# US 10,357,692 B1 · Lacrosse head with asymmetrical cross-struts > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,357,692 B1 - Document ID: US10357692B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/138,072 - Filed: 2018-09-21 - Granted: 2019-07-23 - Earliest claimed: 2018-09-21 - Assignees: East Coast Dyes, Inc. - Applicants: East Coast Dyes, Inc. - Inventors: Hamilton Sean Michael Whitney; Gregory Kenneally; Brian Schaaf - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10357692B1 ## CPC - A63B 49/02: Frames - A63B 59/20: having means, e.g. pockets, netting or adhesive type surfaces, for catching or holding a ball, e.g. for lacrosse or pelota - A63B 2049/0211: {with variable thickness of the head in a direction perpendicular to the string plane} - A63B 2102/14: Lacrosse - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) ## Abstract A frame of a lacrosse head includes a ball stop, a scoop, a left sidewall, and a right sidewall. Each of the left and right sidewalls includes a top rail, a bottom rail, a first cross-strut extending between the top and bottom rails thereof, and a second cross-strut extending between the top and bottom rails thereof. The second cross-struts are disposed closer to the ball stop than the first cross-struts. The second cross-strut of the left sidewall is longer than the first cross-strut of the left sidewall and extends from the top rail to the bottom rail in the direction of the scoop to the ball stop. The second cross-strut of the right sidewall is longer than the first cross-strut of the right sidewall and extends from the bottom rail to the top rail in the direction of the scoop to the ball stop. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lacrosse head comprising: a frame including a ball stop, a scoop opposing the ball stop, a left sidewall, and a right sidewall opposing the left sidewall, the left sidewall and the right sidewall being integrally formed with and extending between the ball stop and the scoop, wherein each of the left sidewall and the right sidewall includes a top rail and a bottom rail spaced apart from the top rail, and wherein each of the left sidewall and the right sidewall includes a first cross-strut integrally formed with and extending between the top rail and the bottom rail thereof and a second cross-strut integrally formed with and extending between the top rail and the bottom rail thereof, the second cross-struts being disposed closer to the ball stop than the first cross-struts, and wherein the second cross-strut of the left sidewall is longer than the first cross-strut of the left sidewall and extends from the top rail to the bottom rail in a direction from the scoop to the ball stop, and wherein the second cross-strut of the right sidewall is longer than the first cross-strut of the right sidewall and extends from the bottom rail to the top rail in the direction from the scoop to the ball stop. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The lacrosse head of claim 1, wherein the first cross-strut of the left sidewall extends from the top rail to the bottom rail in the direction from the scoop to the ball stop, and wherein the first cross-strut of the right sidewall extends from the top rail to the bottom rail in the direction from the scoop to the ball stop. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The lacrosse head of claim 1, wherein the first cross-strut and the second cross-strut of the left sidewall do not intersect with each other. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The lacrosse head of claim 3, wherein the first cross-strut and the second cross-strut of the right sidewall do not intersect with each other. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The lacrosse head of claim 1, wherein the first cross-strut of the left sidewall and the first cross-strut of the right sidewall are the same length. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The lacrosse head of claim 5, wherein the second cross-strut of the left sidewall and the second cross-strut of the right sidewall are the same length. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The lacrosse head of claim 1, wherein each of the bottom rails of the left sidewall and the right sidewall include a plurality of holes therethrough for attaching a netting to the frame. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The lacrosse head of claim 7, wherein the scoop includes a plurality of holes therethrough for attaching the netting to the frame. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The lacrosse head of claim 1, wherein the frame further includes a throat extending from the ball stop portion in a direction away from the scoop, the throat forming a socket. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The lacrosse head of claim 1, wherein each of the left sidewall and the right sidewall includes a third cross-strut integrally formed with and extending between the top rail and the bottom rail thereof and a fourth cross-strut integrally formed with and extending between the top rail and the bottom rail thereof, the third and fourth cross-struts being disposed closer to the ball stop than the second cross-struts. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The lacrosse head of claim 10, wherein the third cross-strut and the fourth cross-strut of the left side wall intersect with each other at a left intersection point and the third cross-strut and the fourth cross-strut of the right side wall intersect with each other at a right intersection point. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The lacrosse head of claim 11, wherein a webbing extends from the left intersection point to the bottom rail of the left sidewall and from the left intersection point to the top rail of the left sidewall, and a webbing extends from the right intersection point to the bottom rail of the right sidewall and from the right intersection point to the top rail of the right sidewall. ### Claim 13 A lacrosse head comprising: a frame including a ball stop, a scoop opposing the ball stop, a left sidewall, and a right sidewall opposing the left sidewall, the left sidewall and the right sidewall being integrally formed with and extending between the ball stop and the scoop, wherein each of the left sidewall and the right sidewall includes a top rail and a bottom rail spaced apart from the top rail, and wherein each of the left sidewall and the right sidewall includes a first cross-strut integrally formed with and extending between the top rail and the bottom rail thereof and a second cross-strut integrally formed with and extending between the top rail and the bottom rail thereof, the second cross-struts being disposed closer to the ball stop than the first cross-struts, and wherein a first pattern of the first cross-strut and the second cross-strut of the left sidewall is asymmetric relative to a second pattern of the first cross-strut and the second cross-strut of the right sidewall with the right sidewall having a first flex point and the left sidewall having a second flex point, the first flex point being disposed closer to the ball stop than the second flex point, such that the frame is configured to twist during a face-off in order to trap a lacrosse ball between the left sidewall and the right sidewall and push the lacrosse ball towards the ball stop of the frame, and wherein the first cross-strut of the left sidewall and the first cross-strut of the right sidewall are the same length and the second cross-strut of the left sidewall and the second cross-strut of the right sidewall are the same length. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The lacrosse head of claim 13, wherein the second cross-strut of the left sidewall is longer than the first cross-strut of the left sidewall and extends from the top rail to the bottom rail in a direction from the scoop to the ball stop, and the second cross-strut of the right sidewall is longer than the first cross-strut of the right sidewall and extends from the bottom rail to the top rail in the direction from the scoop to the ball stop. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The lacrosse head of claim 13, wherein the first cross-strut of the left sidewall extends from the top rail to the bottom rail in a direction from the scoop to the ball stop, and wherein the first cross-strut of the right sidewall extends from the top rail to the bottom rail in the direction from the scoop to the ball stop. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The lacrosse head of claim 13, wherein the first cross-strut and the second cross-strut of the left sidewall do not intersect with each other and the first cross-strut and the second cross-strut of the right sidewall do not intersect with each other. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The lacrosse head of claim 13, wherein the scoop and each of the bottom rails of the left sidewall and the right sidewall include a plurality of holes therethrough for attaching a netting to the frame. ### Claim 18 A lacrosse head comprising: a frame including a ball stop, a scoop opposing the ball stop, a left sidewall, and a right sidewall opposing the left sidewall, the left sidewall and the right sidewall being integrally formed with and extending between the ball stop and the scoop, wherein each of the left sidewall and the right sidewall includes a top rail and a bottom rail spaced apart from the top rail, and wherein each of the left sidewall and the right sidewall includes a cross-strut integrally formed with and extending between the top rail and the bottom rail thereof, the cross-strut of the left sidewall extending from the top rail to the bottom rail in a direction from the scoop to the ball stop and the cross-strut of the right sidewall extending from the bottom rail to the top rail in the direction from the scoop to the ball stop, and wherein the cross-strut of the left sidewall is directly opposed to the cross-strut of the right sidewall, and no other cross-struts cross over each of the cross-struts of the left sidewall and the right sidewall. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The lacrosse head of claim 18, wherein the cross-struts of the right and left sidewalls are first cross-struts and wherein each of the left sidewall and the right sidewall further includes a second cross-strut integrally formed with and extending between the top rail and the bottom rail thereof, the first cross-struts being disposed closer to the ball stop than the second cross-struts. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The lacrosse head of claim 18, wherein the cross-strut of the left sidewall is a first cross-strut and wherein the left sidewall further includes a second cross-strut integrally formed with and extending between the top rail and the bottom rail thereof. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The lacrosse head of claim 20, wherein the first cross-strut of the left sidewall is longer than the second cross-strut of the left sidewall. ### Claim 22 (depends on 18) The lacrosse head of claim 18, wherein the cross-strut of the left sidewall and the cross-strut of the right sidewall are the same length. ### Claim 23 (depends on 18) The lacrosse head of claim 18, wherein the scoop and each of the bottom rails of the left sidewall and the right sidewall include a plurality of holes therethrough for attaching a netting to the frame. ### Claim 24 (depends on 18) The lacrosse head of claim 18, wherein the frame further includes a throat extending from the ball stop portion in a direction away from the scoop, the throat forming a socket. ### Claim 25 (depends on 18) The lacrosse head of claim 18, wherein a first pattern of the left sidewall is asymmetric relative to a second pattern of the right sidewall with the right sidewall having a first flex point and the left sidewall having a second flex point, the first flex point being disposed closer to the ball stop than the second flex point, such that the frame is configured to twist during a face-off in order to trap a lacrosse ball between the left sidewall and the right sidewall and push the lacrosse ball towards the ball stop of the frame.