# US 2014/0155224 A1 · Device to exercise the stick handling for hockey player, stick handler > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0155224 A1 - Document ID: US20140155224A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/085,704 - Filed: 2013-11-20 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-29 - Inventors: Jean-philippe Leclerc; Marc Leclerc - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140155224A1 ## CPC - A63B 23/16: for hands or fingers {(for teaching typing G09B13/00)} - A63B 21/015: including rotating or oscillating elements {rubbing against fixed elements} - A63B 21/4035: {for operation by hand} - A63B 21/4049: {Rotational movement} - A63B 23/14: for wrist joints - 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 - A63B 60/00: Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like - A63B 69/0026: {for ice-hockey} - A63B 60/32: with means for changing the angular position of the handle about its longitudinal axis - A63B 2071/0625: {Emitting sound, noise or music} - A63B 2102/24: Ice hockey - A63B 2225/09: Adjustable dimensions - A63B 2225/50: Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry - A63B 2225/74: with powered illuminating means, e.g. lights - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) ## Abstract Invention to drive the handling of a hockey stick (the Stick Handling) by strengthening the hand's pronator and supinator muscles in order to improve the control, speed, strength and technique for handling a hockey puck. The exerciser primarily use is to isolate the pronation-supination movement so younger and older users, experts and beginners, professional and amateur are able to develop and identify the most accurate gesture to perform perfectly puck dribbling. The flexion-extension of the elbow is a common mistake among hockey players and can therefore be avoided. Thereafter, when the correct movement is well assimilated, the exerciser can be used to improve the movement quality, speed and/or strength. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An exerciser device to develop the skills involved in the dribbling of a hockey puck: a. An upper part, which is an adjustable shaft, resembling a hockey stick, allowing the resting of one or both hands of the user. b. A middle part (5) consisting of a cylindrical mechanism made of plastic, graphite, aluminium, any kind of metal, ABS, PVC or any other suitable material, which comprise a unit that allows the control of the rotation movement of the upper longitudinal portion. c. A lower part, which is a T shaped multi-surface fixation unit such as a vacuum, a press-fit, a permanent screwed fixation or any other fixed or mobile anchor that can serve as a backbone for the device or any other combination of devices. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A device according to claim 1, wherein the device can control and maintain a constant and uniform resistance of the pronation and supination movement of the forearm on a total 160 degrees from right to left or left to right of the upper shaft. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A device according to claim 1, wherein the device provides a constant and continuous resistance at any given time (1-9-13-14-15), i.e. the resistance never varies even when the direction of the movement is changed. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A device according to claim 1, wherein the device can enhance the specific pronation and supination muscles used during a dribbling exercise. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A device according to claim 1, wherein an acoustic electronic unit (1-6-7-10-11- 12) indicates the amplitude extent necessary to proper pronation and supination of the forearm on the upper shaft. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) A device according to claim 5, wherein a sound (10) is emitted by electronic contact, when the upper shaft is rotation and reaches the 80th degree clockwise from the zero position. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) A device according to claim 5, wherein a sound (10) is emitted by electronic contact, when the upper shaft is rotation and reaches the 80th degree counter clockwise from the zero position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A device according to claim 1, wherein a light electronic unit (1-6-7-8-12) indicates the amplitude extent necessary to proper pronation and supination of the forearm on the upper shaft. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A device according to claim 8, wherein a light (8) is lit by electronic (7-12) contact (6-11), when the upper shaft is rotation and reaches the 80th degree clockwise from the zero position. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) A device according to claim 8, wherein a light (8) is lit by electronic (7-12) contact (6-11), when the upper shaft is rotation and reaches the 80th degree counter clockwise from the zero position. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6, 9) A device according to claims 6 and 9, wherein the sound (10) and light (8) indicators (6-7-11-12) are triggered simultaneously. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7, 10) A device according to claims 7 and 10, wherein the sound (10) and light (8) indicators (6-7-11-12) are triggered simultaneously. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A device according to claim 1, wherein an electrical on and off switch (7) is battery (12) supplied. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A device according to claim 1, wherein the main rod (1), made of metal or any other material, serves as a connecting unit between the upper (a) and middle (b) sections. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) A device according to claim 14, wherein the main rod (1), made of metal or any other material, is mounted into a wheel (9), made of metal or any other material, which is connected to a brake (15) that can modulate the resistance of the rotation movement. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) A device according to claim 14, wherein the main rod (1), made of metal or any other material, is mounted on bearings (2-18) to allow it to maintain its central position on the device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) A device according to claim 16, wherein a split pin is inserted into the main rod (1) to correctly maintain the bearings (2-18) on the latter. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) A device according to claim 1, wherein the device can control (13-14) a brake (15) system mounted on a wheel (9) for modulating (increasing or decreasing) the exerciser resistance during the pronation and supination movement of the forearm. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) A device according to claim 17, wherein brakes (15) are applied to the device inner wheel (9) for modulating (increasing or decreasing) the exerciser resistance. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) A device according to claim 17, wherein a screw (14) and an outer shaft (13) is used to modulate (increase or decrease) the pressure of the brakes (15) on the inner wheel (9), which leads to the modulation (increase or decrease) of the rotation resistance of the main rod (1). ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) A device according to claim 1, wherein a unit, shape like a half-torus (20), is the backbone for the inner wheel (9) hence improving the fluidity of the rotation movement. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) A device according to claim 1, wherein a rod (11), made of metal or any other material and covered with an insulating sheath, is inserted perpendicularly into the main rod (1). This isolated rod (11) is connected to the negative terminal of the current (12). ### Claim 23 (depends on 11, 12, 22) A device according to claims 11, 12 and 22, wherein a shaped electrical terminal (6), made of metal or any other material, fixed inside the cylinder (5) and connected to the positive terminal (12), serves as a contact point to the isolated transverse rod (11). When both units are connected together, the current flow allows the activation of the sound and light system. ### Claim 24 (depends on 1) A device according to claim 1, wherein a DC current electrical system in which the negative terminal is connected to the sound unit, which is connected to the light unit, which is connected to the switch (7) attached to the isolated transverse rod (11). The positive terminal (12) of the electrical system is connected to the shaped electrical terminal (6) already inserted into the cylinder (5). ### Claim 25 (depends on 1) A device according to claim 1, wherein a connector, fixed to the main rod (1), made of metal or any other material, serves as a connecting device between the upper (a) and middle (b) parts. This rectangular prism shaped connector must be able to receive a hockey stick shaft by press-fit or any other fixation procedure. ### Claim 26 (depends on 1) A device according to claim 1, wherein a system of radio communication, transduction and reading to translate the force (resistance) deployed during the exercise. ### Claim 27 (depends on 1) A device according to claim 1, wherein a system of radio communication, transduction and reading to translate the execution speed of the exercise. ### Claim 28 (depends on 1) A device according to claim 1, wherein an application forwards the data collected during the exercise to a computer and/or a tablet and/or a smartphone. A database containing all the compiled data can be accessed in the form of a journal that follows the performances of the user and its progress.