Hockey game

Claim 1

A game comprising means defining a board having a playing surface and including longitudinal and transverse boundary side walls, said transverse side walls each having a pair of spaced slots, an object adapted for travel on said playing surface and shaped and dimensioned to pass through said slots, a playing stick for striking said object to propel the object on said surface, said playing stick being dimensioned to permit the user to stand adjacent to the board and swing the stick from above the playing surface to strike the object, barrier means removably insertable in said longitudinal side walls for extending transversely across said board midway of the length of the board, said barrier means being solid and provided with aperture means for allowing passage of said object therethrough and hinge means for folding the board at the center thereof with the barrier means removed, each transverse side wall having opposite ends whereat the transverse side wall is joined to said longitudinal side walls and except for said slots the remainder of each transverse wall is solid, said slots of each pair in each transverse side wall being located at the respective ends of the associated transverse side wall where the side wall is joined to the longitudinal side walls, said aperture means extending in said barrier means to form a single central opening therein which extends upwardly from the playing surface of the board, said slots having a substantially smaller width than said opening.