Hockey game
US3970306A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 7, 1975 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 7, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2007/302
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A hockey game for simulating the conditions that exist in ice hockey during "one on one" confrontations between a shooter and a goalie. The game includes a miniature hockey goal positioned on a playing surface, a goalie member horizontally and vertically movable in front of the goal by a player attempting to intercept pucks shot on goal, and a shooter having an actuator with a spring loaded firing mechanism that can be cocked and triggered to propel a puck in predetermined trajectories. The shooter is manually manipulatable by an opponent of the player into selective orientations that establish the predetermined trajectories which are kept secret from the player by a housing that conceals the actuator. During play of the game, the offensive participant loads the shooter with a puck and selects a trajectory that will propel the puck toward a predetermined area of the goal while the defensive participant attempts to anticipate his opponent's action and move the goalie member in front of the anticipated area of the goal to block the discharged puck.
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