Patent ID: 8182373
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A hockey training device comprising: a hockey puck; a substantially horizontally positioned board having a top playing surface, the board being positioned on a floor and the puck being moved on the playing surface by a player using a hockey stick during selected games; a number of lights installed under the playing surface of the board and distributed at desired locations on the playing surface, wherein said lights are (A) distributed so as to form a regular grid, wherein each unit of the grid contains only one light, or (B) positioned only around a central area of the playing surface of the board; a plurality of sensors installed under the playing surface of the board, at least one sensor being positioned at the location of each light to sense the presence of the puck when the puck is moved to the location of the light; a controller for controlling the lights to be selectively and repeatedly turned on and off, only one light being turned on at any time, the controller recording a score of one point each time the puck is moved to the location of the light while the light is on; and a substantially elevated display panel disposed in front of the horizontally positioned board for displaying the locations of the lights on the playing surface with an instant on-and-off condition of the lights to guide the hockey player in a head-up position, to move the puck on the playing surface to the location of the light on the playing surface which is currently turned on.