Patent ID: 9539457
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. A pole vault landing system comprising: a base section; and a cutout section positioned laterally adjacent to the base section, the cutout section comprising a top and a bottom surface, the bottom surface of said cutout section comprising a recess extending into the bottom surface of said cutout section toward the top surface of said cutout section, wherein the recess is dimensioned to receive a pole vault box collar such that when the cutout section is placed over a pole vault box and over a pole vault box collar, the pole vault box collar is received in the recess in the cutout section and the bottom surface of the cutout section is substantially flush with the ground surrounding the pole vault box; wherein the recess is defined by outer and inner rear side edges, outer left and outer right side edges, inner left and inner right side edges, and front left and front right side edges, wherein the outer left and outer right side edges are parallel to one another and separated by a distance Y; wherein the outer and inner rear side edges of the recess are parallel to one another and separated by a distance; and wherein the inner left and inner right side edges of the recess extend outwardly at an obtuse angle from left and right ends of the inner rear side edges, respectively, towards the front left and front right side edges, and wherein the inner left and inner right side edges connect at respective ends to ends of the outer left and right side edges, opposite the inner rear side edges, such that the recess forms a “U”-Shape.