Canstar Sports Group Inc.

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Steven G Wagner

The invention relates to a protective gear having a primary front protective pad and a rear protective pad, the front and rear pads being flexibly connected to one another and being adjustable relative to one another. This allows the primary front protective pad to extend to a greater or lesser extent downwardly over the player's abdomen, so as to accommodate the desired positioning of the front protective pad on the player's body. The protective gear also has arm sections that are adjustable in length to permit desired positioning on the player's arms. In a variant, the protective gear of the invention also has an adjustable secondary front pad which is attached to the primary front pad and the rear pad and which is configured to cover the player's upper chest and clavicle areas. The protective gear according to the invention is particularly useful for ice hockey players and particularly goaltenders.

Hockey goaltender's body pad with size adjustment

The goaltender's blocker has an angled upper area, with the inside edge of the blocker being raised more than the outside edge. The angled upper area thus angles outwardly away from the plane of the rest of the blocking pad, and also towards the outside edge. One result of this configuration is that when the goaltender is in the usual upright position with the blocker oriented generally upright, a puck which hits the angled portion of the blocker will be deflected outwardly, i.e. toward the corner of the hockey rink, instead of rebounding in front of the net where a goal may be scored by an offensive player.

Hockey goaltender's blocker with angled upper area

A boat mooring apparatus which includes a pair of identical boat frames adapted to be mounted on the edge of a dock with straps extending between the ends of each respective boat frame, under tension. A quick release device is provided on the frame for slackening the straps to allow the boat to be brought closer to the dock for boarding. The boat can be moored by means of lines brought against the snubbing apparatus which keeps the boat spaced from the dock to avoid unnecessary damage thereto.

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Kitchener, Canada

Steven G Wagner