Patent ID: 7357739

Claim:
A lacrosse-stick head comprising: an open frame including a throat, a pair of sidewalls, and a transverse wall connecting said throat to each one of said pair of sidewalls; said throat including two outer side surfaces, said throat intended to communicate with a lacrosse handle, said each one of said pair of sidewalls having an inner surface and an outer surface as defined by a center line of said lacrosse handle, said outer surface of one of said pair of sidewalls and a respective outer side surface of said throat defining an outer surface structure, said outer surface structure extending outward from a respective one of said two outer side surfaces of the throat and said one of said pair of sidewalls and connected by said transverse wall, wherein said outer surface structure is sized, shaped, and positioned for stably rolling a lacrosse ball along at least half of its length; wherein said one of said pair of sidewalls includes upper and lower arms and, for at least one pitch angle of the head, the upper and lower arms cooperate to simultaneously support a lacrosse ball throughout a first range of roll angles of the open frame and the adjacent outer side surface of the throat supports a lacrosse ball throughout a second range of roll angles of the open frame.