US 12,330,026 B2
Base plate for a swimming starting block, and base plate and starting block set
Frederic Choffat, Alle (CH); Christophe Grasso, Bienne (CH); André Zanetta, Wavre (CH); and Lukas Holzer, Studen (CH)
Assigned to Swiss Timing Ltd, Corgemont (CH)
Filed by Swiss Timing Ltd, Corgemont (CH)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/805,271.
Prior Publication US 2023/0390625 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 5/10 (2013.01) [A63B 2220/51 (2013.01); A63B 2220/803 (2013.01); A63B 2220/833 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A base plate to be fixed to the ground at an edge of a swimming pool and on which a starting block can be fixed, the base plate comprising:
an upper portion and a lower portion that are directly connected to form an inner cavity, and in the inner cavity, measurement electronics with at least one force or motion sensor or at least one strain gauge, to provide a measurement signal according to a location of the starting block to a processor processing unit to determine one or more race parameters and/or to communicate wirelessly or wired to a base station or a timing station, wherein the upper portion includes a planar upper face and the planar upper face includes internal threads configured to receive screws extending downward from a lowest surface of the starting block.