Abstract: A hockey players gloves with attachable and removable weights in which the weights are insertable and removable from a pocket associated with the gloves. In certain embodiments, a portion of a blocking pad is positioned between the inserted weight and the surface of the pad adapted to engage or block a hockey puck that may be traveling at a relatively high rate of speed. In other embodiments, the weight is insertable and removable from a pocket formed in the cuff area of each glove. The gloves may be used both as a warm up aid for use just prior to a game or as a training aid during various practice periods. The pocket receiving the weight is provided with a closure and the weight is preferably metal and provided with a coating of resilient material, such as rubber or the like.

Abstract: A power translating circuit of the general kind utilized in transformer coupled transistor switching regulators has a source of DC, the primary of a transformer and a switching transistor in series. To protect the transistor from excessive power dissipation during its turnoff transition, a surge diverting path including a diode poled oppositely to the transistor is provided in parallel with the transistor, the diode being in forward conduction at the beginning of turnoff of the transistor and becoming back-biased as the transistor turns off, the reverse conductivity of the diode during its recovery serving as a temporary path diverting some of the power dissipation at turnoff away from the transistor.