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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2003
Gary Filice, Moorpark, CA (US);
Dean E. Meyer, Oakbrook, IL (US);
Larry Carlson, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Scot Brown Herbst, Douglas, MI (US);
Gary Filice, Moorpark, CA (US);
Dean E. Meyer, Oakbrook, IL (US);
Larry Carlson, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Scot Brown Herbst, Douglas, MI (US);
Easton Sports, Inc., Van Nuys, CA (US);
Abstract
A handle for sports equipment such as a lacrosse or hockey stick including cushioning and grip ribs. In one embodiment, the shaft of the handle defines one or more regions of reduced diameter or thickness such as, in one embodiment, a plurality of elongate longitudinal grooves extending around the periphery thereof in spaced-apart relationship. Interior cushioning ribs are defined in the region of the grooves by a layer of cover or coating material which is applied to the surface of the shaft and fills the grooves. In another embodiment, the shaft includes tapered regions in the shaft and the layer of cover or coating material fills the tapered regions to define cushioning ribs.