Stick saddle for hockey training apparatus

Abstract

A stick mounting device allows one or more hockey stick resembling members to be mounted on an existing hockey training apparatus.

1 . A training apparatus comprising:
 a support member;   an elongated member resting perpendicularly on the support member at one end of the elongated member and on a playing surface at the other end of the elongated member, the elongated member having an open section through which a puck may be passed;   a U-shaped channel member fit over the elongated member;   a first side extension extending away from a first side of the U-shaped channel member; and   a first recess within a top surface of the first side extension sized to receive a hockey-stick resembling member.   
     
     
         2 . The training apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a second side extension extending away from a second side of the U-shaped channel member; and   a second recess within a top surface of the second side extension sized to receive the hockey-stick resembling member.   
     
     
         3 . The training apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a recess in a top surface of the elongated member of the training apparatus; and   a hole within a top surface of the U-shaped channel member, the hole sized to fit over the recess in the top surface of the elongated member of the training apparatus.   
     
     
         4 . The training apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more fastening points located on the first side or the second side of the U-shaped channel member through which a fastening member may be placed to secure the stick mounting device to the elongated member of the hockey training apparatus. 
     
     
         5 . The training apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the first side extension has an angled sidewall. 
     
     
         6 . The training apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the support member comprises at least one additional recess within a top surface of the support member sized to receive an additional hockey-stick resembling member. 
     
     
         7 . A training kit comprising:
 a training apparatus comprising:
 a support member; and 
 an elongated member resting perpendicularly on the support member at one end of the elongated member and on a playing surface at the other end of the elongated member, the elongated member having an open section through which a puck may be passed; and 
   a stick mounting device comprising:
 a U-shaped channel member sized to fit over an elongated member of the hockey training apparatus; 
 a first side extension extending away from a first side of the U-shaped channel member; and 
 a first recess within a top surface of the first side extension sized to receive a hockey-stick resembling member. 
   
     
     
         8 . The training kit of  claim 7 , further comprising one or more hockey stick resembling members. 
     
     
         9 . The training kit of  claim 7 , wherein the stick mounting device further comprises:
 a second side extension extending away from a second side of the U-shaped channel member; and   a second recess within a top surface of the second side extension sized to receive the hockey-stick resembling member.   
     
     
         10 . The training kit of  claim 7 , wherein the stick mounting device further comprises a hole within a top surface of the U-shaped channel member, the hole sized to fit over a recess in a top surface of the elongated member of the training apparatus. 
     
     
         11 . The training kit of  claim 7 , wherein the stick mounting device further comprises one or more fastening points located on the first side or the second side of the U-shaped channel member through which a fastening member may be placed to secure the stick mounting device to the elongated member of the hockey training apparatus. 
     
     
         12 . The training kit of  claim 7 , wherein the first side extension of the stick mounting device has an angled sidewall. 
     
     
         13 . The training kit of  claim 7 , wherein the support member of the training apparatus comprises at least one additional recess within a top surface of the support member sized to receive an additional hockey-stick resembling member.