Lacrosse pocket
OwnerArianna Correll, Steven Kennedyinventors
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a mesh netting for a lacrosse head permits the production of reproducible three-dimensional shapes for lacrosse head pockets. The mesh netting may form a self-supporting three-dimensional shape, as knit, prior to being attached to a lacrosse head, and the mesh netting may be able to maintain its three-dimensional shape without additional materials, such as a coating, being added to the stands which form the netting. A three-dimensional warp knitting machine may be used to manufacture the mesh netting.
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A mesh netting for use as a pocket on a lacrosse head, the mesh netting comprising:
- a plurality of fibers knitted together to form interconnected strands of a mesh netting, the mesh netting including a plurality of openings between the strands;
- the mesh netting having a scoop end, a ball stop end, and two opposed sides running from the ball stop end to the scoop end;
- wherein at least a subset of the strands forms a region of the mesh netting which has a three-dimensional shape, and, when lying flat, the region is able to maintain its three-dimensional shape against the force of gravity without support from anything other than strands of the mesh netting as knit.
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A method of manufacturing a mesh netting for a lacrosse stick head, the method comprising:
- warp knitting fibers to form a mesh netting, the mesh netting including interconnected strands and a plurality of openings between the strands;
- the mesh netting having a scoop end, a ball stop end, and two opposed sides running from the ball stop end to the scoop end;
- wherein
- a region of the mesh netting has a three-dimensional shape, and, when the mesh netting lies flat, the region is able to maintain its three-dimensional shape against the force of gravity without support from anything other than fibers of the mesh netting as knit.
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A mesh netting for use as a pocket on a lacrosse head, the mesh netting comprising:
- a plurality of fibers knitted together to form interconnected strands which form a mesh netting made of a single, continuous piece of mesh material, the mesh netting including a plurality of openings between the strands;
- the mesh netting having a scoop end, a ball stop end, and two opposed sides running from the ball stop end to the scoop end;
- wherein
- within the mesh netting as knit, a first opening of the plurality of openings has a different perimeter length than a second opening of the plurality of openings, and the first opening is aligned laterally with the second opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.