Patent ID: 6190270
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A device attachable to a sporting event goal for improving the accuracy and shooting form of a player by providing a visual target to aim at and strike with the sporting event's game piece comprising:a clamp having an inner surface which contacts the sporting event's goal and an oppositely facing exterior surface, the clamp configured and adapted to removably attach to the sporting event's goal;a substantially straight elongated member having first and second ends, the elongated member connected adjacent its first end to the clamp and extending substantially perpendicular from the exterior surface of the clamp such that its second end is located at a point distal from the clamp; anda three-dimensional target member connected adjacent the second end of the elongated member to form a target for the player to aim and attempt to strike with the game piece,wherein the elongated member is configured and adapted such that it (a) deflects when the target member is struck by the game piece so that the target member moves without substantially altering the trajectory of the game piece and (b) returns the target member to its original position after it has been deflected by the game piece.