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Lacrosse head with separable partsLacrosse head with separable parts description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080026883, Lacrosse head with separable parts. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001]This application is a Continuation application which claims benefit of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/459,844 filed Jul. 25, 2006, entitled "Lacrosse Head With Separable Parts" which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. [0002]A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material that is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever. [0003]All patents and publications described or discussed herein are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0004]It will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that lacrosse is a fast growing sport. It will further be appreciated that lacrosse sticks, which comprise a lacrosse head and a handle, are essential to playing a game of lacrosse. The lacrosse head is a collection, catching, or basket-type, element that attaches to the end of the handle. The lacrosse head is usually molded from polymers, such as duPont Xytel brand nylon. The lacrosse head has an open, or upper, side for catching and discharging a ball and a lower side to which a net or pocket is attached for holding the ball. Traditionally, a lacrosse head has a throat section that includes a ball stop for impacting a ball and a socket for receiving the handle. Traditionally, sidewalls are integrally form to the throat section proximate the ball stop and are integrally form to a scoop, or lip, distal from the throat section. [0005]In the game of lacrosse, the lacrosse head, in combination with the handle, is used to catch the ball, hold the ball, and pass or shoot the ball. To this end, there have been several attempts to improve the lacrosse head and handle components of the lacrosse stick in order to enhance the playing of lacrosse. [0006]For example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,723,134 discloses the use of a multi-component lacrosse stick head having overlays strategically located on the base structure of the lacrosse head. The base structure in this patent is of solid unitary structure that includes overlays attached to various locations in the unitary base structure. As such, this patent does not facilitate the individual replacement of the structural components of the lacrosse head. [0007]Also, U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0058758 discloses a lacrosse head having a frame and an articulated member moveably coupled to the frame. This member depends from the sides of the lacrosse head wherein the scoop sidewalls and throat of this lacrosse head are an inseparable structural unit. [0008]These and other patents fail to recognize the utility in a lacrosse head having separable sections such that individual sections of the lacrosse head and stick can be individually replaced as various components weaken, fail, or are redesign with future improvements. Further, these patents fail to recognize the benefits of having different parts of the lacrosse head made of differing materials. [0009]What is needed, then, is a lacrosse stick that comprises separable pieces such that various elements of a lacrosse head and stick can be individually separated from one another. Further, this needed lacrosse stick can have at least two separable pieces that can be individually disassembled and replaced as the need arises. This improved design can allow for customization of the lacrosse stick, including various aspects of a lacrosse head and lacrosse handle that correspond to a specific user's needs. Additionally, an individual user can customize their lacrosse stick for individual usages, such as reconfiguring the lacrosse stick for a practice or game situations, and to better facilitate a skills competition or other desired modifications. This improved design can also allow for various traditional lacrosse pockets to be pre-strung such that if a pocket breaks within the course of usage, the entire lacrosse stick does not have to be replaced or restrung at that point. This improved design also allows for easier molding and production of parts from the same or differing materials. This improved design allows a user to be able to place a desired scoop, pocket, sidewall, throat, and stick in differing combinations. This improved design allows the construction of an open sidewall using a much simpler molding or winding process. This improved design provides rotating upper and/or lower rails to improve ball control, improve pocket control, and increase pocket depth. This needed lacrosse stick is presently lacking in the art. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0010]The present invention relates generally to lacrosse sports equipment. More particularly, the present invention relates to an improved lacrosse stick. [0011]Disclosed herein is lacrosse stick comprising a lacrosse head and a handle. The lacrosse comprises a scoop removably attached to a throat. The scoop and the throat can be disassembled from one another to allow replacement of the individual components of the lacrosse head. Also included is a lacrosse head comprising a throat, a scoop, and first and second sidewalls connecting the throat to the scoop. Each sidewall includes a top support spaced from the bottom support. At least one removable stanchion can be spaced between one of the top supports and one of the bottom supports. [0012]The lacrosse head can comprise a throat, first and second sidewalls connected to the throat, and a scoop connected to the first and second sidewalls. The scoop further includes a molded first armature attached to a second molded armature wherein the second molded armature can be positioned substantially between the first molded armature and the throat. [0013]The lacrosse stick can comprise a lacrosse head integrally connected to the handle. The throat of the lacrosse head can be molded with the handle such that the handle can be inseparable from the throat. [0014]In a preferred embodiment, the lacrosse head comprises a throat removably attached to a scoop. The throat and scoop are removably attached to one another to facilitate the separation of the components of the lacrosse head. Also, included are first and second sidewalls each including a throat end and a scoop end. The throat end of each sidewall can be removably attached to the throat and the scoop end of each sidewall can be removably attached to the scoop. As such, in this embodiment, the throat, the first and second sidewalls, and the scoop are removably attached to one another. Additionally, the first and second sidewalls can be rotatively attached to the throat and the scoop. As such, the individual sidewalls can rotate relative to the throat or rotate relative to the scoop. Preferably the sidewalls can rotate relative to both the throat and the scoop. [0015]In an alternative embodiment, the first and second sidewalls further include a top and a bottom support. Each top support can be rotatively attached to the scoop and to the throat and each bottom support can be rotatively attached to the scoop and to the throat. [0016]The scoop includes a first end having first top and bottom fasteners and a second end having second top and bottom fasteners. The throat includes a first end having first top and bottom fasteners and a second end having second top and bottom fasteners. The first top support of the first sidewall can be rotatively attached to each first top fastener while the first bottom support of the first sidewall can be rotatively attached to each first bottom fastener. The second top support of the second sidewall can be rotatively attached to each second top fastener and the second bottom support of the second sidewall can be rotatively attached to each second bottom fastener. Additionally, each top support can be removably attached to the scoop and the throat independent of the attachment of each bottom support to the scoop and to the throat. Additionally, each top support can be rotatively attached to the scoop or to the throat independent of the rotatable attachment of each bottom support to the scoop or to the throat. [0017]Alternately, each sidewall can include at least one removable sidewall stanchion positioned between the top support and the bottom support. The removable sidewall stanchion can include at least one protuberance and either the top support or the bottom support can include at least one opening shaped to accept the protuberance. [0018]In an alternate embodiment, the scoop further includes a first molded armature attached to a second molded armature. The second molded armature can be positioned substantially between the first molded armature and the throat. The second molded includes a plurality of apertures positioned to secure threads to the lacrosse head pocket. [0019]In an alternate embodiment the lacrosse head further includes first and second top supports and first and second bottom supports positioned between the throat and the scoop. The first and second top supports are fixed to the throat and removably attached to the scoop while the first and second bottom supports are fixed to the scoop and removably attached to the throat. As such the combination of a removable scoop fixed to the bottom supports, wherein the bottom supports are removably attached to the throat, facilitates a quick replacement of a preassembled lacrosse pocket when the preassembled lacrosse pocket is attached to the removable scoop and bottom supports. The scoop and the bottom supports can be designed to correspond directly to top supports and a throat to result in an overall lacrosse head. [0020]The first and second bottom supports can include a plurality of apertures positioned to secure threads of a lacrosse pocket. [0021]It is therefore a general object of the present invention to provide a lacrosse stick having separable parts. Continue reading about Lacrosse head with separable parts... 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