US Patent Issued to SWISS TIMING on Nov. 11 for "Starting block or base plate with a supporting ledge device for a start of a backstroke race" (Swiss, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,833, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SWISS TIMING LTD (Corgemont, Switzerland).

"Starting block or base plate with a supporting ledge device for a start of a backstroke race" was invented by Christophe Grasso (Bienne, Switzerland), Frederic Choffat (Alle, Switzerland), Fabio Filieri (Reconvilier, Switzerland) and Camille Mairot (Le Valdahon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A starting block (1) including a supporting ledge device (10) for a start of a backstroke race. The supporting ledge device is at least partially integrated into the starting block. The supporting ledge device includes a support ledge (13) on which at leas...