Adjustable Exercise Bar With Segmented Base And Pin Locking

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing exercise equipment for pushups and body-weight exercises is prone to tipping, sliding, and lacks precise positioning, ergonomic contours, and adjustable features, leading to instability and potential user injury.

Innovation Solution

An exercise bar with an elongated body and adjustable vertical members, pins, and accessory attachments that allow for precise height adjustment, stable base configuration, and ergonomic grip options, using wood materials and organic joinery to prevent sliding and enhance user safety.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Volume of moving object

If the base of the exercise equipment is made small to reduce size, then the device becomes more compact, but it becomes prone to tipping and sliding

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesize of exercise equipmentVSAvoidstability against tipping and sliding

Core Design Contradiction:

Volume of moving objectVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The exercise equipment is divided into separate components: a stable base and an elongated body. The base is designed with a larger surface area to prevent tipping and sliding, while the elongated body can be positioned on top. This segmentation allows each part to optimize its function independently.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The design transitions from a single compact structure to a multi-component system where the elongated body extends in a different dimension from the base. This dimensional separation allows the base to be larger and more stable while keeping the overall device compact when the elongated body is positioned on top.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the exercise equipment uses fixed positioning, then the structure is simple, but it cannot precisely target specific muscle groups

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveability to target specific muscle groupsVSAvoidcomplexity of positioning mechanism

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The exercise equipment incorporates adjustable components that allow dynamic repositioning. The elongated body can be moved to different positions on the base, and the handle can be adjusted, enabling precise targeting of different muscle groups while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Ease of manufacture

If the exercise equipment lacks ergonomic contours, then the manufacturing is simpler, but it causes discomfort and potential injury

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesimplicity of manufacturingVSAvoidrisk of injury and discomfort

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The ergonomic contours are applied locally to specific contact points where the user interacts with the equipment, such as the handle and base surfaces. This localized approach provides comfort and safety where needed while keeping the rest of the structure simple and easy to manufacture.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11752387B2Exercise bar

Publication Date: 2023.09.12 DELSA LLC

AI summary

Disclosed is an exercise device includes an elongated body having a top surface, bottom surface, a first end surface and a second end surface, a first bore hole located proximate the first end surface, the first bore hole extending from the top surface through to the bottom surface, a first vertical member sized in relative proportions to be slidably received in the first bore hole, a first locking hole orthogonal to the first bore hole, a first pin sized in relative proportions to be slidably received in the first locking hole, and a first height adjustment hole of the first vertical member, the first height adjustment hole sized in relative proportions to slidably receive the first pin.