Abstract: A lacrosse head for attachment to a lacrosse stick includes a shaft section with an opening for coaxially accommodating the lacrosse stick therein along a longitudinal centerline, a front surface of the shaft section defining a first plane. The lacrosse head also includes two sidewalls extending divergently from the shaft section and including a throat section, curving rearwardly with respect to the shaft section, and a flare-out section flaring further outward from the throat section, with a scoop connecting the two sidewalls distally from the shaft section. A front surface of the flare-out section lies in a second plane, which is rearwardly offset from and parallel to the first plane. The shaft section includes two attachment holes oriented perpendicularly with respect to the longitudinal centerline and configured for accommodating an attachment device for securing the lacrosse head onto the lacrosse stick inserted into the opening in the shaft section.

Abstract: An elasticized retaining panel for an absorbent garment has a stretch axis and a cross axis normal to the stretch axis, the panel including an outer web, an inner web overlying the outer web, and an elastic web disposed between the outer and inner webs and bonded thereto. The elastic web includes a plurality of stretch strands extending parallel to the stretch axis and a plurality of support strands extending parallel to the cross axis. The support strands and stretch strands define a plurality of intersection points at which the support strands and the stretch strands are joined together. The stretch strands are elastically extendible along the stretch axis and are extended relative to the outer and inner webs parallel to the stretch axis for exerting an elastically contractile force on the outer and inner webs. The support strands are generally unextended relative to the inner and outer webs parallel to the cross axis.