Detachable puck dispensing apparatus and method for hockey stick
AssigneeRapid Mounting & Finishing Company
InventorJames D. Diresta
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Abstract
A sports practice device including a dispenser having a chamber for retaining at least one projectile. The chamber has a base for supporting the at least one projectile and an aperture for ejecting the at least one projectile. A mounting is attached to the dispenser, which detachably couples the dispenser to a shaft of a player held projectile propelling device. According to a preferred embodiment, the player held projectile propelling device can be a hockey stick and the projectile can be a puck or ball. A method of attaching a projectile dispenser to a player held projectile propelling device, inserting at least one projectile into the dispenser, releasing a projectile from the projectile dispenser, and impacting the projectile, is also provided.
Claims29
A sports practice device for use with a player held projectile propelling device and at least one projectile, comprising:
- a dispenser having a chamber means for retaining the at least one projectile, the chamber means having a base for supporting the at least one projectile and an aperture for ejecting the at least one projectile;
- and
- a mounting means attached to the dispenser, the mounting means adapted to be detachably coupled to the player held projectile propelling device.
A projectile dispenser coupled to a player held projectile propelling device, comprising:
- means for retaining a plurality of projectiles;
- means for dispensing at least one projectile upon movement of the projectile propelling device by the player;
- and
- means for detachably coupling the dispenser to the projectile propelling device.
A projectile dispenser coupled to a player held projectile impacting device, comprising:
- a housing defining a chamber adapted to hold a plurality of projectiles, the housing having an upper end and a lower end and having an aperture disposed substantially near the lower end for releasing projectiles from the housing upon an urging movement of the projectile impacting device by the player;
- a projectile retainer coupled at the upper end of the housing;
- a projectile supporting base coupled at the lower end of the housing;
- and
- a mounting attached to the housing, the mounting adapted to detachably couple the housing to the projectile impacting device.
A hockey practice device comprising:
- a hockey stick having a shaft;
- a dispenser attached to the shaft of the hockey stick, the dispenser having a chamber for holding a plurality of projectiles and having an aperture for dispensing the projectiles;
- and
- a coupler detachably fastening the dispenser to the shaft of the hockey stick.
A method of dispensing a projectile comprising the steps of:
- providing a projectile dispenser;
- attaching the projectile dispenser to a shaft of a player held projectile propelling device;
- inserting at least one projectile into the dispenser;
- releasing a projectile from the projectile dispenser;
- and
- impacting the projectile with the projectile propelling device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.