Patent ID: 9333405
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: A63B,B29C,B29K,B29L

Claim Text:
1. A mold for molding a pocket for a lacrosse head, the mold comprising: a mold base including a retaining portion adapted to retain and hold at least one of a lacrosse head and a pocket frame in a predefined location, the at least one of a lacrosse head and a pocket frame including a lowermost portion; a first molded pocket mold cavity portion defined by the mold base; a first slide defining a second molded pocket mold cavity portion; and a runner in fluid communication with the first molded pocket cavity portion; wherein the first slide is pivotable about a pivot axis so that the second molded pocket mold cavity portion moves along an arcuate pathway toward the first molded pocket mold cavity portion when the first slide is moved toward a closed mode from an open mode, wherein the pivot axis is located above the lowermost portion of the at least one of a lacrosse head and a pocket frame from a perspective where the at least one of a lacrosse head and a pocket frame is positioned horizontally and opens upward; wherein the first slide in the closed mode places the second molded pocket mold cavity portion adjacent the first molded pocket mold cavity portion to form at least a portion of a complete molded pocket cavity; wherein the runner is adapted to deliver a fluid material to the at least a portion of a complete molded pocket cavity to form at least a portion of a molded lacrosse pocket constructed from a network of molded strings integrally and monolithically formed with one another as a single piece unit.