Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
176 words
A new and improved hockey training aid and game apparatus, comprising: a portable housing which includes a base unit and a cover connected to said base unit, wherein said base unit includes a floor and four side walls connected to said floor, wherein said floor contains indicia representing a hockey rink, and wherein said cover includes means for retaining a collapsible stick, a collapsible stick retained by said stick retaining means in a collapsed condition when said hockey training aid and game apparatus is transported, said stick being capable of being assembled into a functional hockey stick when said hockey training aid and game apparatus is used, a puck, a first sensor assembly means for monitoring accurate puck handling, and a scoring and control assembly means for scoring puck handling, which includes a first counter assembly means, connected to said first sensor assembly means, for counting monitored instances of accurate puck handling sensed by said first sensor assembly means, and a timer means for shutting off said first counter assembly means after a predetermined time expires.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
176 words
A new and improved hockey training aid and game apparatus, comprising: a portable housing which includes a base unit and a cover connected to said base unit, wherein said base unit includes a floor and four side walls connected to said floor, wherein said floor contains indicia representing a hockey rink, and wherein said cover includes means for retaining a collapsible stick, a collapsible stick retained by said stick retaining means in a collapsed condition when said hockey training aid and game apparatus is transported, said stick being capable of being assembled into a functional hockey stick when said hockey training aid and game apparatus is used, a puck, a first sensor assembly means for monitoring accurate puck handling, and a scoring and control assembly means for scoring puck handling, which includes a first counter assembly means, connected to said first sensor assembly means, for counting monitored instances of accurate puck handling sensed by said first sensor assembly means, and a timer means for shutting off said first counter assembly means after a predetermined time expires.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
The apparatus described in claim 1 wherein said side walls include resilient bumpers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The apparatus described in claim 1 wherein said cover includes means for retaining said scoring and control assembly means thereon when said hockey training aid and game apparatus is transported.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The apparatus described in claim 1 wherein one of said walls includes means for securing said scoring and control assembly means when said hockey training aid and game apparatus is being used.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
74 words
The apparatus described in claim 1, further including a second sensor assembly means for monitoring inaccurate puck handling, and wherein said scoring and control assembly means further includes: a second counter assembly means, connected to said second sensor assembly means, for counting monitored instances of inaccurate puck handling sensed by said second sensor assembly means, and wherein said second counter assembly means is shut off by said timer means after a predetermined time expires.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The apparatus described in claim 5, further including sounding means, controlled by said second sensor assembly means, for sounding when inaccurate puck handling is sensed by said second sensor assembly means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The apparatus described in claim 5 wherein said second sensor assembly means includes a second puck sensor located near a side wall in said floor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The apparatus described in claim 7 wherein: said second puck sensor is responsive to magnetic flux, and said puck includes a permanent magnet.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
The apparatus described in claim 1 wherein said first sensor assembly means includes a first puck sensor located in a center of said floor.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The apparatus described in claim 9 wherein: said first puck sensor is responsive to magnetic flux, and said puck includes a permanent magnet.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
101 words
The apparatus described in claim 1 wherein said puck includes: a hollow puck housing, an interior chamber defined by said puck housing, a filler hole in a wall of said puck housing for admitting a quantity of lubricant powder into said interior chamber, a filler hole cover for covering said filler hole, a plurality of weep holes located in a bottom wall of said puck housing for permitting lubricant powder to pass from said interior chamber to a bottom outer surface of said puck housing, and a quantity of permanent magnetic material retained in a bottom wall of said puck housing.