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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156574 | Helmet adjustment system A protective sport helmet, such as for lacrosse, includes a hard shell portion, a lining portion, and an adjustment mechanism. The inner side of the adjustment mechanism includes an adjustment protective pad. Together, the lining portion and the inner surface of the... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8141175 | Protective glove having contoured wrist guard A protective sports glove including a contoured wrist cuff that substantially shields a gap defined between adjacent portions of the protective sports glove, such as hand and cuff portions. The contoured wrist cuff can include a leading edge that contours forwardly ... | 03/27/2012 |
| D655362 | Lacrosse head | 03/06/2012 |
| D654974 | Lacrosse head | 02/28/2012 |
| D654129 | Hockey stick with tapered hosel | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109846 | Lacrosse head having marked measurement points A lacrosse head includes a ball stop (throat), a pair of opposing sidewalls, and a scoop. The sidewalls can include visible markings, or sets of indicia, on the front and/or on the rear of the head. The indicia can be located at 1.25, 3.0, and 5.0 inches from the ba... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108951 | Wearable protective body appliance A wearable protective body appliance for reducing the likelihood of injury to a wearer. One embodiment provides a wearable protective body appliance having an articulating protective shell assembly that includes one or more first shell members formed from a first ma... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8056150 | Helmet adjustment system A protective sport helmet, such as for lacrosse, includes a hard shell portion, a lining portion, and an adjustment mechanism. The inner side of the adjustment mechanism includes an adjustment protective pad. Together, the lining portion and the inner surface of the... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052550 | Lacrosse head A lacrosse head includes a base, a scoop, and a pair of sidewalls. The sidewalls include upper and lower rims and further include a dual flare configuration. The first flare is in a rear portion and is characterized by the upper rims of the sidewalls being spaced cl... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8029390 | Reinforced lacrosse head and related method of manufacture A reinforced lacrosse head having improved strength can include the following frame elements: a pair of opposing sidewalls each having a top end and a bottom end, a scoop extending between the sidewalls, a base extending between the bottom ends of the sidewalls, and... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8021250 | Lacrosse head having a ball stop A lacrosse head includes a ball stop having a bottom and side regions that transition at transition regions to head sidewalls, which are joined with a scoop of the head. The ball stop can include a longitudinal axis that extends toward the scoop. The transition regi... | 09/20/2011 |
| D645530 | Lacrosse head | 09/20/2011 |
| 8016701 | Lacrosse head A lacrosse head includes sidewalls having an open frame construction. The sidewalls include an upper rail and a lower rail, along with a cross member joined with the upper rail and the lower rail. The cross member defines multiple holes corresponding to multiple poc... | 09/13/2011 |
| D644282 | Lacrosse head | 08/30/2011 |
| 7993221 | Lacrosse head with sidewalls of asymmetrical height A lacrosse head in which one of the opposing sidewall portions is shortened by bringing its lower rim upward relative to the corresponding lower rim of the opposing sidewall. At the same time, the upper rim of each of the opposing sidewalls is maintained at the same... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992228 | Protective eyewear Protective eyewear includes a frame having a first and second opposing sides and an eye protector joined with the frame. A flexible strap is joined with the first and second sides of the frame. The strap extends around at least a portion of a player's head to positi... | 08/09/2011 |
| D642641 | Lacrosse pocket | 08/02/2011 |
| 7979918 | Protective covering A protective covering with a hard outer layer and a soft inner layer. The hard outer layer comprises a plurality of substantially rigid shape-retaining and interworking tiles anatomically conformed to a contoured object. The outer layer has sufficient flexibility to... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7972227 | Lacrosse handle with gripping structure A lacrosse handle including a gripping structure that provides a user with an improved grip of the handle. The gripping structure can provide tactile feedback regarding the precise positioning of the lower hand at a particular location between the top end and bottom... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7963866 | Lacrosse head A lacrosse head includes a base, a scoop, and a pair of sidewalls. The sidewalls include upper and lower rims and further include a dual flare configuration. The first flare is in a rear portion and is characterized by the upper rims of the sidewalls being spaced cl... | 06/21/2011 |
| D637672 | Lacrosse head | 05/10/2011 |
| 7931548 | Lacrosse head having a ball stop portion with lowered bottom surface A lacrosse stick including a lacrosse head attached to a handle, wherein the lacrosse head has a taller, or thicker, ball stop, wherein a portion of the ball stop portion is lowered with respect to the immediately adjacent portions of the sidewall portions relative ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7905801 | Lacrosse head having a ball stop A lacrosse head includes a ball stop having a bottom and side regions that transition at transition regions to head sidewalls, which are joined with a scoop of the head. The ball stop can include a longitudinal axis that extends toward the scoop. The transition regi... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7900275 | Protective sports glove with floating cuff portion A protective sports glove includes a free-floating subcuff for increased protection of a wearer's forearm and wrist. The glove also includes die cuts in the back portion that are configured to provide increased and more realistic flexibility. The glove also has incr... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900269 | No-slip protector A protector for protecting a wearer is disclosed herein. The protector includes a protection element extending along an axis between first and second ends. The protection element has an inner surface for at least partially contacting a wearer, an outer surface oppos... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7886370 | Protective chin pad assembly for sporting helmets and method of construction thereof A chin pad assembly and method of construction thereof provides an outer shell of plastics material having straps attached thereto and an inner cushion member attached to the shell independently of the straps. The shell has an outer surface and an inner surface prov... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7882576 | Protective athletic equipment A upper body protective garment for cushioning blows imparted upon the wearer's body includes a chest protector portion, a back protector portion, and a pair of telescopic shoulder protector portions. These protector portions preferably form a single integral unit. ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7861321 | Sports glove having protective knuckle segment A protective sports glove that includes a protective knuckle system introduced to the outside of the glove in the finger and thumb portions that includes a flexible base portion that is sewn or otherwise affixed to the underlying inner layer and located over a weare... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7841023 | Sports glove having finger knuckle protection system A protective sports glove having a protective finger knuckle system introduced to the back portion of the finger portions to cover the die cut regions of the pads corresponding to the knuckles of the fingers. The protective finger knuckle system includes a pair of c... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7836521 | Sports glove having finger knuckle protection system A protective sports glove having a protective finger knuckle system introduced to the back portion of the finger portions to cover a space formed between adjacent pads corresponding to the knuckles of the fingers. The protective finger knuckle system includes a cap ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7827625 | Protective athletic equipment A protective garment for a torso is disclosed herein. The protective garment includes a protector portion having an outer surface and an inner surface. The protective garment also includes a screen layer disposed below the outer surface. ... | 11/09/2010 |
| D626696 | Glove | 11/02/2010 |
| 7798923 | Lacrosse head with sidewalls of asymmetrical height A lacrosse head in which one of the opposing sidewall portions is shortened by bringing its lower rim upward relative to the corresponding lower rim of the opposing sidewall. At the same time, the upper rim of each of the opposing sidewalls is maintained at the same... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7797760 | Protective athletic equipment A upper body protective garment for cushioning blows imparted upon the wearer's body includes a chest protector portion, a back protector portion, and a pair of telescopic shoulder protector portions. The protective garment includes a variety of different designs fo... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7766772 | Lacrosse handle A handle for a lacrosse head is provided. The handle includes a hollow metal tube having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The hollow metal tube has a first end for communicating with a throat portion of a lacrosse head and a second end opposing the first... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7749113 | Lacrosse head with increased strength and playability characteristics A lacrosse head that is constructed of multiple different materials or components having different strength characteristics with the stronger materials or components located in predetermined locations to provide increased resistance to flex and/or breakage in those ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7730549 | Protective athletic equipment A protective garment for an arm is disclosed herein. The protective garment includes a protector portion having an outer surface and an inner surface. The protective garment also includes a screen layer disposed below the outer surface. ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7727457 | Lacrosse head and method of forming same A lacrosse head with improved weight and handling characteristics includes a frame element having a base portion, a scoop portion, and a pair of opposing sidewall portions extending between the base portion and the scoop portion. The frame element includes one or mo... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7727093 | Lacrosse head having a ball stop portion with lowered bottom surface A lacrosse stick including a lacrosse head attached to a handle, wherein the lacrosse head has a taller, or thicker, ball stop, wherein a portion of the ball stop portion is lowered with respect to the immediately adjacent portions of the sidewall portions relative ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7704171 | Reinforced lacrosse head A reinforced lacrosse head having improved strength includes a pair of opposing sidewall portions each having a top end and a bottom end, a scoop portion extending between the sidewall portions, a base portion extending between the bottom ends of the sidewall portio... | 04/27/2010 |
