Hockey stick-handling device

Abstract

A hockey stick-handling device comprises cross members and support columns. The support columns elevate the cross members from a training surface to allow an object for stick-handling to be passed underneath. The cross members are rotatable with respect to one another to allow the hockey stick-handling device to be arranged in various configurations for stick-handling as well as to be collapsed for storage. The hockey stick-handling device is modular in nature such that it can be lengthened or shortened to a desired length.

1 . A hockey stick-handling device, comprising:
 two cross members, each of said cross members configured to be elevated from a training surface by a height sufficient to allow an object for stick-handling to pass underneath said cross member; and   three support columns, each of said support columns configured to support an end of one of said cross members, said cross members being rotatable with respect to one another at one of said three support columns.   
     
     
         2 . The hockey stick-handling device of  claim 1 , wherein said object for stick-handling is a hockey puck. 
     
     
         3 . The hockey stick-handling device of  claim 1 , wherein said object for stick-handling is a ball. 
     
     
         4 . The hockey stick-handling device of  claim 1 , wherein said cross members are rotatable with respect to one another through an angle of approximately 180 degrees. 
     
     
         5 . The hockey stick-handling device of  claim 1 , wherein said cross members are rotatable to form a storage configuration, said cross members being substantially parallel to one another in said storage configuration. 
     
     
         6 . The hockey stick-handling device of  claim 1 , further comprising hardware for preventing rotation of said cross members during use of said hockey stick-handling device. 
     
     
         7 . The hockey stick-handling device of  claim 6 , wherein said hardware comprises a bolt and a nut. 
     
     
         8 . The hockey stick-handling device of  claim 6 , wherein said hardware comprises a removable pin. 
     
     
         9 . A hockey stick-handling device, comprising a plurality of cross members and a plurality of intermediary support columns, wherein:
 each of said cross members is configured to be elevated from a training surface by a height sufficient to allow an object for stick-handling to pass underneath said cross member; and   each of said intermediary support columns is configured to support an end of two of said cross members, wherein said two of said cross members are rotatable with respect to one another at said intermediary support column.   
     
     
         10 . The hockey stick-handling device of  claim 9  further comprising two terminal support columns, each of said terminal support columns located at one of two ends of said hockey stick-handling device, and each of said terminal support columns configured to support an end of one of said cross members. 
     
     
         11 . The hockey stick-handling device of  claim 9  wherein said object for stick-handling is a hockey puck. 
     
     
         12 . The hockey stick-handling device of  claim 9  wherein said object for stick-handling is a ball. 
     
     
         13 . The hockey stick-handling device of  claim 9  wherein said two of said cross members are rotatable with respect to one another through an angle of approximately 180 degrees. 
     
     
         14 . The hockey stick-handling device of  claim 9 , wherein said cross members are rotatable to form a storage configuration, said cross members being substantially parallel to one another in said storage configuration. 
     
     
         15 . The hockey stick-handling device of  claim 9 , wherein said cross members are rotatable to form a working configuration, said working configuration being one of the group consisting of a straight-line configuration, a curved configuration, and a zigzag configuration. 
     
     
         16 . The hockey stick-handling device of  claim 9 , further comprising hardware for preventing rotation of said cross members during use of said hockey stick-handling device. 
     
     
         17 . The hockey stick-handling device of  claim 15 , wherein said hardware comprises a bolt and a nut. 
     
     
         18 . The hockey stick-handling device of  claim 15 , wherein said hardware comprises a removable pin.