# US 2007/0004541 A1 · Offset lacrosse head

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- Number: US 2007/0004541 A1
- Document ID: US20070004541A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 11/200,004
- Filed: 2005-08-10
- Published: 2007-01-04
- Earliest claimed: 2004-08-12
- Assignees: Stx, LLC
- Inventors: Joel Price; Richard Tucker
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20070004541A1

## CPC

- 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 60/34: with the handle axis different from the main axis of the implement
- A63B 53/023: {adjustable angular orientation}
- A63B 2102/14: Lacrosse
- A63B 2210/50: Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention provides an offset lacrosse head comprising a shaft, a collar, and a head. The collar defines an opening that receives the shaft. The head has a juncture. The juncture defines a socket that receives the collar, and the socket and the shaft are non-concentric. In a further aspect of this embodiment, the shaft has a shaft axis, the opening of the collar has an opening axis, the socket of the juncture has a socket axis, and at least one of the socket axis, the opening axis, and the shaft axis is offset, when viewed from a side elevation of the lacrosse stick facing an exterior of a sidewall of the head.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A lacrosse stick comprising:
a shaft;
a collar defining an opening that receives the shaft; and
a head having a juncture, the juncture defining a socket that receives the collar, and the socket and the shaft being non-concentric.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The lacrosse stick of claim 1, the shaft having a shaft axis, the opening of the collar having an opening axis, the socket of the juncture having a socket axis, and at least one of the socket axis, the opening axis, and the shaft axis being offset, when viewed from a side elevation of the lacrosse stick facing an exterior of a sidewall of the head.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The lacrosse stick of claim 2, the socket axis being offset from the opening axis.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The lacrosse stick of claim 2, the opening axis and the shaft axis being coincident.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The lacrosse stick of claim 2, the socket axis being offset from the opening axis by one of approximately 1.5° and approximately 3°.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The lacrosse stick of claim 1, the collar having a first end and a second end, the shaft entering the opening at the first end, and the opening rising from the first end to the second end within the collar, when viewed from a side elevation of the head facing an exterior of a sidewall of the head, with the ball receiving side of the head facing upwards.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The lacrosse stick of claim 6, the collar having a lowermost wall, the thickness of the lowermost wall increasing from the first end to the second end.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The lacrosse stick of claim 7, the collar having an uppermost wall, the thickness of the uppermost wall decreasing from the first end to the second end.

### Claim 9 (depends on 2)

The lacrosse stick of claim 2, the exterior of the collar defining an exterior collar axis, and the exterior collar axis and the socket axis being coincident.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The lacrosse stick of claim 1, further comprising a fastener disposed in aligned openings through the shaft, the collar, and the head.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The lacrosse stick of claim 10, the fastener comprising a quick-release fastener.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The lacrosse stick of claim 1, the shaft secured to the collar by a friction fit, and the collar secured to the head by a friction fit.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The lacrosse stick of claim 12, the collar comprising an elastic and compressible material that stretches over the shaft and compresses within the head.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The lacrosse stick of claim 13, the collar comprising an elastomer.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The lacrosse stick of claim 1, the shaft and the opening having one of an octagonal shape, an oval shape, a teardrop shape, an asymmetrical shape, and a cylindrical shape.

### Claim 16 (depends on 2)

The lacrosse stick of claim 2, the collar comprising a first collar, the socket axis being offset from the opening axis at a first angle, and the lacrosse stick further comprising:
a second collar, the second collar defining a second opening adapted to receive the shaft, the second opening having a second opening axis, and
when the shaft is received in the second collar,
the second opening axis and the shaft axis are coincident, and
the socket axis is offset from the second opening axis at a second angle different from the first angle of the first collar, and
when viewed from a side elevation of the lacrosse stick facing an exterior of a sidewall of the head,
the first collar and the second collar being interchangeable between the shaft and the head.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The lacrosse stick of claim 16, the first collar having indicia of the first angle and the second collar having indicia of the second angle.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The lacrosse stick of claim 17, the indicia of the first collar and the second collar comprising one of different numerals and different colors.

### Claim 19 (depends on 16)

The lacrosse stick of claim 16, further comprising:
a third collar, the third collar defining a third opening adapted to receive the shaft, the third opening having a third opening axis, and
when the shaft is received in the third collar,
the second opening axis, the shaft axis, and the socket axis are coincident, when viewed from a side elevation of the lacrosse stick facing an exterior of a sidewall of the head, and
the first collar, the second collar, and the third collar being interchangeable between the shaft and the head.

### Claim 20 (depends on 1)

The lacrosse stick of claim 1, the shaft further comprising an adapter that reduces the cross-sectional area of the shaft to fit within the opening of the collar.

### Claim 21 (depends on 1)

The lacrosse stick of claim 1, the head further comprising a pocket.

### Claim 22

A collar for connecting a lacrosse stick shaft to a lacrosse stick head, the collar comprising:
a first end face defining a first end of an opening adapted to receive an end of the shaft;
a second end face having a wall adapted to restrain the end of the shaft within the opening; and
a longitudinal body, the longitudinal body having an exterior longitudinal surface defining an exterior collar axis,
the opening extending from the first end face to the wall of the second end face and defining an opening axis, and
the exterior collar axis being offset from the opening axis, when viewed from a side elevation view according to which the collar connects the shaft to the head, the side elevation view facing an exterior of a sidewall of the head.

### Claim 23 (depends on 22)

The collar of claim 22, the longitudinal body having an uppermost wall and a lowermost wall when viewed from the side elevation, the uppermost wall decreasing in thickness from the first end face to the second end face, and the lowermost wall increasing in thickness from the second end face to the second end face.

### Claim 24 (depends on 22)

The collar of claim 22, the exterior collar axis being offset from the opening axis by one of approximately 1.5° and approximately 3°.

### Claim 25 (depends on 22)

The collar of claim 22, further comprising a quick-release coupling disposed in a fastener opening defined by the longitudinal body, the fastener opening adapted to align with aligned openings in the shaft and the head.

### Claim 26 (depends on 22)

The collar of claim 22, the longitudinal body having one of an octagonal shape, an oval shape, a teardrop shape, an asymmetrical shape, and a cylindrical shape.

### Claim 27 (depends on 22)

The collar of claim 22, the collar comprising an elastic and compressible material adapted to stretch over the shaft and compress within the head.

### Claim 28 (depends on 27)

The collar of claim 27, the collar comprising an elastomer.

### Claim 29 (depends on 22)

The collar of claim 22, the exterior longitudinal surface and the opening being non-concentric.

### Claim 30

A lacrosse stick head comprising:
a frame; and
a juncture attached to the frame, the juncture having an exterior longitudinal surface that defines a first axis, the juncture having a socket that defines a second axis, and the second axis being offset from the first axis, when viewed from a side elevation of the head facing an exterior of a sidewall of the head.

### Claim 31 (depends on 30)

The lacrosse stick head of claim 30, the second axis being offset from the first axis by one of approximately 1.5° and approximately 3°.

### Claim 32 (depends on 30)

The lacrosse stick head of claim 30, the juncture having a first end adapted to receive a shaft in the socket, the first end on a side of the juncture opposite the frame, and the socket rising within the juncture in a direction from the first end toward the frame, when viewed from the side elevation of the head facing the exterior of a sidewall of the head, with the ball receiving side of the head facing upwards.

### Claim 33 (depends on 32)

The lacrosse stick head of claim 32, the juncture having an uppermost wall and a lowermost wall when viewed from the side elevation, the uppermost wall decreasing in thickness from the first end toward the frame, and the lowermost wall increasing in thickness from the first end toward the frame.