# US 5,067,726 A · Lacrosse stick head with a throat wall rib and ball stop member

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- Number: US 5,067,726 A
- Document ID: US5067726A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/628,419
- Filed: 1990-12-14
- Granted: 1991-11-26
- Earliest claimed: 1990-12-14
- Assignees: Sports Licensing, Inc.
- Inventors: William H. Brine, III; Peter J. Brine
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5067726A

## CPC

- A63B 59/20: having means, e.g. pockets, netting or adhesive type surfaces, for catching or holding a ball, e.g. for lacrosse or pelota
- A63B 49/02: Frames
- A63B 2049/0211: {with variable thickness of the head in a direction perpendicular to the string plane}
- A63B 2102/14: Lacrosse
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

A lacrosse stick head comprising a frame and netting attached to the frame, the frame comprising a throat wall, a side wall extending from the throat wall, and a lip portion joined to an end of the side wall, the netting being configured to define a ball pocket, a rib on the throat wall extending inwardly therefrom, and a ball stop member secured to said throat wall with an edge of said ball stop member adjacent said rib.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A lacrosse stick head comprising a frame and netting attached to said frame, said frame comprising a throat wall, side wall means extending from said throat wall, and a lip portion joined to an end of said side wall means remote from said throat wall, said netting being configured to define a ball pocket, rib means on said throat wall extending inwardly therefrom, and a ball stop member secured to said throat wall with an edge of said ball stop member adjacent said rib means.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The lacrosse stick head in accordance with claim 1 in which rib means extend inwardly from interior surfaces of said side wall means and said throat wall rib means comprises a continuation of said side wall rib means.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The lacrosse stick head in accordance with claim 2 in which said side wall means comprise first and second side walls and said side wall rib means comprise first and second side wall rib means, said throat rib means comprising a continuation of said first and second side wall rib means.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The lacrosse stick head frame in accordance with claim 1 in which said ball stop member comprises a resilient pad.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The lacrosse stick head frame in accordance with claim 4 in which said resilient pad is adhesively secured to said throat wall.

### Claim 6

The lacrosse stick head frame in accordance with claim in which said throat wall rib means is disposed proximate an upper edge of said throat wall.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The lacrosse stick head frame in accordance with claim 6 wherein said throat wall rib means comprises a flange-like protrusion extending from an interior surface of said throat wall and substantially normal thereto.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The lacrosse stick head frame in accordance with claim 7 wherein said throat wall is of molded plastic material and said rib means are molded integrally with said throat wall.