Raymond C Rude

US Patent:

43032389, Dec 1, 1981

Filed:

Feb 9, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/876208

Inventors:

Raymond C. Rude - Reno NV

Assignee:

Arcadia Air Products - Sparks NV

International Classification:

A63B 508

US Classification:

272 66

Abstract:

A diver's springboard comprises a top plate having a flat upper surface which extends between a base end and a tip end of the board. A plurality of longitudinally extending, spaced parallel ribs are connected to the underside of the top plate and define a plurality of downwardly opening longitudinal spaces. The ribs are displaced outwardly from either side of a longitudinal centerline of the top plate. An upwardly opening channel-shaped torsion brace is anchored to the underside of the top plate and extends longitudinally of the top plate between the innermost ones of the ribs. A plurality of elongate openings are formed through the top plate in a selected area of the top plate upper surface which extends from a location proximately adjacent to the tip end of the board for a selected distance along the board toward its base end. The openings are formed through the top plate between the innermost ribs and the longitudinal edges of the top plates. The openings have their elongate extents aligned parallel to the centerline.