ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,847, issued on Nov. 25.
"Apparatus for improving and fine-tuning the scoring skills of a hockey player" was invented by Jean Marc Cyr (Oshawa, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for use in conjunction with a goal having a frame defining an opening is provided. The apparatus includes at least two movable blockers adapted to selectively define a target space within the opening. First and second blockers are perpendicular and mounted on portions of the frame. The first blocker has a pair of opposed horizontal first free edges defining a first free space between the first free edges and movable in a vertical direction to ...