Abstract:
A hockey player toy with internal motion rail for puck hitting. The major component is a hockey toy player with special internal mechanism. When the head of the toy player is pulled up, the body, which consists of front piece and back piece, will spin to pull the hockey stick back, ready for a shoot. When the head is pushed down, the body, which consists of front piece and back piece, will spin back, thus move the stick forward to hit the puck. The toy is a big break through from the previous hockey toys in its actuality. It adds a lot of fun and entertainment to the hockey toy games.

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
   This invention is about a hockey player toy, to be specific, a hockey player toy with internal motion rail to hit the puck. 
   BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY 
   A hockey player toy with internal motion rail for puck hitting. The major component is a hockey toy player with special internal mechanism, which is different from similar toys currently available on market. Currently, there are two major types of hockey player model toys on market. One type has no internal motion mechanisms. The user has to spin the toy player by hand to hit the puck. The other type uses one side of the toy model as a rotation axis. When the axis is turned, the toy will spin. Since the hockey stick is placed on the other side of the toy model, the above-mentioned spinning will move the stick to hit the puck. In this type of model toys, when the toy hits the puck, it is actually the hockey player toy&#39;s stick that hits the puck. Thus it is not a real simulation of the actual hitting actions of actual players. The simulation is limited and lacks gaming fun. 

   
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       FIG. 1 : The perspective of the model toy in this invention: a hockey player toy with internal motion rail for puck hitting. 
       FIG. 2 : The dissembled model toy that is shown in  FIG. 1 . 
       FIG. 3 : The rear view of the head piece that is shown in  FIG. 2 . 
       FIG. 4 : The play instruction of the model toy that is shown in  FIG. 1 . 
       FIG. 5 : The step-by-step analysis of the model toy&#39;s rail motion and waist rotation that is shown in  FIG. 4 . 
   

   DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
   Based on the issue mentioned above, the goal of this invention is to provide a hockey player toy with internal motion rail for hitting a puck. There is a motion rail hidden inside the toy player&#39;s body. Thus the model player&#39;s body can be turned to use the stick to hit the puck. This greatly increases the resemblance to the real players, and adds more fun to the game. 
   To achieve this goal, this invention provides a hockey player toy with internal motion rail for puck hitting. It consists of the following: 
   A head piece as the head and neck of the player model toy. The head piece is placed at the top of the toy. It is extending from head to neck. There is a neck fixing block at the rear bottom of the neck. At the bottom of the head piece there is a head piece hole. 
   A front piece as the front half of the player model&#39;s body. This piece includes the front half of the player model&#39;s body, as well as its hands with the hockey stick. There are two front-back piece fixing poles at both sides of the bottom of the front body piece. In the center of the bottom, there is a front body bottom opening (a half circle). In the center of the top, there is a front body top opening (a half circle) as well. Inside the front body piece, there is a waist motion rail in the center. The rail extends from upper-left side all the way to the bottom-center. 
   A back piece as the back half of the player model&#39;s body. There are two front-back piece fixing holes at both sides of the bottom of the back piece, allowing the front-back piece fixing poles to lock in to secure the front piece with back piece. In the center of the bottom, there is a back body bottom opening (a half circle). This opening, when fixed with the front body bottom opening of the front piece, will form a hole to hold the foot piece fixing pole. In the center of the top, there is also a back body top opening (a half circle). This opening, when fixed with the front body top opening of the front piece, will form a hole to hold the head piece fixing pole. At the upper-right corner of the back piece, i.e., where the left shoulder locates, there is an opening to hold the left arm of front piece. And, 
   A foot piece as the lower body of the player model. It includes abdomen and two legs. There are two hockey skates on the feet. Above the waist, in the center, there is a standing pole, which can be divided into three parts. These three parts, from bottom to top, are: base pole, collar flange, and pole body. The diameter of the base pole is smaller than that of the collar flange. Thus, when the base pole is held in the foot piece holding hole, which is formed by fixing the front body bottom opening and back body bottom opening, the collar flange can press on the foot piece holding hole to prevent the foot piece from dropping out of the toy. The pole body stands on top of the collar flange. It is smaller in diameter. The cross section of the pole body is a rectangle. It fits right on the bottom hole of the head piece. Thus the head piece can only move up and down, and can not rotate around. 
   This invention uses simple internal rail structure so that the model player toy, when assembled together, can rotate the waist and hit the puck. The movements are simulations of real hockey players&#39; puck hitting movements. It is a big break through in the similarity to the real world, and adds more fun to the model toy. 
   Step-by-Step Operations 
   Referring to  FIG. 1 , the fiure shows the perspective of the model  100  in this invention: a hockey player toy with internal motion rail for puck hitting. Use your hand to hold the head  10 , which belongs to head piece  1  of mode  100 . Pull up and then press down to control the body  8 ; which is formed by front piece  2  and back piece  3 , to spin the hockey stick  5  to hit the puck. 
   The dissembled model  100  is shown in the  FIGS. 2 and 3 . It includes: a head piece  1  of model  100 , which forms its head  10  and neck  11 , a front piece  2 , which forms the front part of body  8  of model  100 , a back piece  3 , which forms the rear part of body  8  of model  100 , and a foot piece  4 , which forms the lower half of model  100 . Head piece  1  is located on the top of model  100 , extending from head  10  to neck  11 . The bottom of neck  11  resides inside front piece  2  and back piece  3 . The size of neck  11  is the same as the head piece hold hole  15 , which is formed by fixing front piece top opening  23  and back piece top opening  33 . The neck fixing block  13  extends back from the bottom of neck  11 , forbidding head piece  1  from body  8  of model  100 , while allowing neck  11  to move up and down in the head piece holding hole  15 . The head piece bottom hole  14  of head piece  1 &#39;s section is identical to the foot piece standing pole  44 . Both are rectangles to connect head piece  1  and foot piece  4 . Thus head piece  1  can move vertically but can not rotate. Foot piece  4  consists of the two legs  45  and abdomen  40  of model  100 . There are two hockey skates  41  beneath leg  45 , so that it can stand on the ground. In the center of waist  40 , there stands a pole, which can be divided into three parts. From bottom to top, these three parts are: base pole  42 , collar flange  43 , and standing pole  44 . The diameter of base pole  42  is smaller than that of the collar flange  43 . Thus, when base pole  42  is held in the foot piece holding hole  47 , which is formed by fixing the front body bottom opening  22  and back body bottom opening  32 , the collar flange  43  can press on the foot piece holding hole  47  to prevent the foot piece  4  from dropping out of the toy model  100 . Then, one can place the rail motion peak  12  locating on the bottom from of neck  11  to the waist motion rail  20  of front piece  2  precisely. Then one can place the front-back locking hole  31  on back piece  3  into front-back locking pole  21  precisely, so that body  8  of model  100  is formed between head piece  1  and foot piece  4 . The assembling process is done. Since this model  100  uses left hand  6  to support right hand  7  to hold stick  5  to hit the puck, left hand  6  extends backward. Thus upper-right corner of back piece  3  sinks to form a left should opening  30 , to make sure that left arm  6  of front piece  2  extends backward. 
   Finally,  FIG. 4  and  FIG. 5  give the illustration of model  100 &#39;s motion and step-by-step explanation of rail motion peak  12  and waist motion rail  20 . In Step  1 , the distance between head  10  and body  8  is minimal. Thus, neck  11  is completely hidden inside front piece  2  and back piece  3 . Rail motion peak  12  locates at the bottom of waist motion rail  20 , i.e., the center bottom of body  8 . In Step  2 , head  10  of model  100  is pulled up by hand. Because of body  8  and foot piece  4 &#39;s weight, the distance between head  10  and body  8  gets larger. Thus some of neck  11  is pulled out. At the same time, rail motion peak  12  is dragged up along waist motion rail  20 . Since the upper part of waist motion rail  20  is to the upper-left corner of front piece  2 , and head  10  of model  100  can only move vertically, not rotation, body  8  of model  100  will spin clockwise, ready to hit the puck. Finally, in Step  3 , push head  10  of model  100  back. The distance between head  10  and body  8  is minimal again. Rail motion peak  12  is pushed back together following waist motion rail  20 . Body  8  of model  100  is then spin back counter-clockwise, thus hitting the puck. The speed and direction of the hit depends on the height that head  10  of model  100  is pulled up by hand, as well as the position and speed when head  10  is pushed back. 
   The model  100  that is illustrated above uses left hand  6  to support right hand  7  to hold stick  5  to hit the puck. The other implementation is to use right hand  7  to support left hand  6  to hold stick  5  to hit the puck. To allow this invention to be applied to both left-hand hockey players as well as right-hand players, just make a mirror model of front piece  2  of model  100 , i.e., switch left hand  6  and right hand  7 , as well as change waist motion rail from upper-left to center bottom to from upper-right to center bottom. The assembling process and operation remains unchanged. Thus makes model  100  looks more real. 
   From the illustration above we can see that, based on the new design of this invention, by using some simple internal mechanisms, body  8  of model  100  can spin to hit the puck. This is a breakthrough in the simulation, and adds much fun to the hockey model  100  game.