US Patent Issued to Vaughan Rody on Oct. 27 for "Method and device for hockey puck face-off training" (Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,610, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Vaughan Rody (Lake Stevens, Wash.).

"Method and device for hockey puck face-off training" was invented by Vaughan Rody (Lake Stevens, Wash.) and James Roy (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hockey puck face-off training device and method are provided. The hockey faceoff practice device includes a hopper-style feeder capable of holding hockey pucks. The hopper-style feeder ensures a constant supply of the hockey pucks during a hockey faceoff training. The device includes a gripper hand configured to pick and hold a hockey puck supplied from the hopper-style feeder, and release ...