Patent ID: 8500577

Claim:
A lacrosse head pocket comprising: a throat tie having a throat tie end; a plurality of cross pieces; an elongate single layer runner connecting the plurality of cross pieces to one another and to the throat tie, the elongate single layer runner constructed from a polymeric material molded over the throat tie and the plurality of cross pieces so that the polymeric material encapsulates at least a portion of the throat tie end and at least a portion of the plurality of cross pieces, the elongate single layer runner having at least one of a chamfered contact surface and a rounded contact surface, at least a portion of the at least one of a chamfered contact surface and a rounded contact surface forming a ball receiving channel, the ball receiving channel being generally centrally located in a lacrosse head to which the pocket is joined, the at least one of a chamfered contact surface and a rounded contact surface oriented to contact a lacrosse ball, wherein the elongate single layer runner constructed from the polymeric material is transverse to the plurality of cross pieces, and wherein at least one cross piece extends laterally beyond the single layer runner and terminates at an end, wherein the at least one of a chamfered contact surface and a rounded contact surface forming a ball receiving channel are located on a first side of the single layer runner, wherein the end of the at least one cross piece is located on and extends laterally beyond a second side of the single layer runner, the second side being opposite the first side and being opposite the ball receiving channel.