IP Library Granted Patent US 12,649,092
Granted Patent B2
US 12,649,092 · App. 18/897,908 · Granted Jun 9, 2026

Lacrosse head removal and installation tool

Inventor: James Stephen Stanton (Jamesville, NY)
A63B59/20B25B27/02B25D1/16A63B2102/14
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,649,092
App. No.
18/897,908
Filed
Sep 26, 2024
Granted
Jun 9, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3715
USPC
473/153
Abstract

A lacrosse head removal and installation tool includes a generally cuboid body and a handle joined to the body. The body has a first end and a second end, sidewalls, and a c-shaped channel formed longitudinally through the body. The handle in joined to one of the sidewalls of the body midway between the first end and the second end.

Claims (12)

1 . A lacrosse head removal and installation tool, comprising:

a unitary body including:

a substantially cuboid portion with sidewalls and a c-shaped channel formed longitudinally therethrough, the substantially cuboid portion having

a first end and

a second end having an arcuate surface with a radius of curvature corresponding to the radius of curvature of a lacrosse ball; and

a handle adjoined to one of the sidewalls midway between the first end and the second end.

2 . The lacrosse head removal and installation tool of claim 1 , wherein the handle has a bulbous end opposite the substantially cuboid portion.

3 . The lacrosse head removal and installation tool of claim 1 , wherein the first end has a substantially planar surface.

4 . The lacrosse head removal and installation tool of claim 1 , wherein the second end has a substantially planar surface.

5 . The lacrosse head removal and installation tool of claim 1 , wherein the c-shaped channel conforms to a lacrosse stick.

6 . The lacrosse head removal and installation tool of claim 1 , wherein the substantially cuboid portion has rounded edges.

7 . The lacrosse head removal and installation tool of claim 1 , wherein the c-shaped channel is configured to conform to and receive a lacrosse stick shaft.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63585344 · Sep 26, 2023
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