Patent ID: 7955199

Claim:
A lacrosse head, comprising: (a) a throat portion comprising a stop member at a forward end and a socket portion at a rearward end; (b) a scoop portion; (c) a first sidewall having a top rail and a bottom rail that extend generally from the throat portion to the scoop portion; (d) a second sidewall having a top rail and a bottom rail that extend generally from the throat portion to the scoop portion; and (e) a central longitudinal axis extending through the mid-point of the scoop portion and the mid-point of the throat portion; (f) wherein the stop member is formed integrally with the throat portion, and wherein the forward-most point on the stop member that lies on the central longitudinal axis extends forwardly of an end of at least one of said top rail of either the first or second sidewall and said bottom rail of either the first or second sidewall.