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Lacrosse practice tethered assembly

Lacrosse practice tethered assembly description/claims

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/994,967, filed Sep. 25, 2007 and entitled “Lacrosse Practice Tethered Assembly”. The field of invention is the sport of lacrosse, and specifically a device for use when practicing lacrosse stick skills.

Lacrosse is a sport of growing popularity. The number of participants and teams has increased rapidly over recent years. At present, players typically practice the sport by throwing a lacrosse ball back and forth with each other. An individual player may also throw a ball against a wall to himself/herself or against a spring net. The person may practice shots on goal by simply throwing a ball into an empty lacrosse net.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to allow an individual user to practice their lacrosse sticks skills such as scooping the lacrosse ball, passing the lacrosse ball, catching the lacrosse ball, negotiating bouncing lacrosse balls, goal tending and shooting lacrosse balls on goal. In one embodiment, a lacrosse practice tethered assembly comprises a fastener loop, an elastic cord, and a lacrosse ball. The fastener loop comprises a strap that comprises a fastener on opposite ends of the strap that may be releasably secured to each other to form a loop. The elastic cord is secured to the fastener loop on one end of the cord and the lacrosse ball on the second end of the cord, wherein the elastic cord comprises braided elastic strands within a yarn sheath. The fastener loop may comprise hook and loop fasteners on opposite ends of the strap. The lacrosse ball may comprise a hole bored therethrough and the elastic cord secured to the ball by inserting the cord through the hole in the ball. The length of the elastic cord may be at least about eight feet, or alternatively between about seven to ten feet, or still further alternatively, between about six to twelve feet in length. The elastic cord may have a diameter in the range of 1/16 and 5/32 of an inch. The yarn sheath may be comprised of a composition selected from the group consisting of polyester, nylon and polypropylene. In one embodiment, the elastic cord is 104 inches long and 3/32 of an inch in diameter and has a polyester yarn sheath.

In another embodiment, the lacrosse practice tethered assembly described herein may be attached to a lacrosse stick wherein the fastener loop is removably secured to the shaft of a lacrosse stick. The fastener loop may alternatively be removably secured to the head of the lacrosse stick. Still further alternatively, the fastener loop may be removably secured to the mesh portion of the head of the lacrosse stick or proximate to the top of the head of the lacrosse stick.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a lacrosse practice tethered assembly in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a lacrosse practice tethered assembly further attached to the top of a head component of a lacrosse stick.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a lacrosse practice tethered assembly attached to the top of a lacrosse stick shaft adjacent to the head of the lacrosse stick.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a lacrosse practice tethered assembly attached to the mesh portion of a lacrosse stick head.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a lacrosse practice tethered assembly attached to the bottom of a lacrosse stick shaft.

The present invention is directed to a lacrosse practice tethered assembly that includes a fastener loop, an elastic cord, and a lacrosse ball. The elastic cord is connected to the fastener loop and to the lacrosse ball. The fastener loop is further adapted to be secured to a lacrosse stick. A player may then use the lacrosse practice tethered assembly to practice lacrosse stick skills such as scooping the lacrosse ball, passing the lacrosse ball, catching the lacrosse ball, negotiating bouncing lacrosse balls, shooting lacrosse balls on goal, goal tending and other lacrosse stick skills to be discovered. The lacrosse practice tethered assembly can be attached to and detached from any part of the lacrosse head or stick.

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