Hockey training device

Abstract

A hockey training device has an elongated frame with an inverted U-shaped cross-section when the device is in an upright position. The frame has a base and two sides extending downward from the base. A layer of resilient material is affixed to an outer surface of each of the two sides. The device has an open ended inner channel extending longitudinally between the two sides. A cap is affixed to an outer surface of the base. A method of construction is provided.

1 . A hockey training device comprising an elongated frame having an inverted U-shaped cross-section when the device is in an upright position, the frame having a base, a first end and a second end, and two sides extending downward from the base, the two sides each having an inner surface and an outer surface, a layer of resilient material affixed to the outer surface of each of the two sides, the device having an open ended inner channel extending longitudinally between two sides, the device further comprising a cap having a first end and a second end, the cap extending along and affixed to the outer surface of the base, wherein the cap extends above each layer of resilient material, and wherein each of the first end and the second end of the cap extends beyond the first end and the second end of the elongated frame, respectively. 
     
     
         2 . The hockey training device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein there are at least two picks extending from a lower edge of each side. 
     
     
         3 . The hockey training device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the layer of resilient material extends substantially along a length of the at least one side. 
     
     
         4 . The hockey training device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the frame has a sufficient width to enable a hockey puck to be easily passed through the open ended channel. 
     
     
         5 . The hockey training device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the layer of resilient material extends substantially along an entire length of at least one side, 
     
     
         6 . The hockey training device as claimed in  claim 5  wherein there is a layer of resilient material substantially along an entire length of both sides. 
     
     
         7 . The hockey training device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the layer of resilient material has a depth substantially equal to a depth of the side to which the layer of resilient material is affixed. 
     
     
         8 . The hockey training device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the resilient material is sufficiently flexible and resilient to repel a hockey puck by a distance that is substantially equal to the distance from which the puck has been shot at the resilient material. 
     
     
         9 . The hockey training device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the device has at least one handle. 
     
     
         10 . The hockey training device as claimed in  claim 9  wherein the at least one handle comprises an opening in the base. 
     
     
         11 . The hockey training device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the resilient material is affixed to the at least one side by adhesive. 
     
     
         12 . The hockey training device as claimed in  claim 2  wherein there are two picks on each side and the two picks are located at or near at opposing ends of each side, the picks being sufficiently sharp to penetrate an ice surface on which the device is located. 
     
     
         13 . (canceled) 
     
     
         14 . (canceled) 
     
     
         15 . The hockey training device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the cap is planar. 
     
     
         16 . The hockey training device as claimed in  claim 15  wherein the base has a first opening therein and the cap has a second opening therein, the first and second openings being at least partially aligned with one another to form a handle for the device. 
     
     
         17 . The hockey training device as claimed in  claim 16  wherein the first opening is centrally located in the base and the second opening is centrally located in the cap. 
     
     
         18 . The hockey training device as claimed in  claim 13  wherein the cap has a rounded peripheral edge so that the device slides easily and smoothly on the ice surface when the device is inverted with the cap in contact with the ice surface. 
     
     
         19 . (canceled) 
     
     
         20 . (canceled)