Starting block for runners

Details Starting block for runners Starting block for runners

1986-04-25

1988-07-05

Apley, Richard J.

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A63K 302

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047549653

ABSTRACT:
A starting block (10) for a runner to be used on a track having running lanes extending from a starting line (L) to a finish line including, a frame (11) for positioning in alignment with a running lane proximate to the starting line (L), fasteners (22) for maintaining the frame at a selected location on the track, a front pad (55) selectively attachable longitudinally of the frame and having a substantially horizontal surface (56) for supporting one foot of a runner in a standing position, and a rear pad (30) selectively attachable longitudinally of the frame and having an angularly upwardly extending surface (31) for engagement by the other foot of a runner in a standing position to assist in thrusting the runner across the starting line (L) in a running lane toward the finish line.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2004172 (1935-06-01), Widay
patent: 2937871 (1960-05-01), McCafferty
patent: 3401931 (1968-09-01), McCafferty et al.
patent: 3799542 (1974-03-01), Potgieter
patent: 4089519 (1978-05-01), Newton, Jr.
Hadar Manufacturing Co. (ad in Sporting Goods Dealer); p. 431; Jan. 1972.

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