# US 10,806,973 B2 · 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 10,806,973 B2 - Document ID: US10806973B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/516,359 - Filed: 2019-07-19 - Published: 2020-03-26 - Granted: 2020-10-20 - 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/US10806973B2 ## 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 the left sidewall is disposed to the left of the ball stop when facing top edges of ball stop and scoop and the scoop is vertically above the ball stop and the right sidewall is disposed to the right of the ball stop when facing top edges of ball stop and scoop and the scoop is vertically above the ball stop, and 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 at least one cross-strut integrally formed with and extending between the top rail and the bottom rail thereof, and wherein the longest cross-strut of the at least one 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 longest cross-strut of the at least one cross-strut of the right sidewall 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 at least one cross-strut of the left sidewall includes a first cross-strut and a second cross-strut, the first cross-strut being the longest cross-strut and the first cross-strut being disposed closer to the ball stop than the second cross-strut. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The lacrosse head of claim 2, wherein the first cross-strut and the second cross-strut of the left sidewall do not cross over each other. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The lacrosse head of claim 1, wherein the longest cross-strut of the at least one cross-strut of the left sidewall and the longest cross-strut of the at least one cross-strut of the right sidewall are directly opposed to each other. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The lacrosse head of claim 1, 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. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The lacrosse head of claim 1, 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 7 (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 8 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 the left sidewall is disposed to the left of the ball stop when facing top edges of ball stop and scoop and the scoop is vertically above the ball stop and the right sidewall is disposed to the right of the ball stop when facing top edges of ball stop and scoop and the scoop is vertically above the ball stop, and 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 the right sidewall includes at least one cross-strut integrally formed with and extending between the top rail and the bottom rail thereof, and wherein the left sidewall includes at least 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 first cross-strut being longer than the second cross-strut and the first cross-strut being disposed closer to the ball stop than the second cross-strut, and 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 at least one cross-strut of the right sidewall extends from the bottom rail to the top rail in the direction from the scoop to the ball stop. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The lacrosse head of claim 8, wherein the first cross-strut and the second cross-strut of the left sidewall do not cross over each other. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The lacrosse head of claim 8, wherein the at least one cross-strut of the right sidewall and the first cross-strut of the left sidewall are directly opposed to each other. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The lacrosse head of claim 8, 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. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The lacrosse head of claim 8, 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 13 (depends on 8) The lacrosse head of claim 8, 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 14 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 the left sidewall is disposed to the left of the ball stop when facing top edges of ball stop and scoop and the scoop is vertically above the ball stop and the right sidewall is disposed to the right of the ball stop when facing top edges of ball stop and scoop and the scoop is vertically above the ball stop, and 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. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The lacrosse head of claim 14, 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 16 (depends on 14) The lacrosse head of claim 14, wherein the first cross-strut is longer than the second cross-strut and the first cross-strut is disposed closer to the ball stop than the second cross-strut. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The lacrosse head of claim 14, wherein the first cross-strut and the second cross-strut of the left sidewall do not cross over each other. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The lacrosse head of claim 14, 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. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The lacrosse head of claim 14, 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 20 (depends on 14) The lacrosse head of claim 14, 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.