Starting block for swimming pools

摘要

Herein described is a starting block (10) for swimming pools comprising a base portion (12), constrainable to the perimetrical structure of the swimming pool at one of its head vertical walls, an upper walkable portion (14), supported by the base portion (12) and aligned with the head vertical wall of the swimming pool so as to be used as a platform by a swimmer, and one or more handgrips (16), protruding from the base portion (12) towards the internal part of the swimming pool and useable by the swimmer during the starting stages of a swimming competition. To the starting block (10) there is operatively connected a means (18) for supporting the feet of the swimmer, provided with a moving system which allows such support means (18) to move between a first operating position and a second rest position, wherein such support means (18) is outside the swimming pool.

主权项

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.