Abstract: The inventive burn-guard for an interior car column includes the combination of a variable length clasp adapted for secure engagement, at two or more transverse locations, upon an interior column of an automobile, and a protective covering proportioned to simulate a factory-provided vertical column such that the clasp and covering in cooperate to protect selected vertical interior columns of an automobile from damage of various types. The system may be sold as a kit of its individual parts namely, the adjustable clasp and the column cover or they may be sold separately on a “mix-and-match” basis.

Abstract: A practice hockey puck is connected to the blade of a hockey stick by a removable elastic cord in such a way as not to alter the characteristics of either the hockey puck or the hockey stick. The puck and the tether are easily attached or removed from the hockey stick and in no manner is the stick altered. The device allows for an easy way of training and practicing stick handling and puck control without the need for a partner and without specialized equipment.