Player figure for a tabletop hockey game
OwnerJean Ayerinventor
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Abstract
There is provided a figure for tabletop hockey games comprising the player figure and a spring loaded hockey stick attached thereto. Upon activation of said spring, said hockey stick moves in a manner simulative of a hockey stick in real play. The hockey stick is pivotally attached at a medral point thereof to the lower end of the arm of the player figure and spring biased to the player figure at the top thereof such that when the hockey stick is pivoted against the spring bias and its blade portion is placed near a ball or puck and the upper end of the stick is abruptly released, the ball or puck will be propelled over the playing surface.
Claims4
A playing piece for a tabletop hockey game comprising:
- a player figure including a body portion;
- at least one arm portion connected to said body portion and oriented outwardly and downwardly from said body portion;
- a hockey stick including a shaft portion and a blade portion;
- a pivot means, said pivot means having one end thereof rigidly affixed to the lower end of said arm portion and the other end thereof pivotally connected to said hockey stick;
- and,
- a spring means, said spring means being attached at one end thereof to the player figure and at the other end thereof to said hockey stick, said hockey stick being oriented in such a manner that the blade portion thereof is proximate to the foot portion of said player figure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.