Patent ID: 7727092

Claim:
A pocket for a head of a lacrosse stick, comprising: a plurality of runners extending generally in a longitudinal direction; a plurality of cross laces extending generally in a transverse direction; and a plurality of individual joint members, wherein each of the joint members is formed at an intersection of a runner and a cross lace such that the runner and the cross lace are secured to prevent their relative displacement at the intersection, wherein the plurality of runners comprises a first runner, a second runner, a third runner, and a fourth runner, and the pocket forms a lace pattern, wherein a first cross lace extends from a first joint member on the first runner to a second joint member on the second runner to a third joint member on the second runner and to a fourth joint member on the first runner, wherein a second cross lace extends from a fifth joint member on the fourth runner to a sixth joint member on the third runner to a seventh joint member on the third runner and to an eighth joint member on the fourth runner, wherein the first cross lace, in a portion of the first cross lace extending between the second joint member and the third joint member, engages with the second cross lace, in a portion of the second cross lace extending between the sixth joint member and the seventh joint member, such that the first and second runners are connected with the third and fourth runners, wherein the each joint member is separately formed of a material different from material of the runner and the cross lace, wherein the each joint member is discontinuous with remaining joint members of the plurality of joint members, and wherein the each joint member, at the intersection of the runner and the cross lace, encases the runner and the cross lace.