LACROSSE HEAD POCKET AND RELATED METHOD OF MANUFACTURE

摘要

A lacrosse head pocket and a related method of manufacture are provided to facilitate consistent, repeatable and/or custom manufacture of lacrosse equipment. The pocket can be constructed from multiple different sections joined with one another, or can be knitted, weaved or otherwise assembled on an automated assembly machine from strands, and/or can be formed as a unitary textile material having regions/sections with different physical and/or mechanical properties. The pocket can be integrally molded within portions of a lacrosse head to eliminate manually constructed connections between the pocket and lacrosse head. The lacrosse head can be integrally molded with a lacrosse handle to provide a one-piece unitary lacrosse stick. Related methods of manufacturing also are provided.

主权项

1. A method of making a lacrosse pocket comprising:
providing a perimeter strand; providing a first strand and a second strand twisted in at least one of a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction to form a first ply, and a third strand twisted with the first ply in a direction opposite the at least one of a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction forming the first ply, thereby forming a body strand resistant to unravelling; mechanically manipulating the body strand with an automated pocket assembly machine during an automated process to form a lacrosse pocket body including a predefined, three dimensional, concave shape; mechanically manipulating the perimeter strand with the automated pocket assembly machine during the automated process, simultaneously with the mechanical manipulating of the body strand, to form a perimeter flange around at least a portion of the lacrosse pocket body, whereby the lacrosse pocket is formed without direct manual human manipulation of the perimeter strand and the body strand during the mechanically manipulating steps.