Patent ID: 9370702
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: A63B

Claim Text:
1. A lacrosse training aid for releasably attaching a free end of a shaft of a lacrosse stick without a netted head to a resistance source, comprising: first and second coupling members rotationally connected together, for releasably attaching a free end of a shaft of a lacrosse stick without a netted head to a resistance source, said first coupling member being coupled to said resistance source and said second coupling member being releasably coupled to said free end of said shaft of said lacrosse stick, wherein said second coupling member has a lateral sidewall and a screw hole defined in said lateral sidewall, generally adjacent a first end of said second coupling member, and wherein said shaft of said lacrosse stick has an upper portion adjacent to said free end thereof and wherein at least a portion of said second coupling member adjacent to said first end thereof defines a bore therein having an inner closed end and an opposite second open end, such that said bore opens outwardly solely towards said first end of said second coupling member, said bore being configured and dimensioned for releasable receipt of said upper portion of said shaft of said lacrosse stick therein; wherein one of said first and said second coupling members has a head portion having a lower surface and a generally cylindrically-shaped recessed male end portion extending outwardly from said lower surface of said head portion and the other of said first and said second coupling members has an upper surface having an outer peripheral edge, and an open-ended, generally cylindrically-shaped female bore defined therein which is spaced inwardly from said outer peripheral edge of said upper surface, said female bore being configured and dimensioned for 360° rotational receipt of said male end portion therein with said lower surface of said head portion abutting said upper surface of said other of said first and said second coupling members, to permit said first and said second coupling members to rotate 360° relative to each other about a longitudinally extending axis of rotation; wherein when said upper portion of said shaft of said lacrosse stick is received within said bore, said free end of said shaft of said lacrosse stick is disposed generally adjacent to said inner closed end of said bore and is enclosed within said bore; and said training aid further comprises a screw, and wherein said upper portion of said shaft of said lacrosse stick has a lateral sidewall and a screw hole is defined in said lateral sidewall of said upper portion of said shaft, generally adjacent said free end, and wherein said screw extends through said screw hole in said lateral sidewall of said second coupling member and said screw hole in said lateral sidewall of said shaft of said lacrosse stick, to releasably couple said shaft of said lacrosse stick to said second coupling member.