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US 12,447,384 B2Granted
Lacrosse stick head mounting system
OwnerGarth Thompsoninventor
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Abstract
A lacrosse stick head has a protrusion at a base of the lacrosse stick head, which internally mounts to the lacrosse stick handle or pole. The protrusion has an angled end, which makes contact with the angled end of the wedged end cap. The protrusion and the wedged end cap are drawn together via a screw through the centerline of the lacrosse stick head and mated to a threaded wedged end cap, creating a wedging force internal to the lacrosse stick handle or pole, and uniting of the lacrosse stick head to the lacrosse stick handle or pole.
Claims13
A lacrosse stick head mounting system comprising:
- a protruding end extending from a base of a lacrosse stick head and passing directly through a throat of and being internal to a handle of a lacrosse stick, the protruding end having an angled end and comprising a wedge tightening screw tunnel extending from the base, the lacrosse stick head having a head longitudinal axis, and the base of the lacrosse stick head contacting the handle directly;
- a wedge tightening screw insertable into the wedge tightening screw tunnel through the base of the lacrosse stick head, the head of the wedge tightening screw recessed into the base of the lacrosse stick head;
- and
- a wedge end cap internal to the handle of the lacrosse stick and comprising an end cap and threads to tighten the wedge tightening screw, the angled end of the protruding end to contact the end cap of the wedge end cap, wherein the protruding end of the lacrosse stick head, the wedge tightening screw, and the wedge endcap being insertable directly into an end of the handle of the lacrosse stick along a head base longitudinal axis substantially coaxial with the head longitudinal axis and, as the wedge tightening screw is tightened through the threads of the wedge end cap, the wedge cap tightening screw to draw the wedge end cap towards the angled end of the protruding end of the lacrosse stick head, to move the wedge end cap into an offset position relative to the protruding end of the lacrosse stick head, and to wedge the protruding end of the lacrosse stick head and the wedge endcap inside of the handle and without overlap of the lacrosse stick head with the handle external to the handle,
- wherein a cross-section of the handle comprises one of:
- square,
- triangular,
- oval, and
- polygon;
- and
- wherein an angle of the angled end relative to a head longitudinal axis comprises one of:
- 30°, and
- 45°.
10 more elements
A lacrosse stick comprising:
- a lacrosse stick head having a base;
- a handle;
- and
- a lacrosse stick head mounting system, comprising
- a protruding end extending from a base of a lacrosse stick head and passing directly through a throat of and being internal to a handle of a lacrosse stick, the protruding end having an angled end and comprising a wedge tightening screw tunnel extending from the base, the lacrosse stick head having a head longitudinal axis, and the base of the lacrosse stick head contacting the handle directly;
- a wedge tightening screw insertable into the wedge tightening screw tunnel through the base of the lacrosse stick head, the head of the wedge tightening screw recessed into the base of the lacrosse stick head;
- and
- a wedge end cap internal to the handle of the lacrosse stick and comprising an end cap and threads to tighten the wedge tightening screw, the angled end of the protruding end to contact the end cap of the wedge end cap, wherein the protruding end of the lacrosse stick head, the wedge tightening screw, and the wedge endcap being insertable directly into an end of the handle of the lacrosse stick along a head base longitudinal axis substantially coaxial with the head longitudinal axis and, as the wedge tightening screw is tightened through the threads of the wedge end cap, the wedge cap tightening screw to draw the wedge end cap towards the angled end of the protruding end of the lacrosse stick head, to move the wedge end cap into an offset position relative to the protruding end of the lacrosse stick head, and to wedge the protruding end of the lacrosse stick head and the wedge endcap inside of the handle and without overlap of the lacrosse stick head with the handle external to the handle,
- wherein a cross-section of the handle comprises one of:
- square,
- triangular,
- oval, and
- polygon;
- and
- wherein an angle of the angled end relative to a head longitudinal axis comprises one of:
- 30°, and
- 45°.
14 more elements
A lacrosse stick comprising:
- a lacrosse stick head having a base;
- a handle;
- and
- a lacrosse stick head mounting system including a fastener to pass directly through a throat of the handle and to attach the lacrosse stick head directly to the handle through the base of the lacrosse stick head and internal to the handle of the lacrosse stick without overlap of the lacrosse stick head with the handle external to the handle, and the base of the lacrosse stick head contacting the handle directly,
- wherein a cross-section of the handle comprises one of:
- square,
- triangular,
- oval, and
- polygon;
- and
- wherein an angle of an angled end relative of the fastener to a head longitudinal axis comprises one of:
- 30°, and
- 45°.
10 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.