CA2138432A1 - Skills hockey game - Google Patents

Abstract

This invention relates to an indoor hockey game to be played by two(2) competing players, each player manipulating a mannequin located on the playing surface. Whereas such games have been produced and used in the past, the figures representing the goalie and goal scorer have been severely restricted in their movements, such movements being generally restricted to the rotation about the figures vertical axis or where a combination of movements were provided, the combination of movement available did not provide realistic game situation.
The uniqueness of my invention lies in the pivoting of the mannequins arms and legs thus allowing freedom of movement of the mannequin and its ability to perform realistically under the control of its operator. In particular the goal scoring, or offensive mannequin is provided with independent lateral and rotational movements allowing complete freedom of offense. The mannequin has a hand control attached to the top part of the shoulders . This hand control device controls the circular pivotal horizontal and vertical movements as well as having a trigger that controls the swivel action of the shoulders. The trigger is connected to a cable , which , runs to the lever that is attached to the swivel bracket, the bracket is attached to the arm support that houses the arms that are attached to the hockey stick. , when the trigger is pulled the chain reaction causes the stick to make contact with the puck projecting it towards the goal tender. What makes this mannequin unique is the ability to propel the puck to any desired direction of the goalie net and also being in the form of a mannequin the action of shooting the puck is identical to that of a real life like hockey player, velocity and type of shot are controlled by offensive player. Not included in drawings, the goal scoring mannequin could be made to move all over the surface to resemble skating like motions as well as having the same motions and movements as previously described.

Description

2138~32 The goal tending mannequin is likewise unted on a lateral moving platform. Goal tending mannequin ha~ a ~tabilizing bar att~ to ~ack of frame, which leads to the platform, this not only stahili7es the position , but also allow~ for lateral movement. This lateral movoment ,either to the left or right side by way of the platform, to defend frontal orening of goalie net. Hand controlq on platform have two(2) function~, one(1) to ve platform (goal tender) to left or right ~ide or to set in motion left or right side of goal t~nAi ng mannequin, by triggering the trigger on the left hand control it will ~et off a set of commands. The trigger has a cable that runs from and through laft leg to left arm, which , aleuatas both arm and leg to desired elevation to ~top the projected object~. The right ~ide functionA preci~ely like the left Ride with the ad~ition o the go lie ~tick. What make~ this mannequin unique is that it i~ able to ve either to the left or right ~ide while ha~ing the ability to move both the arms and legs horizontally ~imultar-~u~ly. Arm~ and leg~ will return to their et po~ition when the trigger i~ relea ed. By depr~ ng the trigger a little at a time it will allow the cperator to r-hooPe the de~ired defense po~ition. Not included in drawing~, the goal te~ing mannequin co~ have the ability to move in and out in front of the goalie net, if the lateral platfonm ~as built in an oval ~hape on guide rail~. Al~o not included in dra~ing~ i~ the ability to move the mannequin do~n and up when doing the ~plit~.
Therefore the objective of thi~ invention is to enh~n~
the reality of playing ice hockey.

An ~o~ nt of the invention will now be described by way of eYamrle with reference to the accompanying drawing~.
Referring to FIGURE 1, there is a playing ~urface 60 which has painted on a red go~l scoring line 69 a red goal line 68 and a blue neutral line 70. There are sides around the playing ~urface 62 which rescmble hoc~ey boards, a protective shield 61 to protect participants fr propelled objects A lateral platfQnm ~4 that i~ ~uided hy guidç rail~ ~3 al~o hou~ed on platorm are hand controls 65 and goal ten~ing mannequin stahili7ing bar 66, mounted atop of side board~ and po~itioned in defen~ive zone is protective shield 61. Positioned at of$en ive end of FIGUR~ 1 ~o~ n7 unit 67 for rotating disc 35 which i~ a platform for the goal qcoring m~nn~quin ~. FIGURE

2 shows a bottom view of 35 rotating di~c, brackets 72 hold the axle rod in place 71, in FIGUR~ 3 we see top view of rotating di~c 35 the bolts 73 for the bracket 72 that hold the axle 71 in place. Al~o shown 74 a bolt for 34 in FIGUR~ 6 . FIGURE 4 shows the defen~ive go~l ten~ing ~nn~uin 1 the deflecting blocker 2 ,hoc~ey pants a~ partial co~6~ing lA. To kick at projected cbject~, the pad~ 4 , to catch the puck~, the lifelike m~nn~uin has a trapper 7 . Att~ch-~ to the lower part~ of the padQ 4 are ~kate 8 the upper body eovering i~ a jersey 5 thi~ unique goal t~n~ing --nn~quin ean divert abject~
with the goalie ~tiek 3 the life like movement-~ of this ~annequin are revolutionary to table top h~e~ey. A mask 6 eampleting the attire of the goal tenA^r 1. What makes this goal t - ~ing mannequin unique is its re~l life like mobility m~vement~. u~ing pads 4 and skates 8 to kiek out objeets, able to defleet dises u~ing hoekey stiek, 3 redireet with bloeker 2 and eateh pueks ~ith trapper. 7 . This invention is able to help partieipants with par~irllla~ motor q~ , sueh as eye hand eoordination, reflex ability, and handle the fear of projected objects. FIGURE 5 show~ left arm m~mber 9 attached to body frame 17 by means of ro~recting pin 11 , that is thr~ with a eable 20 that run3 from left leg 13 which is also att~-h~ to body framR 17 by means of eonneeting pin 15.
Left eable eontrol 20 run~ through left eable guide 18 that runs to trigger eontrol 76. Right leg member 14 att~hP~ to body frame 17 by means of ~onn^-ting pin 16 right arm memker at~-~h~ to body frame 17 by means of cs~n~eting pin 12 right cable eontrol 21 threads right leg 14 and right aDm 10 and runs through right cable guide 19 to trigger eontrol 77.

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As shown in FIGUR~ 6 the goal scoring m~nnequin 22 propels disc like pucks 32 toward the goal u~ing the hockey stick 28 , at~--hoA to the top of the stick i~ left glove 22A., a right glove 23 is atta~-h~A to the lower part, the mid section of the mannequin is eq"irr^~ with hockey pants 31 . Upper parts has a jersey 30, left leg and right leg have sock coverings 24, 25.
The m~nn~quin is m~unted on a rotating di~c 35 using a support post 34 , on the head is a helmet 29 . A left leg skate 26 and the right l~g 27 A hand çontrol deYiçe 33 i~ u~çd tQ ,operate the -~nne~uin 22 . Now as shown in FIGURE 7~8 the back part of the mannequin leg support . ~r 36 used to house leg ~mh~rs 39. To join the left arm mRmber 41 and right arm ~~~ 42 that are housed in the anm support member 40 i~ mid body bolt 38 that runs through the mid body ..~er 4~ and i~ conn~cted by a mid body bolt fastener 47 . A hand control ~upport bracket 37 is used to ~n^~t the hand control ~ q1c 44 to the leg support r ~er 36 using bolts 45 and 46 . An important part of the swivel action is the anm swivel brac~et 40A, this is ro~n~çted to the hand control 33 using a ro~n~cting bolt 59.
When the trigger on the hand control 33 is pulled this aetivates the lever 56 to aetivate the arm ~wivel braeket 40A
in return activating hockey ~tic~ ~8 as ~hown in FI&URE 6 to maXe eontaet with puek~ 32. Goal seoring mannequin is a unique member 22 of thi~ invention, participant i~ able to project di~e like pueks 3Z with pin point aeeuraey to any part of the goal 75. For ~X~mrle the goal seoring mannequin ~.ay~a -4et up to shoot for lower eorner but a quiek movement in a split seeQr~, may shoot for the tcp eorner or an~.r~^re elQe offensive partieipant desires. the ~-nnequin to shoot. This quick movement will pressure defen~ive partieipant to reaet with rapier like -~peed in defen~i n~ goalie net 75 with go~l t~n~i ng m~nn~uin 1 . FIGURB 9 shows hand eontrol me~h~ni-~m 33 made up of many part~, a ehas~i~ 44 that hou~es a handle 48 conneGted to the rh~ C 44 ~ith rivets 50 . Rivets are also used 51 for trigger plaeement 49 . The trigger al~o has a hs~ ing 52 for cable 58 . It runs from lever 56 to trigger 49 ,lever has a eable housing 57 there are loeks for eable 53 . There are eable guides 54A & 54B mounted in the ehassi~ 44 to guide eable 58 .
Trigger i-Q pulled 49 to aetivate lever 56 , aetivating hoekey stiek 28 , reset springs 55A and 55B are then aetivated to reset ~hani~~ . Bracket bolt 45 is used to co~&t hand eontrol 33 to braeket 37 . FIGURE 10 shows lateral platform 64 mounted on guide rails 63 that ~llow platform to ~ ver , ~M

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house control cable 20 and 21 . The left side of control cable 20 being ~o~n~cted to left trigger control 76 , right side control cable ~1 conn~ts to right trigger control 77. Goal ~,~n~ing mann^~uin 1 show~n in FIGUR~ 4 and 5 mounted on st~hili7ing bar 66 and a goalie net 75. Illustrated in FIGURE
11 the goalie net 75 is able to fold dow~n having hinges 78 atta~hr~A to goal post. Thia allows participant to snap out lateral platfonm that houses goal tr~nrAing mannequin 1 and rreplace with accuracy targets 79 . Target holders are clamped to goal post for accuracy competition. Playing surface 60 .
Whereas there ha~e been described and shcwn a preferred ~ ~o~ nt it is also to be made clear and understood that other ~arious difications and adaptation~ are able to be made ~ithin the scope and spirit of this invention.

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Claims

What is claimed is A mechanically operated skills hockey game consisting of a playing surface, an offensive goal scoring mannequin, A disc-like puck, a goal scoring mannequin, and a hockey net, said goal scoring mannequin, having six(6) degrees of freedom to propel the puck in realistic manner and being hand operated by an offensive player, and said goal tending mannequin having six (6) degrees of freedom to block the puck in realistic manner and being hand operated by a defensive player.

Claim 2 A mechanically operated skills hockey game as in Claim 1.
Wherein the offensive mannequin is made to rotate about a vertical axis, said axis being mounted on a tilting platform or disc whose tilting axis is transverse to the line of shooting, and also having lateral motions, said mannequin having rotary arm and stick movements about a transverse axis through its shoulders.

Claim 3 A mechanically operated skills hockey game wherein the defensive mannequin is mounted on a platform controlled to move laterally to the line of shooting, said mannequin having rotary movement of its right arm and leg about an axis through its shoulders and hips and also an independent rotary movement of its left arm and leg about the same shoulder and hips axis, the combined degrees of freedom of arms, legs lateral movement giving three (3) degrees of translatory movement to its goalie stick.

Claim 4 A hockey game as in claims 1 and 2 wherein the offensive mannequins movements are controlled by a human player by mechanical means.
Claim 5 A hockey game as in claims 1 and 2 wherein the offensive mannequins movements are controlled by a human player by electrical means.
Claim 6 A hockey game as in claims 1 and 3 wherein the defensive mannequins movements are controlled by a human player by mechanical means.
Claim 7 A hockey game as in claims 1 and 3 wherein the defensive mannequins movements are controlled by a human player by electrical mean.

Claim 8 A mechanically operated skills hockey game as in Claim 1 wherein the goal tending mannequin is replaced by accuracy targets.
Claim 9 An electrically operated skills hockey game as in Claims 1, 5, and 7 wherein the goal tending mannequin is replaced by accuracy targets.