Patent ID: 7488266

Claim:
A lacrosse stick comprising: a handle comprising a main portion and a dowel portion, the main portion having a main portion axis and the dowel portion having a dowel portion axis, and the dowel portion axis being disposed downwardly at a first angle to the main portion axis, when viewed from a side elevation, the handle ending along the dowel portion axis at an end of the dowel portion; and a head comprising a throat portion and a frame portion, the frame portion upwardly canted with respect to the throat portion, when viewed from a side elevation, the throat portion of the head defining a socket that receives all or part of the dowel portion of the handle, the frame portion comprising a stop member, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a scoop connected to the first sidewall and the second sidewall opposite to the stop member, the head positioned such that no portion of the first sidewall and no portion of the second sidewall, when viewed from a face-up side elevation, is disposed below a line drawn parallel to and 2.75 inches below a tabletop line corresponding to a tabletop surface on which the lacrosse stick would rest if face down, the upward cant of the frame portion with respect to the throat portion starting along the upper edges of the first and second sidewalls at a location that is within approximately three inches from the end of the dowel portion when viewed from a side elevation and measured in a direction parallel to the dowel portion axis, the upward cant comprising an increase in the distance between the upper edges and the dowel portion axis measured perpendicularly to the dowel portion axis when viewed from a side elevation, the throat portion having a throat portion axis that is coincidental with the dowel portion axis, the frame portion having a frame portion axis that is disposed upwardly at a second angle to the throat portion axis when the head is viewed from a side elevation, and the frame portion axis comprising a line drawn from the midpoint of the end of the dowel portion axis and extending substantially parallel to an upper edge and a lower edge of the first sidewall along a portion of the length of the first sidewall, when viewed from a side elevation.