US Patent Issued to Swiss Timing on June 17 for "Base plate for a swimming starting block, and base plate and starting block set" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,026, issued on June 17, was assigned to Swiss Timing Ltd (Corgemont, Switzerland).

"Base plate for a swimming starting block, and base plate and starting block set" was invented by Frederic Choffat (Alle, Switzerland), Christophe Grasso (Bienne, Switzerland), Andre Zanetta (Wavre, Switzerland) and Lukas Holzer (Studen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A base plate is to be fixed to the ground at the edge of a swimming pool. A starting block can be fixed on the base plate. The base plate includes in an inner cavity, measurement electronics with at least one force or motion sensor or at least one strain gauge, to provide a me...