Patent ID: 8052550

Claim:
A lacrosse head comprising: a base; a scoop; a pair of opposing sidewalls extending between said base and said scoop, each of said sidewalls being divisible into a forward portion and a rear portion; a throat portion extending rearwardly from said base for engagement with a lacrosse handle; an axis defined by a centerline of said throat portion extending generally between said scoop and said base, said axis not intersecting either of said opposing sidewalls; said sidewalls including an upper rim and a lower rim, said sidewalls flaring outwardly from said lower rims to said upper rims in said forward portion such that said lower rim is closer to said axis than said upper rim in said forward portion, said sidewalls flaring inwardly from said lower rim to said upper rim in said rear portion of said sidewalls such that said upper rim is closer to said axis than said lower rim in said rear portion; wherein said lower rim of said sidewalls in said rear portion has a bulbous section to assist in retaining a lacrosse ball in the head, said bulbous section formed by a first section of said lower rim of said sidewalls in said rear portion extending away from said axis and a second section of said lower rim of said sidewalls in said rear portion extending toward said axis.