Tape and methods of attaching tape to a head of a lacrosse stick
OwnerBritton Paige Spiveyinventor
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Abstract
Methods of attaching a tape to a head of a lacrosse stick. The tape includes a first side that is attached to the head, and an opposing second side with a number of different sections each with different frictional coefficient values. A first section may include a low friction coefficient value and is configured to be positioned along an outer edge of the head to facilitate sliding the head along the ground. A second section includes a higher coefficient value and is configured to be positioned along an inner side of the head to contact against the lacrosse ball to facilitate ball control. The tape is configured to be used with a lacrosse stick, but may also be used in various other contexts.
Claims19
A method of preparing a lacrosse stick comprising:
- aligning an elongated tape along a beam of a head of the lacrosse stick, the beam extending across a distal end of the head, the tape including a length measured between first and second ends and a width measured between opposing first and second lateral sides;
- aligning a first width section of the tape along an outer side of the beam, the first width section extending inward from the first lateral side;
- aligning a second width section of the tape along an inner side of the beam, the second width section extending inward from the second lateral side;
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- attaching the tape to the beam and limiting the placement of the second width section to the inner side of the beam;
- the first and second width sections extending in a non-overlapping arrangement across the width of the tape and along the length of the tape;
- the first width section including a lower friction coefficient value than the second width section and the outer side of the beam.
A method of preparing a lacrosse stick comprising:
- attaching an elongated tape to a beam of a head of a lacrosse stick, the tape including a first section along a first portion of the width that has a lower friction coefficient and a second section along a second portion of the width that has a higher friction coefficient;
- the first section of the tape attached over an outer side of the head of the lacrosse stick;
- the second section of the tape attached over just an inner side of the head of the lacrosse stick without extending over the outer side.
A method of preparing a lacrosse stick, the lacrosse stick including a frame that includes a beam and opposing sidewalls that form at least a portion of a pocket, the method comprising:
- aligning a tape with the beam, the tape having an outer side and an inner side and a width measured between opposing first and second lateral sides, the outer side having a first portion of the width that extends inward from the first lateral side having a lower coefficient value than an outer side of the beam and a second portion of the width that extends inward from the second lateral side of the tape having a higher coefficient value than the first portion;
- contacting the inner side of the tape against the beam and attaching the tape to the beam with the first portion exposed along the outer side of the beam and over an edge of the beam formed between the outer side and an inner side of the beam, and the second portion exposed along just the inner side of the beam;
- the first and second portions extending in a non-overlapping arrangement across the width of the tape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.