US 12,478,847 B2
Apparatus for improving and fine-tuning the scoring skills of a hockey player
Jean Marc Cyr, Oshawa (CA)
Filed by Jean Marc Cyr, Oshawa (CA)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/953,540.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/248,754, filed on Sep. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0096946 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 69/00 (2006.01); A63B 63/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 69/0024 (2013.01) [A63B 63/004 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for use in conjunction with a goal having a frame defining an opening, the opening being substantially rectangular, the apparatus comprising:
at least two movable blockers shaped and sized to completely block said opening when in a fully closed configuration, said blockers being adapted to selectively define a target space within said opening when in a partially open configuration, wherein said at least two movable blockers comprises a first blocker and a second blocker; and
the first blocker mounted on a portion of said frame, said first blocker having a pair of opposed first free edges, wherein when in an open or partially open configuration said first free edges are spaced apart in a vertical direction defining a first free space between said free edges, said opposed first free edges extending in a horizontal direction and being movable to increase or decrease the first free space therebetween, said first free edges being movable in the vertical direction to vertically adjust said first free space by moving the first free edges towards or away from one another in the vertical direction;
the second blocker mounted on another portion of said frame and being perpendicular to said first blocker, said second blocker having a pair of opposed second free edges, wherein when in an open or partially open configuration said second free edges are spaced apart in the horizontal direction defining a second free space between said second free edges, said opposed second free edges extending in the vertical direction and being movable to increase or decrease the second free space therebetween, the second free edges being movable in the horizontal direction to thereby adjust said second free space by moving the second free edges towards or away from one another in the horizontal direction;
wherein an overlapping free space defined by said first free space and said second free space defines said target space when in the partially open configuration.