{"id":4601,"date":"2025-02-05T13:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T19:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=4601"},"modified":"2025-02-06T07:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T13:30:11","slug":"february-5-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=4601","title":{"rendered":"February 5, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On February 5, 1929, G. T. Bresnehan received U.S. Patent No. 1,701,026 on a Foot Support (a starting block for track runners):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"779\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-2.png 526w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-2-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>G.T. Bresnahan was a successful athlete at Sterling and the University of Wisconsin-Madison before becoming a highly successful collegiate (Iowa Hawkeyes) and Olympic Coach.  In addition to the adjustable starting block in the &#8216;026 patent, he received a nother patent (2144962) ten years later on another adjustable starting block: <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"523\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-4.png 523w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-4-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>and a patent (2,223,091) on a rubber-edged discuss.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"543\" height=\"822\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-5.png 543w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-5-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bresnahan and his discus co-inventer W.W. Tuttle literally wrote the book on track and field athletics:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-6.png 300w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-6-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 5, 1929, G. T. Bresnehan received U.S. Patent No. 1,701,026 on a Foot Support (a starting block for track runners): G.T. 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