Lacrosse Head with Improved Features

Abstract

A lacrosse head for attachment to a lacrosse stick includes a shaft section with an opening for coaxially accommodating the lacrosse stick therein along a longitudinal centerline, a front surface of the shaft section defining a first plane. The lacrosse head also includes two sidewalls extending divergently from the shaft section and including a throat section, curving rearwardly with respect to the shaft section, and a flare-out section flaring further outward from the throat section, with a scoop connecting the two sidewalls distally from the shaft section. A front surface of the flare-out section lies in a second plane, which is rearwardly offset from and parallel to the first plane. The shaft section includes two attachment holes oriented perpendicularly with respect to the longitudinal centerline and configured for accommodating an attachment device for securing the lacrosse head onto the lacrosse stick inserted into the opening in the shaft section.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A lacrosse head for attachment to a lacrosse stick, the lacrosse head comprising:
 a shaft section including an opening for coaxially accommodating the lacrosse stick therein along a longitudinal centerline, a front surface of the shaft section defining a first plane;   two sidewalls extending divergently from the shaft section and defining a throat section and a flare-out section, the two sidewalls curving rearwardly with respect to the shaft section in the throat section and flaring further outward with respect to the longitudinal centerline in the flare-out section; and   a scoop connecting the two sidewalls distally from the shaft section, wherein a front surface of the flare-out section substantially lies in a second plane, the second plane being rearwardly offset from and parallel to the first plane, and   wherein the shaft section includes first and second attachment holes oriented perpendicularly with respect to the longitudinal centerline, each one of the first and second attachment holes being configured for accommodating an attachment device therein for securing the lacrosse head onto the lacrosse stick inserted into the opening in the shaft section.   
     
     
         2 . The lacrosse head of  claim 1 , wherein the first and second attachment holes are angled with respect to each other such that a first attachment device inserted into the first attachment hole becomes oriented at an angle that is not parallel to a second attachment device inserted into the second attachment hole. 
     
     
         3 . The lacrosse head of  claim 2 , wherein the first and second attachment devices are screws. 
     
     
         4 . The lacrosse head of  claim 1 , wherein the opening in the shaft section is octagonal in shape. 
     
     
         5 . The lacrosse head of  claim 1 , wherein each one of the two sidewalls comprise a forward rail and a rearward rail extending from the shaft section and tapering together into a single piece at the scoop. 
     
     
         6 . The lacrosse head of  claim 5 , further comprising at least two truss sections connecting the forward rail and the rearward rail on each one of the two sidewalls. 
     
     
         7 . The lacrosse head of  claim 6 ,
 wherein the at least two truss sections are located in the throat section,   wherein the at least two truss sections are further connected to each other by a reinforcement section, the reinforcement section running generally in parallel to the forward and rearward rails in the throat section, and   wherein one of the at least two truss sections is located in the flare-out section.   
     
     
         8 . The lacrosse head of  claim 5 , wherein each one of the forward and rearward rails has a pentagonal cross section through the flare-out section. 
     
     
         9 . The lacrosse head of  claim 5 , wherein the rearward rail of each one of the two sidewalls includes a plurality of holes for accommodating strings threaded therethrough to secure a part of a mesh thereon, the plurality of holes being configured such that the strings are protected from direct contact with a lacrosse ball carried within the lacrosse head and the mesh. 
     
     
         10 . The lacrosse head of  claim 9 , wherein each one of the plurality of holes in the rearward rail is diamond shaped. 
     
     
         11 . The lacrosse head of  claim 1 , wherein the scoop tapers from the two sidewalls into a thin lip toward the longitudinal centerline, and wherein an edge of the thin lip distal from the shaft lies rearward of the second plane. 
     
     
         12 . The lacrosse head of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of generally semicircular holes located in the scoop for accommodating strings threaded therethrough to secure a part of a mesh onto the lacrosse head, a curved section of each one of the semicircular holes being pointed toward the shaft section. 
     
     
         13 . The lacrosse head of  claim 1 , wherein the first and second planes are offset by at least ¼-inch. 
     
     
         14 . A lacrosse head for attachment to a lacrosse stick, the lacrosse head comprising:
 a shaft section including an opening for coaxially accommodating the lacrosse stick therein along a longitudinal centerline, a front portion of the shaft section defining a first plane;   two sidewalls extending divergently from the shaft section and defining a throat section and a flare-out section, the two sidewalls curving rearwardly with respect to the shaft section in the throat section and flaring further outward with respect to the longitudinal centerline in the flare-out section; and   a scoop connecting the two sidewalls distally from the shaft section,   wherein a front surface of the flare-out section substantially lies in a second plane, the second plane being rearwardly offset from and parallel to the first plane, and   wherein each one of the two sidewalls comprise a forward rail and a rearward rail extending from the shaft section and tapering together into a single piece at the scoop, each one of the forward and rearward rails having a pentagonal cross section through the flare-out section.   
     
     
         15 . The lacrosse head of  claim 14 , further comprising at least two truss sections connecting the forward rail and the rearward rail on each one of the two sidewalls, wherein the at least two truss sections are located in the throat section, and wherein the at least two truss sections are further connected to each other by a reinforcement section, the reinforcement section running generally in parallel to the forward and rearward rails in the throat section. 
     
     
         16 . The lacrosse head of  claim 15 , further comprising a third truss section connecting the forward and rearward rails on each one of the two sidewalls, wherein the third truss section is located in the flare-out section. 
     
     
         17 . The lacrosse head of  claim 14 , further comprising a plurality of generally semicircular holes located in the scoop for accommodating strings threaded therethrough to secure a part of a mesh onto the lacrosse head, a curved section of each one of the semicircular holes being pointed toward the shaft section. 
     
     
         18 . The lacrosse head of  claim 14 , wherein the first and second planes are offset by approximately 1-inch. 
     
     
         19 . The lacrosse head of  claim 14 , further comprising first and second attachment holes in the shaft section, the first and second attachment holes being oriented perpendicularly with respect to the longitudinal centerline, each one of the first and second attachment holes being configured for accommodating an attachment device therein for securing the lacrosse head onto the lacrosse stick inserted into the opening in the shaft section. 
     
     
         20 . The lacrosse head of  claim 19 , wherein the first and second attachment holes are angled with respect to each other such that a first attachment device inserted into the first attachment hole becomes oriented at an angle that is not parallel to a second attachment device inserted into the second attachment hole.