Adjustable Exercise Bar With Interchangeable Handle Supports
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional exercise bars, such as Swiss bars, have fixed handles that cannot be adjusted in angle or position, limiting user flexibility and comfort during workouts.
Innovation Solution
An exercise bar design featuring adjustable handle supports with recesses and fixation points that allow interchangeable handles of different lengths to be easily positioned and angled, enabling users to customize their grip and stance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If handles are permanently fixed to the bar, then structural simplicity is maintained, but user flexibility and comfort are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The bar is divided into separate functional components: a fixed bar body and interchangeable handle assemblies. The handle supports are segmented into multiple positions along the bar, allowing independent adjustment of each handle's location and orientation without redesigning the entire bar structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The handle supports are designed with universal adaptability, featuring multiple fixation points and recesses that can accommodate various handle types, lengths, and configurations. This allows a single bar structure to serve multiple exercise functions with different grip requirements.
2Ease of operation
If handles are made adjustable, then user comfort and flexibility are enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The handle supports transition from fixed to dynamically adjustable positions. Each handle support can be independently positioned at multiple locations along the bar and oriented at different angles, allowing the structure to adapt to user needs while maintaining structural integrity through standardized connection mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
Handle fixation pins or connectors serve as intermediary elements between the handle supports and the bar body. These intermediaries enable easy attachment and detachment of handles at various positions without requiring complex locking mechanisms or tools, simplifying the adjustment process.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple handle configurations are supported, then versatility is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of manufacturing different bar variants for different handle configurations, the invention uses standardized handle supports with variable parameters (position, orientation, spacing). This allows a single manufacturing process to produce a universal bar that can accommodate multiple handle configurations through simple assembly variations.
Data Source
AI summary
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an exercise bar. The exercise bar includes: a first end support; a second end support; a first handle support; and a second handle support. The second end support is spaced apart from the first end support in a first direction. The first handle support is located between the first end support and the second end support in the first direction. The second handle support is spaced apart from the first handle support in a second direction different from the first direction. The second handle support is located between the first end support and the second end support in the first direction. Each of the first handle support and the second handle support is configured to receive at least one of a plurality of adjustable handles.