Patent ID: 9616308
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. A lacrosse goal practice target comprising: a) an elongate planar body having a top portion, a bottom portion, and two opposing outwardly facing planar sides, the two opposing outwardly facing planar sides being defined by a common perimeter, the perimeter being configured to resemble a full sized planar projection of a lacrosse player holding a lacrosse goaltender stick, the outwardly facing planar sides further defining indicia thereon to further illustrate the lacrosse player, the elongate planar body being composed essentially of a flexible resilient material that is configured to absorb shock of incoming lacrosse balls thrown at the target; and b) a rotatable coupling attached to the top portion of the elongate planar body, the rotatable coupling being configured to attach to a central region of a cross member of a lacrosse goal, the rotatable coupling and elongate planar body being configured to rotate 360 degrees about a vertical axis from the coupling without being removed from the lacrosse goal to permit the outwardly facing planar sides to be oriented at any desired rotational angle with respect to the lacrosse goal, and further wherein the bottom portion of the elongate planar body is unattached to the lacrosse goal and permitted to deflect when impacted by an incoming lacrosse ball to absorb energy from the incoming lacrosse ball c) the coupling further includes a linear adjustment such that the lacrosse goal practice target can be translated along a length of the cross member of the lacrosse goal in addition to being rotated about the vertical axis.