Patent ID: 9616265
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. A padded pole vault box adapted to provide increased shock attentuation, comprising: a base pan adapted to be mounted in a pole vaulting runway, the base pan having a front edge and an opposing rear edge, the base pan having a pole slide descending in a downward direction from the front edge towards the opposing rear edge, the base pan having a plurality of opposing sidewalls that extend from the front edge to the opposing rear edge in an upward direction from the pole slide, the plurality of opposing sidewalls extending at an angle with respect to a horizontal axis that is in horizontal relation with respect to the pole slide; an end plate positioned at the rear edge of the base pan, the end plate including a rotational ledge and a stop board, the rotational ledge being positioned in conjunction with the pole slide, and the stop board being positioned in conjunction with the opposing sidewalls and the rear edge of the base pan, the stop board including a lower region adjacent to the rotational ledge and an upper region adjacent the lower region, the upper region of the stop board curving away from the lower region of the stop board, and the lower region of the stop board being positioned at an angle so as to extend outwardly in relation to the rotational ledge of the end plate; padded material covering at least a major portion of an exterior of the base pan and the end plate, the padded material adapted to cushion impact forces thereon; and a lip positioned at the front edge of the pole slide, the lip extending downwardly towards the bottom of the pole slide away from the front edge and sloping inwardly towards the pole slide at an acute angle that is formed by an axis passim through the lip and by the pole slide.