US 7,477,133 B2
	Starting gate and timing device
Jafar Abdulla Abdulkader, P.O. Box 29833, Safat, 13158 (Kuwait)
Filed on Jul. 23, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/896,973.
Prior Publication US 2006/0017230 A1, Jan. 26, 2006
Int. Cl. G08B 23/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 340—323R  [119/423; 273/445]

8 Claims

1. A starting gate for preventing false starts during an athletic event said starting gate comprising a plurality of levered restraints, a plurality of audio speakers with one of said speakers disposed on each of said restraints, means for positioning one of said restraints in front of each of a plurality of athletes with said audio speaker adjacent to an ear of an athlete and means for moving each of said restraints including one of said speakers out of the way of the athlete at the start of an athletic event and wherein said means for moving said restraint out of the way of an athlete simultaneously moves each of said restraints including said speakers out of the way of the athletes at the start of an event and which includes means for adjusting the volume on each of said speakers and which includes adjustment means for adjusting the height of the levered restraints with respect to the head of an athlete.