Patent ID: 7749113
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: A63B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of forming a lacrosse head for attachment to a lacrosse handle, comprising: determining a configuration for the lacrosse head, which includes an open frame having a ball stop portion, a pair of opposing sidewalls, a scoop, and a throat portion, which is intended to receive a lacrosse handle; selecting a plastic material for the lacrosse head; selecting a generally predetermined location in said open frame for at least one reinforcement member to be disposed that is formed of a second non-plastic material; providing a mold having a first portion and a second portion which define a cavity therein when said first portion and said second portion are brought together, said cavity being in the shape of the lacrosse head; providing a consumable insert of said plastic material; coupling said consumable insert to said cavity; coupling said at least one reinforcement member to said consumable insert; injecting molten plastic into said cavity such that said consumable insert is subsumed and become part of the lacrosse head and wherein said at least one reinforcement member is disposed in the lacrosse head in said generally predetermined location.