Patent ID: 9421407
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A63B,A63K,E04H

Claim Text:
1. A starting block for swimming pools comprising: a base portion, constrainable to the perimetrical structure of the swimming pool at one head vertical wall of said swimming pool; an upper walkable portion, supported by said base portion and aligned with said head vertical wall of said swimming pool so as to be used as a platform by a swimmer; one or more handgrips, protruding from said base portion towards an internal part of said swimming pool and useable by a swimmer during starting stages of a swimming competition; and a support means for supporting feet of said swimmer, said support means being operatively connected to said starting block and provided with a moving system which allows said support means to move between an operating position, wherein said support means leans against said head vertical wall so as to form a step which is inclined with respect to said head vertical wall and facing upwards, and a rest position, wherein said support means is outside the swimming pool and does not represent an obstacle for swimmers who are inside said swimming pool or on said starting block wherein said support means is made up of a plate constrained to said starting block by means of belts, and wherein said belts are in turn constrained to said starting block through a bar rotatably connected to a support framework removably constrained to said starting block so that, after a swimmer starts, said support means can be manually and easily removed from said starting block.