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US 2018/0001168 A1Published application
Lacrosse head
AssigneeCascade Maverik Lacrosse, LLC
InventorsSteven Kennedy, Nicholas Colville, Jesse Newman, Jefferey Colburn, David Williams
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Abstract
Aspects disclosed herein relate to lacrosse heads and sidewalls thereof. The sidewalls include struts which reduce weight and/or reduces stresses which can lead to fatigue failure. In some embodiments, two struts are arranged on the sidewall such that abut each other and have a similar angle in the ball stop end to scoop end direction of the sidewall, but the two struts cross over each other in a side-to-side direction. When force is applied in a certain direction, one of the struts may be primarily in compression, while its companion strut may be primarily in tension.
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A lacrosse head comprising:
- a scoop end, a ball stop end, and first and second sidewalls, wherein the first sidewall includes a first top rail and a first bottom rail;
- a first strut connected to the first top rail and the first bottom rail, the first strut having a longitudinal axis;
- a second strut connected to the first top rail and the first bottom rail, the second strut having a longitudinal axis, the first and second struts being directly connected along at least a portion of their lengths;
- the lacrosse head having a vertical centerline plane which extends longitudinally from the ball stop end to the scoop end;
- wherein an orthogonal projection of the longitudinal axes of the first and second struts onto the vertical centerline plane results in two projection lines which are substantially parallel to one another;
- and
- the longitudinal axes of the first and second struts are not parallel to one another.
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A lacrosse head comprising:
- a scoop end, a ball stop end, and first and second sidewalls, wherein the first sidewall includes a top rail and a bottom rail, the first sidewall top rail has a top rail inner surface, and the sidewall bottom rail has a bottom rail inner surface;
- the lacrosse head having a vertical centerline plane which extends longitudinally from a the ball stop end to the scoop end;
- a first unitary strut connected to the top rail and the bottom rail, the first unitary strut having first and second inwardly-facing surfaces facing generally toward the vertical centerline plane;
- wherein
- the first inwardly-facing strut surface connects to the top rail at a first connection location and connects to the bottom rail at a second location;
- the first connection location is positioned outwardly from the top rail inner surface by a distance d1;
- the second connection location is positioned either at the bottom rail inner surface or outwardly from the bottom rail inner surface by a distance d2 that is less than distance d1;
- the second inwardly-facing strut surface connects to the top rail at a third connection location and connects to the bottom rail at a fourth connection location;
- the fourth connection location is positioned outwardly from the bottom rail inner surface by a distance d4;
- the third location is positioned either at the top rail inner surface or outwardly from the top rail inner surface by a distance d3 that is less than distance d4.
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A lacrosse head comprising:
- a scoop end, a ball stop end, and first and second sidewalls, wherein the first sidewall includes a top rail and a bottom rail, the sidewall top rail has a top rail inner surface, and the sidewall bottom rail has a bottom rail inner surface;
- the lacrosse head having a vertical centerline plane which extends longitudinally from the ball stop end to the scoop end;
- a first strut connected to the top rail and the bottom rail, wherein the first strut connects to the top rail at a first connection location and connects to the bottom rail at a second location;
- the first connection location is positioned outwardly from the top rail inner surface relative to the vertical centerline plane;
- a second strut connected to the top rail and the bottom rail, wherein the second strut connects to the top rail at a third connection location and connects to the bottom rail at a fourth location;
- and
- the fourth connection location is positioned outwardly from the bottom rail inner surface relative to the vertical centerline plane;
- wherein
- the first and second struts are directly connected to one another within zero to five millimeters of the top rail and within zero to five millimeters of the bottom rail.
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