Patent ID: 9636558
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. A removable cover for a lacrosse stick having a shaft with a first end having a netted head attached thereto and a second free end, opposite therefrom, comprising: a cap configured and dimensioned for mounting on the second free end of the shaft of the lacrosse stick, wherein said cap is cup-shaped and comprises a planar bottom wall with an outer peripheral edge and a generally tubular upstanding side wall having a first end and a second end, said first end of said side wall being attached to said outer peripheral edge of said bottom wall; and a flexible, resilient membrane-like tubular sheath which is configured and dimensioned to be rolled over itself to form a rolled configuration and having two opposite ends, one of which is coupled to said second end of said side wall of said cap and the other of which defines a free end, wherein said tubular sheath is dimensioned and configured so that it can be unrolled longitudinally onto and along the shaft of the lacrosse stick with said cap abutting and mounted on the second free end of the shaft of the lacrosse stick and said tubular sheath being dimensioned and configured to afford a tight friction fit over the shaft of the lacrosse stick when unrolled and which can be rolled longitudinally in the opposite direction along the shaft of the lacrosse stick towards the second free end of the lacrosse stick and said cap, to permit removal of said cover from the lacrosse stick and wherein said bottom wall and said side wall of said cap have a thickness which is greater than the thickness of said tubular sheath.