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US 7,094,167 B2Granted
Pocket-dampening lacrosse head-method
AssigneeStx, LLC
InventorRichard B. C. Tucker, Sr.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for dampening the rebound of a lacrosse head pocket. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a frame having a thread hole and an aperture proximate to the thread hole. The aperture creates a moveable structure of the frame. The moveable structure encompasses at least a portion of the thread hole. The moveable structure is adapted to flex relative to the frame.
Claims20
A method for dampening a lacrosse head pocket comprising:
- forming a thread hole in a lacrosse head frame member, the thread hole disposed from a first face to a second face of the lacrosse head frame member;
- forming, proximate to the thread hole, an aperture from the first face to the second face of the lacrosse head frame member, the aperture separating the lacrosse head frame member into a moveable structure and a rigid frame structure, and the thread hole being disposed in at least a portion of the moveable structure;
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- attaching webbing of the lacrosse head pocket to the moveable structure.
1 more element
A method for dampening a lacrosse head pocket comprising:
- attaching webbing of the lacrosse pocket to at least one point on a lacrosse head frame member;
- and
- forming, proximate to the at least one point, an aperture in the lacrosse head frame member from a first face to a second face of the lacrosse head frame member, the aperture separating the lacrosse head frame member into a moveable structure and a rigid frame structure, and the at least one point being disposed in the moveable structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.