Patent ID: 7547261

Claim:
A method of forming a lacrosse head, comprising: determining a configuration for the lacrosse head, including a pair of opposing sidewalls, a scoop, and a throat adapted to engage at least one sidewall of a lacrosse handle, said lacrosse head having a ball receiving side for receiving a lacrosse ball and an opposing ball retention side, said lacrosse head including a plurality of net attachments for attachment to a netting structure, said sidewalls each including an open frame, said open frame being constructed so that each sidewall defines at least one opening for decreasing the amount of material used to form the sidewalls, and thus the lacrosse head, thereby decreasing the overall weight of the lacrosse head; selecting generally predetermined locations in the lacrosse head to locate separately formed first and second reinforcement members, said reinforcement members being formed as elongated bars; selectively positioning said first reinforcement member in a first location in a mold to correspond to one of said generally predetermined locations; and selectively positioning said second reinforcement member in a second location in the mold to correspond to another of said generally predetermined locations, said second location being distal from said first location; molding the lacrosse head out of a plastic material through an injection molding process such that said first and second reinforcement members are insert molded within the lacrosse head in said first and second locations, said first and second reinforcement members terminating short of said lacrosse handle without extending into the at least one sidewall of the lacrosse handle; wherein said first and second reinforcement members provide increased strength to the head and minimize flexibility during play.