Hockey stickhandling tool, method of use, and system

Abstract

A hockey-stickhandling-tool, methods of use, and a system for improving a player's hockey stickhandling strength and/or speed are described and disclosed. The hockey-stickhandling-tool may comprise: a puck-receiver and a stick-attachment-means. The puck-receiver may be sized to removably hold the at least one hockey-puck, by the puck-receiver providing at least one wall to partially enclose the at least one hockey-puck. The stick-attachment-means may be configured to removably attach to the hockey-stick. The puck-receiver and the stick-attachment-means may attached to each other such that use of the puck-receiver does not interfere with the stick-attachment-means and use of the stick-attachment-means does not interfere with the puck-receiver. When the player may consistently practice with the hockey-stick, wherein the hockey-stick may be removably attached to the stick-attachment-means, and wherein the puck-receiver may be remobably holding the at least one hockey-puck, the player may improve hockey stickhandling strength and/or speed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A hockey-stickhandling-tool comprising:
 a puck-receiver, wherein the puck-receiver is sized to removably hold at least one hockey-puck by the puck-receiver providing at least one wall to partially enclose the at least one hockey-puck;   a stick-attachment-means, wherein the stick-attachment-means is configured to removably attach to a hockey-stick;   wherein the puck-receiver and the stick-attachment-means are attached to each other such that use of the puck-receiver does not interfere with the stick-attachment-means and use of the stick-attachment-means does not interfere with the puck-receiver; and   wherein when the puck-receiver removably holds the at least one hockey-puck and the stick-attachment-means is removably attached to the hockey-stick, a player consistently practicing with the hockey-stickhandling-tool increases the player's hockey stickhandling strength and speed.   
     
     
         2 . The hockey-stickhandling-tool of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one wall comprises:
 a longitudinal-side-wall, a first-width-side-wall, a second-width-side-wall, and a bottom-wall;
 wherein the first-width-side-wall is substantially parallel with the second-width-sidewall, wherein the longitudinal-side-wall is disposed between the first-width-sidewall and the second-width-side-wall; 
 wherein the bottom-wall is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal-side-wall, to the first-width-side-wall, and to the second-width-side-wall; 
 wherein the longitudinal-side-wall is substantially perpendicular to the first-width-side-wall and to the second-width-side-wall; 
 wherein the first-side-wall is connected to the longitudinal-side-wall, wherein the longitudinal-side-wall is connected to the bottom-wall and connected to the second-width-side-wall; 
 wherein the longitudinal-side-wall, the first-width-side-wall, the second-width-sidewall, and the bottom-wall bound an interior of a pocket; and 
 wherein the pocket comprises an opening, wherein the opening provides access to the interior of the pocket; 
   wherein the interior is sized to removably hold the at least one hockey-puck.   
     
     
         3 . The hockey-stickhandling-tool of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one wall further comprises a stick-side-wall, wherein the stick-side-wall is substantially parallel with the longitudinal-sidewall; wherein the stick-side-wall is separated from the longitudinal-side-wall by the first-width-side-wall and the second-width-side-wall; and wherein the stick-side-wall is closer to the hockey-stick when the stick-attachment-means is removably attached to the hockey-stick than the longitudinal-side-wall. 
     
     
         4 . The hockey-stickhandling-tool of  claim 2 , wherein the bottom-wall transitions into the first-width-side-wall by a first-curved-segment; and wherein the bottom-wall transitions into the second-width-side-wall by a second-curved-segment; wherein each of these two curved-segments includes a substantially similar radius; wherein the substantially similar radius resembles a radius of the at least one hockey-puck. 
     
     
         5 . The hockey-stickhandling-tool of  claim 2 , wherein the longitudinal-side-wall comprises planar-extensions, wherein the planar-extensions extend from the longitudinal-side-wall and are within a same plane as the longitudinal-side-wall; wherein the planar-extensions are substantially rectangular and flat, wherein the planar-extensions are configured to resemble a surface area of a blade of the hockey-stick. 
     
     
         6 . The hockey-stickhandling-tool of  claim 2 , wherein the interior of the pocket is sized to removably hold at least one ice-hockey-puck of a cylindrical shape or wherein the interior of the pocket is sized to removably hold at least one spherical-hockey-puck. 
     
     
         7 . The hockey-stickhandling-tool of  claim 2 , wherein the puck-receiver further comprises
 at least one pair-of-puck-receivers, wherein the at least one pair-of-puck-receivers comprises a first-puck-receiver and a second-puck-receiver, wherein each of these two puck-receivers, the first-puck-receiver and the second-puck-receiver, comprises one longitudinal-side-wall, one first-width-side-wall, one second-width-side-wall, one bottom-wall, one interior, one opening, and one pocket; and   wherein the first-puck-receiver is attached to the second-puck-receiver at two regions, a first-attachment-region and a second-attachment-region, wherein first-attachment-region is formed by the first-width-side-wall of the first-puck-receiver merging into the first-width-side-wall of the second-puck-receiver; and wherein the second-attachment-region is formed by the second-width-side-wall of the first-puck-receiver merging into the second-width-side-wall of the second-puck-receiver;   wherein the longitudinal-side-wall of the first-puck-receiver is substantially parallel with the longitudinal-side-wall of the second-puck-receiver; and wherein the first-puck-receiver is separated from the second-puck-receiver by a width of the hockey-stick.   
     
     
         8 . The hockey-stickhandling-tool of  claim 7 ,
 wherein the at least one pair-of-puck-receivers further comprises a first-pair-of-puck-receivers and a second-pair-of-puck-receivers; and   wherein the hockey-stickhandling-tool further comprises a coupling-means, wherein the coupling-means is configured to couple the first-pair-of-puck-receivers to the second-pair-of-puck-receivers, by the coupling-means connecting the second-attachment-region of the first-pair-of-puck-receivers to the first-attachment-region of the second-pair-of-puck-receivers, such that the second-width-side-walls of the first-pair-of-puck-receivers are separated from the first-width-side-walls of the second-pair-of-puck-receivers by the coupling-means.   
     
     
         9 . The hockey-stickhandling-tool of  claim 8 , wherein the coupling-means comprises:
 an accordion-structure, wherein the accordion-structure comprises a first-strut and a second-strut, wherein each strut connects the second-attachment-region of the first-pair-of-puck-receivers to the first-attachment-region of the second-pair-of-puck-receiver, wherein each strut comprises a zigzag geometry, wherein the first-strut is substantially parallel to the second-strut, wherein the first-strut is separated from the second-strut by a width of a blade of the hockey-stick; and   wherein the accordion-structure permits some flexion between the first-pair-of-puck-receivers and the second-pair-of-puck-receivers, such that the longitudinal-side-walls of the first-pair-of-puck-receivers are not parallel with the longitudinal-side-walls of the second-pair-of-puck-receivers when the stick-attachment-means is removably attached to a curved-blade of the hockey-stick, wherein the hockey-stickhandling-tool is removably attached to either a left-handed hockey-stick or a right-handed hockey-stick.   
     
     
         10 . The hockey-stickhandling-tool of  claim 8 , wherein the coupling-means is integral with respect to the first-pair-of-puck-receivers and the second-pair-of-puck-receivers, such that the coupling-means, the first-pair-of-puck-receivers, and the second-pair-of-puck-receivers are all one article of manufacture. 
     
     
         11 . The hockey-stickhandling-tool of  claim 8 , wherein the coupling-means comprises
 a flexible-union-member, wherein the flexible-union-member comprises a first-attachment-end and a second-attachment-end, wherein the first-attachment-end is configured to attach to the second-attachment-region of the first-pair-of-puck-receivers, wherein the second-attachment-end is configured to attach to the first-attachment-region of the second-pair-of-puck-receivers; and   wherein the flexible-union-member permits some flexion between the first-pair-of-puck-receivers and the second-pair-of-puck-receivers, such that the longitudinal-side-walls of the first-pair-of-puck-receivers are not parallel with the longitudinal-side-walls of the second-pair-of-puck-receivers when the stick-attachment-means is removably attached to a curved-blade of the hockey-stick, wherein the hockey-stickhandling-tool is removably attached to either a left-handed hockey-stick or a right-handed hockey-stick.   
     
     
         12 . The hockey-stickhandling-tool of  claim 8 , wherein the coupling-means connects the second-attachment-region of the first-pair-of-puck-receivers to the first-attachment-region of the second-pair-of-puck-receivers by one or more connection-means selected from the group consisting of ultrasonic welding, heat welding, solvent bonding, and chemical adhesive bonding. 
     
     
         13 . The hockey-stickhandling-tool of  claim 7 , wherein the stick-attachment-means comprises:
 a pair-of-stick-attachment-means, wherein the pair-of-stick-attachment-means comprises a first-stick-attachment-means and a second-stick-attachment means, wherein the first-stick-attachment-means and the second-stick-attachment-means each comprises:
 a clip, wherein the clip comprises a clip-opening, wherein the clip-opening is disposed opposite of the opening of the pocket; wherein the clip is configured to frictionally grip a blade of the hockey-stick or to frictionally grip a handle of the hockey-stick; 
   wherein the first-stick-attachment-means is located at the first-attachment-region extending downwards away from the openings of the pockets;   wherein the second-stick-attachment-means is located at the second-attachment-region extending downwards away from the openings of the pockets.   
     
     
         14 . The hockey-stickhandling-tool of  claim 1 , wherein the hockey-stickhandling-tool is substantially constructed of a plastic suitable for forming with injection molding. 
     
     
         15 . The hockey-stickhandling-tool of  claim 1 , wherein the stick-attachment-means comprises a sleeve, wherein the sleeve is configured to fit snugly around a blade of the hockey-stick. 
     
     
         16 . The hockey-stickhandling-tool of  claim 15 , wherein the sleeve comprises an exterior-surface, wherein the puck-receiver is located on exterior-surface. 
     
     
         17 . A method for improving hockey stickhandling strength and speed comprising the steps:
 removably attaching a hockey-stickhandling-tool to a hockey-stick by use of a stick-attachment-means; wherein the hockey-stickhandling-tool comprises:
 a puck-receiver, wherein the puck-receiver is sized to removably hold at least one hockey-puck by the puck-receiver providing at least one wall to partially enclose the at least one hockey-puck; 
 the stick-attachment-means, wherein the stick-attachment-means is configured to removably attach to the hockey-stick; 
 wherein the puck-receiver and the stick-attachment-means are attached to each other such that use of the puck-receiver does not interfere with the stick-attachment-means and use of the stick-attachment-means does not interfere with the puck-receiver; 
   placing the at least one hockey-puck within the puck-receiver such that the puck-receiver may removably hold the at least one hockey-puck; and   a player practicing with the hockey-stick, wherein the hockey-stick is removably attached to the stick-attachment-means, and wherein the puck-receiver is remobably holding the at least one hockey-puck.   
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 17 , wherein the puck-receiver is configured to removably hold one, two, three, four, five, or six hockey-pucks; wherein the at least one hockey-puck comprises one, two, three, four, five, or six hockey-pucks; and wherein the puck-receiver is removably holding one, two, three, four, five, or six hockey-pucks. 
     
     
         19 . A system for improving a player's hockey stickhandling strength and speed, comprising:
 a hockey-stick, wherein the hockey-stick comprise a blade, a neck and a handle, wherein the neck is disposed between the blade and the handle;   at least one hockey-puck; and   a hockey-stickhandling-tool, wherein the hockey-stickhandling-tool comprises:
 a puck-receiver, wherein the puck-receiver is sized to removably hold the at least one hockey-puck by the puck-receiver providing at least one wall to partially enclose the at least one hockey-puck; 
 a stick-attachment-means, wherein the stick-attachment-means is configured to removably attach to the hockey-stick; 
 wherein the puck-receiver and the stick-attachment-means are attached to each other such that use of the puck-receiver does not interfere with the stick-attachment-means and use of the stick-attachment-means does not interfere with the puck-receiver; 
   wherein when the player consistently practices with the hockey-stick, wherein the hockey-stick is removably attached to the stick-attachment-means, and wherein the puck-receiver is remobably holding the at least one hockey-puck, the player improves hockey stickhandling strength and speed.   
     
     
         20 . The system according to  claim 19 , wherein the puck-receiver is configured to removably hold one, two, three, four, five, or six hockey-pucks; wherein the at least one hockey-puck comprises one, two, three, four, five, or six hockey-pucks; and wherein the puck-receiver is removably holding one, two, three, four, five, or six hockey-pucks.