile is a puck.

7. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein said projectile is a ball.

8. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the player skates across the playing surface.